Front-End Engineer (Contract)

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. Why? Our sense of smell both enriches and saves lives, and has a deep and direct connection to our emotions and memory. This foundational understanding of smell's impact has directly informed the development of 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 will help brands create emotionally resonant scents faster, more accessibly, and with greater creative clarity. Our technology allows us to explore vast scent possibilities, discover novel ingredients, and design fragrances informed by both data and artistry.

Beyond fragrance, Olfactory Intelligence has applications across industries including manufacturing, security, medicine, and more. We believe in the power of automation and thoughtfully applied AI/ML to solve problems beyond the reach of human intuition alone. Osmo is headquartered in New York, NY, with a new facility in New Jersey, and offices in Somerville, MA.

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.

Key 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

Required 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.