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OpenAI19 days ago

AI Support Engineer, Government

hybrid🇺🇸USWashington, DCsenior8+ yrs exp

Recruiter Fit Breakdown & Candid Summary

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OpenAI is seeking an experienced AI Support Engineer to join their User Operations team in Washington, D.C., focusing on government and public sector clients.

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This role requires 8+ years of technical support or engineering experience, expert-level SaaS troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work in a hybrid model with an early morning schedule.

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Candidates must be U.S. citizens capable of obtaining a Tier 4 High Risk Public Trust background investigation due to government contract requirements.

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Applicants who lack enterprise-grade technical support experience, coding abilities, or U.S. citizenship should not apply.

Role Responsibilities

  • 1Support public sector customers, including U.S. Government agencies and FedRAMP-compliant teams, by troubleshooting complex issues and security needs.
  • 2Serve as an expert on OpenAI’s products and platform while acting as a critical escalation point for high-impact technical issues.
  • 3Partner with Engineering and Product teams to troubleshoot, resolve, and proactively prevent recurring problems.
  • 4Leverage scripting and emerging AI capabilities to improve internal tooling and automate operational workflows.
  • 5Take learnings from customer issues to scale solutions in partnership with Product and Go-To-Market teams.
  • 6Provide occasional holiday and weekend support on-call coverage as needed.

Skills Matrix

Must-Have Skills

5 required
User Operations
Support Engineering
SaaS Troubleshooting
Python
U.S. Citizenship

Nice-to-Have Skills

2 preferred
FedRAMP
OpenAI API
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