Software Engineer, ComfyUI Desktop

ComfyUI

Core contributor to ComfyUI Desktop, enhancing user experience for popular open-source AI tools. Building seamless integrations and improving application lifecycle for users on multiple operating systems.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $150,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudElectronMacOSNode.jsOpen SourcePython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will be a core contributor to ComfyUI Desktop, the native application that brings one of the most popular open source AI projects to millions of users on Windows, and macOS.
Your mission is to make that first moment magical. When someone downloads ComfyUI, you're the reason it just works.
You'll build the native experience that transforms a powerful but complex tool into something that feels effortless.
Example projects include…
- Building a seamless installation and onboarding experience that installs Python environments for all operating systems and GPUs supported by ComfyUI
- Designing a system to back-up a user's files (models, custom nodes) to be accessible from any environment
- Implementing a way to manage multiple ComfyUI environments
- Smoothly integrating the desktop application with ComfyUI Cloud to unlock hybrid usage

Requirements

What you’ll need

You've shipped a desktop application before — you know what it takes to get software onto real users' machines and keep it running smoothly
Deep understanding of Python packaging and environment management (conda, venv, pyinstaller, pip) — you've wrestled with dependency resolution, virtual environments, and cross-platform distribution
Strong understanding of desktop application lifecycle: packaging, code signing, distribution, and auto-updates across Windows and macOS
Bonus: Experience with Electron, which is our current tech stack
Bonus: Experience with ComfyUI or other node-based creative tools

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

Pythonpackagingenvironment managementdependency resolutionvirtual environmentscross-platform distributioncode signingauto-updatesElectronnode-based creative tools

Soft Skills

problem-solvingattention to detailuser experience design