Founding Engineer at OpenWork

OpenWork is building the open-source Claude Cowork alternative. But the real goal is bigger than that. I don’t think AI should be another chatbot tab. The best version is a workspace where people, agents, files, browsers, MCPs, skills, and company context all work together. Agents should be able to do real work: - use your tools - edit files safely - automate annoying workflows - run checks - share repeatable work with the rest of your team That’s what we’re building. We’re looking for a founding engineer in San Francisco. This is not a narrow frontend/backend role. You’ll work across the desktop app, agent runtime, browser automation, MCP/tool integrations, local permissions, cloud sync, provider/model orchestration, realtime collaboration, and plugin/skill infrastructure. Stack is mostly TypeScript, React, Node, and Electron. Some problems you might work on: - making browser automation reliable across multiple tabs and sessions - syncing agent-driven file changes without race conditions - building local-first permission systems that users can actually understand - making MCP/tool execution debuggable - designing shared workspaces where humans + agents coordinate - improving the a