Skip to content
← OpenAI

Applied AI Architect, Government

OpenAI · Washington, DC

CHECKED 1H AGO

Frontier labremotesenior$234k–$335k
Apply on the lab’s site ↗

At a glance

Highlights

  • Partner with government agencies to turn frontier models into mission impact.
  • Serve as senior technical owner guiding public-sector AI from discovery to impact.
  • Shape AI strategy with agency leaders to drive secure, scalable adoption.

What they offer

  • Equity
  • Relocation assistance

Ideal candidate

A mission-driven technical strategist with deep public-sector fluency who thrives partnering with agency leaders to move AI from exploration to real-world impact, balancing executive vision with hands-on guidance.

Requirements

  • Significant experience in customer-facing technical roles such as solutions architecture or technical account leadership
  • Proven track record guiding complex organizations from evaluation through production adoption
  • Experience working with government agencies, public institutions, or government contractors
  • Strong software and cloud architecture foundations spanning data, integration, identity, security, and privacy
  • Understanding of modern AI systems including frontier models, agentic applications, and evaluation
  • Ability to prototype and explain tradeoffs using APIs, SDKs, and Python or JavaScript
  • Expertise in a relevant public sector mission or customer segment

Lab profile

About OpenAI

Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.

What they build

  • ChatGPT
  • OpenAI API
  • Frontier AI models

Known for

  • Frontier-scale distributed ML training
  • Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
  • Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
  • AI alignment and safety research

Key facts

  • Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets
More about OpenAI →
Apply on the lab’s site ↗