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The AI Deployment Engineering (ADE) team ensures the safe and effective deployment of Generative AI applications for developers and enterprises. We act as trusted advisors and technical partners to our customers, helping them build and execute their AI adoption strategy post-sale. Our mission is to develop a strong backlog of GenAI use cases tailored to each customer’s industry and to drive these initiatives from prototype to production through hands-on technical guidance and partnership. As a Partner ADE, you’ll support systems integrators and their most strategic customers transform their business through solutions such as customer service, automated content generation, and novel applications that make use of our newest, most exciting models.
About The Role
We are looking for a driven solutions leader with a product mindset as the founding Partner ADE to own the technical engagement with our systems integrators (including GSIs, RSIs, and boutique SIs) and ensure their customers achieve tangible business value with GenAI. You will help partners identify high-value use cases and provide technical enablement through the implementation of AI solutions. Your efforts will accelerate partners’ time to unlock distribution and adoption, ensuring they deliver exceptional results for our joint customers while maintaining high-quality standards. You will collaborate closely with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Applied Research, and Product teams, and you will report to the Head of Solutions Architecture. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
In This Role, You Will
- Deeply embed with GSIs, RSIs, and boutique SIs as the technical lead, serving as their technical thought partner to ideate and build novel applications on our API for their customers.
- Work with senior SI and customer stakeholders to identify the best applications of GenAI in their industry and to build/qualify a comprehensive backlog to support their AI roadmap.
- Intervene directly to accelerate customer time to value through building hands-on prototypes and/or by delivering impactful strategic guidance.
- Forge and manage relationships with SI and customer stakeholders to ensure the successful deployment and scale of their applications.
- Codify solution packages and architectural patterns to accelerate time to deployment for customers and partners.
- Lead technical support during partners' initial projects to ensure successful implementations and mentor their technical teams towards self-sufficiency in delivering OpenAI-powered solutions.
- Scale the Partner Solutions Architect function by sharing knowledge, codifying best practices, contributing resources to our open-source repositories, and publishing resources to internal and external knowledge bases.
- Validate, synthesize, and deliver high-signal feedback to the Product and Research teams.
You’ll Thrive In This Role If You
- Have 8+ years of technical consulting (or equivalent) experience, managing C-level technical and business relationships with complex global organizations.
- Have led complex technical projects and programs with many stakeholders, ideally within or through an SI.
- Have industry experience in programming languages like Python or Javascript.
- Have led complex implementations of Generative AI and/or traditional ML solutions.
- Have built and/or delivered prototypes using the OpenAI API.
- Are an effective presenter and communicator who can translate business and technical topics to all audiences, including senior leaders.
- Own problems end-to-end and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.
- Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
Compensation Range: $197K - $278K
About The Team
The AI Deployment Engineering (ADE) team ensures the safe and effective deployment of Generative AI applications for developers and enterprises. We act as trusted advisors and technical partners to our customers, helping them build and execute their AI adoption strategy post-sale. Our mission is to develop a strong backlog of GenAI use cases tailored to each customer’s industry and to drive these initiatives from prototype to production through hands-on technical guidance and partnership. As a Partner ADE, you’ll support systems integrators and their most strategic customers transform their business through solutions such as customer service, automated content generation, and novel applications that make use of our newest, most exciting models.
About The Role
We are looking for a driven solutions leader with a product mindset as the founding Partner ADE to own the technical engagement with our systems integrators (including GSIs, RSIs, and boutique SIs) and ensure their customers achieve tangible business value with GenAI. You will help partners identify high-value use cases and provide technical enablement through the implementation of AI solutions. Your efforts will accelerate partners’ time to unlock distribution and adoption, ensuring they deliver exceptional results for our joint customers while maintaining high-quality standards. You will collaborate closely with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Applied Research, and Product teams, and you will report to the Head of Solutions Architecture. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
In This Role, You Will
- Deeply embed with GSIs, RSIs, and boutique SIs as the technical lead, serving as their technical thought partner to ideate and build novel applications on our API for their customers.
- Work with senior SI and customer stakeholders to identify the best applications of GenAI in their industry and to build/qualify a comprehensive backlog to support their AI roadmap.
- Intervene directly to accelerate customer time to value through building hands-on prototypes and/or by delivering impactful strategic guidance.
- Forge and manage relationships with SI and customer stakeholders to ensure the successful deployment and scale of their applications.
