What it's like to be a Forward Deployed Engineer at OpenAI
colintjarvis · x · 2026-10-22
OpenAI's Colin Jarvis writes about being a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE): insights from customer work are fed back into better products and models, so the next customer starts further ahead. 'If the next customer can solve the same problem without us, our FDE team has done its job.'
The post explains how OpenAI turns customer engagements into product and model improvements, with more detail on how the team works.
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