Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov
OpenAI
Washington, DC · $146k–$280k a year · Posted October 22, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $212,900 a year. Across 29 open forward deployed software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $160,000 to $213,000 and the median is $167,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 27% above the median.
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About the job
... Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov | OpenAI Careers Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov OpenAI for Gov - Washington, DC, Seattle, and San Francisco About the team The OpenAI for Government team is a dynamic, mission-driven group leveraging frontier...