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Posted 32 days ago

Forward Deployed Engineer - Zurich

OpenAI

  • Salary: not listed by employer

  • Typical pay for tech professionals in Switzerland: CHF 97,000–CHF 143,000 a year Official statistics

  • Permanent residency after about 10 yrs

  • Citizenship after about 10 yrs

  • Work language: likely English (posting is in English)

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About the role

Employment type: FullTime. Workplace: Hybrid. About the team

OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development.

About the role

Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) lead complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models in production alongside our most strategic customers. You will own discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout, partnering directly with customer engineering and domain teams.

You will measure success through production adoption, measurable workflow impact, and eval-driven feedback that changes…

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Location Insights: Zurich

  • Take-home pay (Country tax)

    About CHF 6,230–CHF 9,190 a month after tax, from typical pay for tech professionals in Switzerland (CHF 97,000–CHF 143,000 a year, official statistics), not this employer's offer, using the average rate of 22.9% for a single employee on a higher salary

  • Weather (City)

    Zurich: summer highs about 77°F / 25°C, winter highs about 40°F / 4°C

  • Safety (Country)

    Very high peacefulness (Global Peace Index rank 3)

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