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- AI Product Engineer (Full Stack) – AI/LLM Applications
- Position Type: Full-Time, Remote
- Working Hours: U.S. Business Hours
About the Role
We’re hiring an AI Product Engineer (Full Stack) to build and scale a real-world AI-powered product from the ground up.
This is a highly hands-on role for someone who can:
- Build full-stack applications end-to-end
- Integrate AI/LLMs into production systems
- Ship quickly and iterate fast
- Own architecture, performance, and reliability
This is not a maintenance-only role.
You’ll be building a live production platform that combines:
- Modern web application development
- AI-powered workflows
- Scalable backend systems
- Real-world operational functionality
If you enjoy:
Building products
Shipping fast
Integrating AI into real use cases
Solving technical problems independently
This role is a strong fit.
What You’ll Own
Full Stack Product Development
Build and launch a production-ready web application from scratch
Own both:
- Frontend development
- Backend architecture
- Ship features rapidly and improve the platform continuously post-launch
- Design scalable, maintainable system architecture
- AI & LLM Integration
Integrate AI models such as:
Claude
OpenAI
Gemini
Build AI-powered workflows and product experiences
Implement:
Prompt workflows
Guardrails
- Hallucination handling
- Failure recovery systems
- Optimize AI outputs for reliability and usability
- Backend Systems & APIs
- Build scalable APIs and backend services
Work extensively with:
Supabase
PostgreSQL
Authentication systems
Permissions
- Real-time data flows
- Design efficient database structures and backend logic
- Security, Reliability & Performance
Implement:
Authentication
Role-based permissions
Data protection best practices
Improve:
Scalability
Performance
Uptime
- User experience
- Debug production issues and optimize system stability
- Product Collaboration
- Work directly with leadership and product stakeholders
- Translate ideas into production-ready technical solutions
Iterate rapidly based on:
Product feedback
User behavior
Operational needs
Requirements
- Non-Negotiables
- Strong full-stack development experience
- Proven experience shipping real production products
- Hands-on experience integrating AI/LLMs into applications
- Strong understanding of: APIs
- Backend systems
- System architecture
- Scalable product design
- Experience with: Supabase
- Firebase
- PostgreSQL
- Similar backend platforms
- Understanding of AI limitations, including: Hallucinations
- Edge cases
- Prompt reliability
- Strong debugging and problem-solving ability
- Ability to work independently with high ownership
- Nice to Have
- Experience building: AI agents
- Workflow automation systems
- SaaS platforms
- Familiarity with: Claude
- OpenAI APIs
- Vector databases
- RAG workflows
- Startup or MVP-to-production experience
Exposure to:
Logistics
Aviation
- Operational platforms
- Membership systems
- Tech Stack Exposure
Strong candidates may have experience with:
React / Next.js
TypeScript
Node.js
Supabase
PostgreSQL
REST APIs
AI APIs (Claude, OpenAI, Gemini)
Vercel
Docker
Cloud deployments
What a Typical Day Looks Like
- Build and ship new product features
- Develop frontend interfaces and backend APIs
- Integrate AI workflows into product experiences
- Improve prompt handling and AI reliability
- Debug production issues and optimize performance
- Collaborate with leadership on product direction
- Refactor systems for scalability and maintainability
In short: you build AI-powered products that are fast, scalable, reliable, and production-ready.
- Success Looks Like
- Successful launch of production-ready applications
- Reliable AI workflows with minimal failures
- Fast feature delivery and iteration cycles
- Stable backend systems and APIs
- Reduced bugs and improved performance over time
- Scalable, maintainable architecture
- Why This Role Stands Out
- High ownership and autonomy
- Build real AI products, not internal experiments
- Direct impact on product and technical direction
- Work with modern AI tooling and infrastructure
- Opportunity to scale products from MVP to production
- Fully remote flexibility
- Interview Process
- Initial Screening Call
- Technical & Systems Design Interview
- Practical Product Build / AI Scenario
- Final Interview
- Internal Review & Offer
Apply Now
If you:
- Love building products from scratch
- Enjoy shipping fast and solving hard problems
- Have real AI and full-stack experience
- Want ownership in a fast-moving environment
This role is built for you.