Product Designer, Codex

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About the Team

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Codex team plays a key role by changing how software gets built and who can build it. The team works across research, engineering, product, and design to build an AI software engineer that users can pair with, delegate to, or ask to take on future tasks proactively.

Design plays a critical role in making coding agents intuitive and accessible. As an early team member, you will help shape product direction and design culture while creating products that are easy to use, beautiful, and push the boundaries of what is possible.

About the Role

As a product designer on Codex, you will collaborate with product designers and cross-functional partners to shape the future of coding. You will partner closely with engineers and researchers to bring cutting-edge capabilities to developers. The work is largely 0-to-1, requiring a balance of high-quality craft, fast iteration, and strong product intuition.

You will work on the end-to-end design of new features and improvements across a range of Codex products and help guide the evolution of the technology, product, and design paradigms.

This role is based in San Francisco, California. OpenAI uses a hybrid work model requiring three days in the office per week and offers relocation assistance to new employees.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the overall design and product direction of OpenAI products.
• Design and ship high-quality products and improvements, from early concepts through high-fidelity prototypes and visuals.
• Partner with engineering, product management, research, and design peers to define long-term strategy and short-term tactics.
• Conduct user research to understand software developers and refine products.
• Contribute to and evolve the design system.
• Help establish the design culture and grow the team.

Requirements

• Strong technical background, including recently shipped production code.
• Motivation to make coding agents intuitive and accessible and to expand access to software development.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong UX, UI, and interaction design skills, with a high bar for quality and craft.
• Ability to work in 0-to-1 environments, navigate ambiguity, and apply clear design thinking to technical trade-offs.
• Interest in the AI research process and in defining how AI-first products should look and behave.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with research-focused or developer-focused products or workflows.
• Side projects involving AI or contributions to open-source AI tools.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts, dependent care accounts, and commuter benefits.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
• Paid time off, paid company holidays, office closures, and 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.
• Additional taxable fringe benefits may include charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.

OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.