Leads enterprise AI implementations from requirements to production, designing architecture, data connectivity, and RAG pipelines while guiding technical standards in a hybrid Tokyo role.
About this role
This Forward Deployed Engineer role sits within SB OAI Japan’s business organization and works with strategic enterprise customers to put advanced AI models into operational use. The focus is not limited to proof-of-concept work: the engineer helps build production systems that become established in business operations, while collaborating with Product, Research, and Security teams at OpenAI and SB OAI Japan.
The work covers identifying customer problems, defining technical scope, designing architectures, and implementing systems across cloud and on-premises environments. It includes RAG, agent design, workflow automation, prompt design, evaluation and quality-improvement cycles, API, backend, frontend, and full-stack development, as well as security and governance considerations. The engineer also explains solutions to customer executives and business leaders and supports adoption.
Applicants must have at least five years of software engineering or technical implementation experience, including project advancement with customer interaction. Required experience includes designing and implementing production-quality code with Python or JavaScript, building systems in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and building or implementing applications using LLMs or generative AI. Business-level Japanese or higher is required.
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