OpenAI FDE lead on building the team: make it work first, scale second
colintjarvis · x · 2026-09-12
OpenAI Forward Deployed Engineer lead Colin T. Jarvis sat down with Gregorojstersek to discuss how the FDE team is built. Key points: 'always make the thing exist (and work) first, then look for scale second'; a growing emphasis on domain experts over pure engineers; and the goal of 'replacing ourselves' in every customer problem. Full interview and careers links included.
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