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Osmo

Front-End Engineer (Contract)

Osmo, New York, New York, us, 10261

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Overview Who we are at Osmo:

Osmo is a digital olfaction company, on a mission to give computers a sense of smell to improve the health and wellbeing of human life. Our sense of smell enriches and saves lives and has a direct connection to emotions and memory. This understanding informs our latest innovation: Generation.

Generation is a new kind of fragrance house powered by Olfactory Intelligence (OI) to blend AI with world-class perfumery. It helps brands create emotionally resonant scents faster, more accessibly, and with greater creative clarity. Our technology enables exploration of vast scent possibilities, discovery of novel ingredients, and fragrance design informed by data and artistry.

Olfactory Intelligence has applications across industries including manufacturing, security, medicine, and more. Osmo is headquartered in New York, NY, with a new facility in New Jersey, and offices in Somerville, MA.

Role Osmo is looking for a Front-End Engineer contractor

with strong product and UX instincts to build polished, user-friendly web applications. This role requires independence, speed, and self-discipline to deliver high-quality results. While the immediate focus is on rapid execution, there’s also room to shape longer-term front-end architecture and reusable components if the engagement extends.

Responsibilities

Build and ship production-ready web applications using React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS

Create intuitive, responsive UIs, at times without finalized design specs

Move quickly and independently, making thoughtful product and UX decisions

Optimize frontend performance and cross-browser experience

Write clean, understandable, and testable code that others can extend

(Longer-term) Contribute to scalable front-end architecture and reusable components

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in front-end or full-stack development

Deep expertise in React and TypeScript, with strong fundamentals in HTML/CSS

Proven ability to deliver polished, high-quality UIs quickly and independently

Strong product sense, able to spot UX issues and make practical trade-offs

Self-motivated, disciplined, and comfortable working with minimal direction

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Ways to Stand Out

Experience with component libraries or design systems

Familiarity with frontend testing and production tooling

Experience shaping product features in collaboration with product/design

Contract Details

Duration : 3 months, with potential for extension or conversion to a full-time role

Location : NYC, Boston, Remote (East Coast hours)

If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Osmo does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Osmo or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by the Osmo Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Osmo and Osmo will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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