- Codify solution packages and architectural patterns to accelerate time to deployment for customers and partners.
- Lead technical support during partners' initial projects to ensure successful implementations and mentor their technical teams towards self-sufficiency in delivering OpenAI-powered solutions.
- Scale the Partner Solutions Architect function by sharing knowledge, codifying best practices, contributing resources to our open-source repositories, and publishing resources to internal and external knowledge bases.
- Validate, synthesize, and deliver high-signal feedback to the Product and Research teams.
You’ll Thrive In This Role If You
- Have 8+ years of technical consulting (or equivalent) experience, managing C-level technical and business relationships with complex global organizations.
- Have led complex technical projects and programs with many stakeholders, ideally within or through an SI.
- Have industry experience in programming languages like Python or Javascript.
- Have led complex implementations of Generative AI and/or traditional ML solutions.
- Have built and/or delivered prototypes using the OpenAI API.
- Are an effective presenter and communicator who can translate business and technical topics to all audiences, including senior leaders.
- Own problems end-to-end and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done.
- Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help your colleagues, and a desire to do whatever it takes to make the team succeed.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
Compensation Range: $197K - $278K
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Deployment Engineer
Document your infrastructure credentials before applying
Gather certifications like AWS, Azure, or Kubernetes alongside transcripts and employment letters that map your technical duties to a specialty occupation. PERM audits frequently request this documentation, and gaps slow your case by months.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search the DOL's OFLC disclosure database for companies that have filed PERM applications under SOC codes tied to deployment and systems engineering. Employers already familiar with the process move faster and make fewer costly mistakes.
Use Migrate Mate to filter roles by sponsorship status
Search Migrate Mate to find Deployment Engineer positions where employers have confirmed green card sponsorship. Filtering by sponsorship intent up front saves weeks spent negotiating sponsorship after an offer.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility before your offer
If your role requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering, EB-3 is standard. An advanced degree or documented specialized expertise can qualify you for EB-2, which offers priority date advantages for nationals of high-demand countries.
Confirm the employer will cover prevailing wage requirements
PERM requires your employer to pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your job zone and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the Level I through Level IV rates for deployment engineering roles in your target city before negotiating compensation.
Track your PERM audit risk during the recruitment phase
USCIS and DOL can audit PERM applications years after certification. Your employer must retain recruitment records for five years. Ask your employer's counsel which job posting language and candidate rejection reasons they plan to document, since inconsistencies are the leading audit trigger.
Green Card Deployment Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Deployment Engineer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Deployment Engineer positions qualify under EB-3 as skilled workers, since the role typically requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field. If the position requires an advanced degree or your credentials include a master's degree or substantial specialized expertise, your employer can file under EB-2 instead. The classification affects your priority date queue, not whether you can be sponsored.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for a Deployment Engineer?
H-1B visa is a temporary nonimmigrant status with a three-year initial period, a cap of 65,000 slots per fiscal year, and an annual lottery. EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM leads to permanent residency with no annual cap at the petition level. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone takes six to eighteen months before USCIS even reviews your I-140 petition, making the total process significantly longer than an H-1B approval.
Which industries file the most PERM petitions for Deployment Engineers?
Cloud infrastructure, financial technology, healthcare IT, and defense contracting generate the highest volume of PERM filings for deployment and systems engineering roles. Companies running large-scale CI/CD pipelines or managing regulated infrastructure across multiple environments routinely sponsor foreign nationals in this function. DOL's OFLC disclosure data breaks down filing volume by employer and SOC code if you want to research specific sectors.
How can I find Deployment Engineer jobs that offer green card sponsorship?
Use Migrate Mate to search for Deployment Engineer roles filtered by employers who have confirmed EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship. Most general job boards don't surface sponsorship status reliably, which means you often reach the offer stage before discovering an employer won't sponsor. Searching on Migrate Mate eliminates that friction and connects you directly with employers who have already committed to the PERM process.
Can a Deployment Engineer start the green card process while on H-1B or OPT?
Yes. Your employer can file a PERM application while you're working on H-1B, and AC21 portability allows you to change employers after your I-140 is approved and your priority date is current, as long as the new role is in the same or similar occupational classification. If you're on OPT, you'd typically need to transition to H-1B or another work-authorized status before USCIS can approve adjustment of status, but the PERM filing itself can begin earlier.