Software Engineer, Codex Enterprise

Job summary

Responsibilities

We’re looking for a backend or backend-leaning full-stack engineer who pairs technical depth with strong product taste. You’ll build new products and major capabilities, help determine what shape they should take, and own the work from an ambiguous starting point through launch.

• Shape new Codex Enterprise products and features, applying product judgment to decide what to build and how it should work.
• Own projects from exploration through architecture, implementation, launch, and production operations, using feedback to guide ongoing iteration.
• Build ecosystem capabilities such as plugins, skills, hooks, and discovery experiences, alongside services for enterprise administration, governance, and usage visibility.
• Design reliable, secure, observable backend systems that support Codex experiences across web, IDEs, CLI, and CI/CD.
• Partner with product managers and Forward Deployed Engineers to translate deployment learnings and user needs into reusable product improvements.

What they're looking for

• Deep backend engineering experience, including production services and distributed systems. Backend-leaning full-stack engineers with substantial backend depth are also a strong…
• Demonstrated ownership of a new product or major capability, taking it from an ambiguous starting point through launch.
• Exceptional coding, software design, and debugging fundamentals, with proficiency in a backend language and the ability to reason independently through difficult technical…
• Strong product judgment: you can identify the essential user problem, influence what gets built, and make practical trade-offs between speed, quality, and long-term…
• Evidence of learning unfamiliar systems or domains quickly and adapting as product needs and technical constraints change.