Frontend Software Engineer Codex App
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build high-performance interfaces for a desktop app and IDE extension, transform design prototypes into production experiences, and develop interfaces for agent collaboration. You will own frontend architecture, improve reliability through testing and instrumentation, and integrate new capabilities with platform, model, and backend partners.
Requirements
- Strong experience with React and TypeScript
- Experience building desktop-caliber product experiences with Electron or similar technology
- Knowledge of performance, responsiveness, and usability
- Experience with developer tools or IDE extensions is desirable
Responsibilities
- Build and ship polished, high-performance UI for a desktop app and IDE extension
- Partner with design to turn prototypes into production-quality experiences
- Iterate on interfaces for agent delegation, task timelines, progress, handoffs, review, and control
- Own frontend architecture decisions for component systems, state management, navigation, and rendering performance
- Improve quality and reliability through testing, instrumentation, and failure-mode UX
- Collaborate with platform, model, and backend partners to integrate capabilities into product flows
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families
- Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees or up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays, paid office closures, and paid sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily office meals and eligible meal delivery credits
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided