# Applied AI Engineer, Codex Core Agent

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, New York, NY
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $230k – $325k/yr
**Skills:** Python, Machine Learning, LLMs, Prompt Engineering, Model Evaluation, Fine-Tuning, Agent Frameworks, Tool-Use Llms, Code Generation, Data Systems
**Posted:** 2026-03-26

> Develops and improves Codex AI agents for real-world software engineering tasks, focusing on performance, reliability, and integration with research and product teams. Requires strong Python, ML/LLM experience, and skills in evaluation, prompting, and debugging production failures.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Design and iterate on agent behaviors across real-world coding tasks and long-horizon workflows.
- Work closely with research to develop and run evals to measure agent performance, regressions, failure modes, and edge cases.
- Improve performance through prompting, tool-use strategies, context construction, and model-facing experimentation.
- Analyze failures in production and systematically improve robustness and reliability.
- Build feedback loops and data systems that get better real-task data into evaluation and research.
- Work with product teams to shape user-facing agent experiences and the interfaces the agent depends on.
- Help define what “good” looks like for agents completing complex tasks end-to-end.

## You Might Be a Good Fit If You
- Have experience building or shipping machine learning or LLM-powered products.
- Are strong in **Python** and comfortable with modern ML tooling.
- Have worked on model evaluation, fine-tuning, or prompt design.
- Think in terms of systems and user outcomes, not just model metrics.
- Enjoy debugging messy, real-world failures and turning them into improvements.
- Want to work in the layer that turns research and model potential into systems that actually work for users.

**Bonus Points**
- Experience with agent frameworks or tool-using LLM systems.
- Research experience with code generation models or developer tooling.
- Experience working with large, messy datasets or production logs.

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