Partner Applied AI Engineer, Google Cloud

📋 Job Overview

The Applied AI Engineering team helps developers and enterprises deploy generative AI safely and effectively. We serve as trusted technical advisors, helping customers and partners move from early experimentation to production-scale AI systems.

🏢 About OpenAI

OpenAI is a research organization of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs focused on building safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) and ensuring AGI's benefits are widely and fairly shared.

🎯 The Role

We are looking for an experienced technical leader to serve as a primary technical counterpart to Google Cloud Customer Engineers, AI specialists, and partner technical teams. You will shape joint technical strategy, define engagement models, and build systems that scale beyond individual deals. Working across pre- and post-sales, you will guide enterprise customers from discovery through production while enabling Google Cloud and its partners to lead subsequent deployments.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with Google Cloud field leadership, Customer Engineers, AI specialists, and partner teams across regions.
• Influence joint account strategy and identify new opportunities where OpenAI can improve customer outcomes within Google Cloud environments.
• Define engagement models and prioritization frameworks that concentrate technical effort on high-impact opportunities and reusable solutions.
• Lead technical strategy for complex enterprise engagements, from use-case discovery and architecture design to prototyping, evaluation, and production deployment.
• Resolve integration and operational blockers with OpenAI and Google Cloud counterparts, giving account teams clear decisions and next steps.
• Design and build OpenAI-powered applications that integrate with Google Cloud services, including Cloud Run or Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, and BigQuery where appropriate.
• Develop reference implementations for supported Model Garden access to OpenAI through the Responses API, alongside direct OpenAI integration patterns where those better meet customer requirements.
• Use the Vertex AI SDK for Python / Agent Platform SDK to discover deployable Model Garden models, inspect deployment configurations, and deploy supported open models to endpoints.
• Build retrieval-augmented generation and tool-using workflows, connecting approved enterprise data and services with clear authorization boundaries.
• Establish evaluation, observability, CI/CD, and operational practices that address output quality, safety, reliability, and performance.

🎁 Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.