Frontend Software Engineer, Codex App

The role

You will build and ship polished UI for the Codex desktop app and IDE extension. You will partner with design to prototype and iterate on interaction models for working with agents.

What you will do

• Build and ship polished, high-performance UI across the Codex desktop app and IDE extension.
• Partner tightly with design to turn prototypes into production-quality experiences.
• Iterate on future interfaces for interacting with agents.
• Own frontend architecture decisions.
• Improve quality and reliability through testing, instrumentation, and UX for failure modes.
• Collaborate with platform, model, and backend partners to integrate new capabilities.

Required qualifications

• Strong experience with modern frontend stacks (React, TypeScript).
• High bar for UI craft.
• Experience building desktop-caliber product experiences (Electron or similar).
• Care about performance, responsiveness, and feel.
• Ability to explore ambiguous problems and iterate rapidly with design and product.
• Ability to think in end-to-end workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience with developer tools or IDE extensions

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.