Frontend Software Engineer, Codex App
About the Team The Codex App team builds and maintains the Codex desktop app and IDE extension — the primary ways developers interact with Codex. Our goal is to make AI feel like a real software engineering teammate inside real workflows: editing code, running tasks, reviewing changes, and coordinating long-running wor
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Frontend Software Engineer, Codex App at OpenAI in San Francisco. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. About the Team The Codex App team builds and maintains the Codex desktop app and IDE extension — the primary ways developers interact with Codex. Our goal is to make AI feel like a real software engineering teammate inside real workflows: editing code, running tasks, reviewing changes, and coordinating long-running wor
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- 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 (layout, motion, typography, interaction details).
- Iterate on future interfaces for interacting with agents: delegation, task timelines, status/progress, handoffs, review, and control surfaces.
- Own frontend architecture decisions (component systems, state management, navigation, rendering performance).
- Improve quality and reliability through testing, instrumentation, and thoughtful UX for failure modes.
- Collaborate with platform/model/backend partners to integrate new capabilities into cohesive product flows.
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