Forward Deployed Engineer, Healthcare

OpenAI

Forward Deployed Engineer deploying OpenAI production AI and agentic systems for healthcare organizations. Owning architecture, implementation, evaluation, and production adoption in regulated workflows.

Posted 8/6/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $198,000 - $294,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing AI applications within healthcare environments, ensuring compliance with PHI, HIPAA, and security standards. Proven ability to translate complex healthcare workflows into technical requirements and measurable outcomes while leading technical discovery and deployment processes.

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AI Application DevelopmentHealthcare ExperienceEHR Systems IntegrationTechnical Solution OwnershipRegulated-Enterprise Solutions Architecture

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringML/AI EngineeringSolutions EngineeringTechnical ConsultingArchitecture DesignImplementationEvaluationProduction DeploymentError AnalysisModel Selection

Soft Skills

Strong JudgmentProblem-SolvingCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

Enterprise APIsData PlatformsClaims SystemsOperational ToolsInteroperability Technologies

Industry Keywords

PHIHIPAAEHRInteroperability StandardsEpicHL7FHIRClinical OperationsRevenue Cycle ManagementHealth Information Exchanges

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the technical solution end to end, from customer discovery and workflow scoping through architecture, hands-on implementation, evaluation, production deployment, adoption, and handoff
Partner with customer engineers, operators, and domain experts to frame ambiguous problems, define scope, and translate healthcare workflows into technical requirements and measurable outcomes
Design and implement production AI applications and agentic systems integrating with customer infrastructure, enterprise APIs, data platforms, EHRs, claims systems, and operational tools
Build safeguards for PHI, HIPAA, privacy, security, authorization, governance, auditability, and regulated-delivery requirements
Define and operationalize evaluations, validation evidence, human-review workflows, escalation paths, and launch criteria
Use evaluation results, error analysis, observability, and customer feedback to improve reliability, performance, model selection, workflow impact, and production readiness
Distill deployment learnings into reference architectures, interoperability and integration patterns, evaluation harnesses, security controls, and reusable technical primitives

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of software engineering, ML/AI engineering, solutions engineering, technical consulting, or comparable experience
Senior engineer, tech lead, or deployment-owner experience making technical decisions in ambiguous environments
Hands-on ownership of technical discovery, architecture, implementation, evaluation, productionization, and handoff for complex customer-facing or enterprise systems
Healthcare experience, including payer workflows, provider operations, EHR systems, or interoperability standards such as Epic, HL7, and FHIR
Exposure to clinical operations, revenue cycle management, patient access, contact centers, EHR technologies, interoperability technologies, or health information exchanges
Experience shipping complex systems as a forward deployed/customer engineer, healthcare engineer, EHR or interoperability builder, technical consultant/integrator, regulated-enterprise solutions architect, or technical founder/early engineering leader
Strong judgment in AI evaluation, privacy, security, governance, and reliability
Ability to work from the San Francisco office three days per week
Ability to travel up to 50%
Must be authorized to work in the country where the job is located

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees
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)
Paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Flexible PTO for exempt employees
Up to 15 paid days off annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays
Multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year
Paid sick or safe time
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend
Daily meals in offices
Meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may also be provided