Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal
Recruiter Fit Breakdown & Candid Summary
This Forward Deployed Engineer role at OpenAI focuses on building AI systems tailored for legal workflows, requiring deep collaboration with senior legal practitioners.
The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of software, ML, or technical deployment experience in regulated industries, with strong full-stack skills and hands-on LLM deployment knowledge.
Applicants should be comfortable with up to 50% travel and a hybrid schedule based in San Francisco or New York City.
Those without customer-facing technical delivery experience or a background in high-stakes regulated environments should not apply.
Role Responsibilities
- 1Embed with law firms and legal teams to understand workflows, identify high-value opportunities, and select initial use cases.
- 2Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and drive product learning.
- 3Guide customer adoption of built solutions and navigate trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality.
- 4Contribute directly in the codebase when progress or clarity requires it.
- 5Codify working patterns into reusable tools, playbooks, and building blocks.
- 6Share field feedback with Research and Product teams to improve model capabilities.
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