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Product Designer, Codex

San Francisco$180K – $230K4/5
Our take

Codex represents OpenAI's vision for AI-powered coding, potentially transforming how developers work. Designing for developer tools requires deep empathy for complex workflows and technical users who demand precision and efficiency. Perfect for designers with a technical bent who want to reimagine the future of software development.

Job description

Product Designer, Codex at OpenAI

Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid — 3 days/week in office)

Salary: $180,000 – $230,000 + equity

Type: Full-time

About the Team

OpenAI's Codex team builds AI software engineers, changing how software gets built and who can build it. Design is critical for making coding agents intuitive and accessible.

About the Role

Collaborate with a small design team and cross-functional partners on end-to-end feature design. The work is primarily 0-to-1, balancing high-bar craft, fast iteration, and strong product intuition.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to overall design and product direction
  • Design and ship products from early concepts to high-fidelity prototypes
  • Partner with engineering, product, research, and design peers on strategy and tactics
  • Conduct user research with software developers
  • Contribute to and evolve the design system
  • Help establish design culture and grow the team
  • Qualifications

  • Strong technical background with recent production code shipping
  • 3+ years shipping large-scale software products
  • Portfolio demonstrating strong UX, UI, and interaction design
  • Comfortable with 0-to-1 environments and ambiguity
  • Deep motivation around accessible coding agents
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills
  • Bonus: Research or developer-focused product experience, shipped AI side projects or open-source AI tool contributions.

    Benefits

    Health insurance, 401(k) with match, parental leave (24 weeks birth / 20 weeks non-birthing), flexible PTO, 13+ paid holidays, mental health support, learning stipend, relocation support.

    About OpenAI

    AI research lab behind ChatGPT, GPT-5, DALL-E, and Sora.

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