{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"1dd0f0b9644aae192fa15fca","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1dd0f0b9644aae192fa15fca","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/1dd0f0b9644aae192fa15fca","title":"Software Engineer, Codex Apps","description":"About the Team\r\nThe Codex App team owns the desktop application and IDE extension that bring Codex into developers' daily workflows. We build product experiences end-to-end, and we care equally about usability, performance, and reliability.\r\nOur stack is centered on a TypeScript/Node/Electron application that interfaces with external systems including the Codex CLI and app server (Rust). Building great features here often means designing clean boundaries between UI, local services, and native processes — and making the whole system observable and resilient.\r\nAbout the Role\r\nWe're hiring a Full Stack Software Engineer to build and evolve the systems that power the Codex desktop app and IDE extension. \"Full stack\" here means owning flows from UI ? Node/TypeScript backend layers ? IPC/process orchestration ? integration with Rust services.\r\nThis is a product-minded role. You'll help define workflows, pick the right abstractions, and ship features that feel fast and dependable in real developer environments.\r\nWhat You'll Do\r\nBuild end-to-end features across the Electron app (UI + Node/TypeScript backend layers).\r\nDesign robust integrations with the Codex CLI and app server (Rust), including process lifecycle, streaming output, and error handling.\r\nOwn IPC architecture and patterns (renderer/main boundaries, message schemas, backpressure, safety, debugging).\r\nBuild systems for orchestration: long-running tasks, incremental progress updates, cancellation, retries, and state synchronization.\r\nImprove reliability, observability, and performance (logging/tracing/metrics, profiling, crash/debug tooling).\r\nPartner with design and product to turn ambiguous needs into crisp, shippable workflows.\r\nYou Might Thrive Here If You\r\nHave strong TypeScript/Node fundamentals and enjoy owning product features end-to-end.\r\nHave experience with Electron or desktop app architecture (renderer/main separation, performance pitfalls, packaging/release concerns).\r\nAre comfortable integrating with native processes/services (e.g., Rust) and designing clean, testable boundaries.\r\nKnow (or are excited to learn) IPC patterns and distributed-systems-like thinking applied locally: message ordering, buffering, backpressure, retries, idempotency.\r\nBring strong product judgment and enjoy iterating based on real usage and feedback.\r\nHave experience with developer tools, CLIs, or IDE integrations (nice-to-have).\r\nAbout OpenAI\r\nOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.\r\nWe are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.\r\nFor additional information, please see OpenAI's Affi...\r\nBackground checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.\r\nTo notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.\r\nWe are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.\r\nOpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy\r\nAt OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.\r\nCompensation\r\n$230K – $385K • Offers Equity\r\nThe base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.\r\nMedical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts\r\nPre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)\r\n401(k) retirement plan with employer match\r\nPaid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)\r\nPaid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees\r\n13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)\r\nMental health and wellness support\r\nEmployer-paid basic life and disability coverage\r\nAnnual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth\r\nDaily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible\r\nRelocation support for eligible employees\r\nAdditional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.\r\nMore details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.\r\nThis role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Dormont Manufacturing Company","rawCompany":"dormont manufacturing company","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-16T01:36:06.625Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1254.00","title":"Web Developers","slug":"web-developers"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Software Engineer, Codex Apps","description":"About the Team\r\nThe Codex App team owns the desktop application and IDE extension that bring Codex into developers' daily workflows. 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For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.\r\nTo notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.\r\nWe are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.\r\nOpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy\r\nAt OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.\r\nCompensation\r\n$230K – $385K • Offers Equity\r\nThe base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. 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