openai - Applied AI Engineer, Startups (Mandarin-speaking)

• Partner closely with strategic startup customers as their technical thought partner to build novel applications on our API, helping them rapidly move from ideation to scale. • Provide proactive guidance to maximize business impact and accelerate application development. • Experiment and prototype alongside customers, demonstrating practical use cases. • Contribute to open-source resources and scale the function by sharing knowledge, codifying best practices, and publishing useful resources. • Synthesize and deliver valuable feedback to the Product and Research teams. • Build relationships within the startup ecosystem, serving as a technical partner to both individual customers and the broader community. • Partner with the Sales team across startup accounts to identify customer opportunities, align technical work with business goals, and help customers bring AI applications to production. • Have ability to speak Mandarin is a requirement as you will be working with Mandarin-speaking customers and/or vendors in the role. • Have 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, ML engineer or equivalent, ideally in a startup environment; experience as a founder or founding engineer is highly valued. • Have passion for startups and a belief in their potential to become future large enterprises. • Are proficient in Python, JavaScript, and a strong grasp of AI/LLM best practices. • Built and/or delivered prototypes on top of our API platform. • Can proactively identify opportunities for maximizing our customers’ business value through leveraging the OpenAI API. • 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. • Are an effective, high throughput operator who can drive multiple concurrent projects and prioritize ruthlessly.