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Job DescriptionWe are currently looking for a skilled AI Product Engineer to join our dynamic team and collaborate closely with an innovative US-based startup building an AI-first mobile experience.
As part of an early-stage product, the AI Product Engineer will lead the development of a mobile MVP designed to foster personal reflection, self-awareness, and emotional clarity. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role focused on taking a clear product vision and turning it into a thoughtful, functional, and emotionally intelligent application.
You will play a key role in shaping both the product experience and the AI interaction layer, ensuring that outputs feel perceptive, grounded, and genuinely useful, rather than generic or assistant-like. This role contributes directly to the client’s mission of creating a calm, reflective digital space that feels meaningful and human.
QualificationsExpectations - the experience you need
- Proven experience building mobile applications (React Native, Expo preferred)
- Strong product mindset with experience building 0 → 1 products
- Hands-on experience working with LLMs (OpenAI or similar)
- Deep understanding of:
- prompt design and iteration
- structured outputs
- conversational flows and state management
- Ability to design AI interactions that feel intentional, specific, and non-generic
- Experience shipping production-ready applications and testing on real devices
- Strong sense of product quality, including UX, tone, and emotional sensitivity
- Ability to move quickly while maintaining focus and avoiding overengineering
- English proficiency (C1 level or higher), both written and spoken, with strong communication skills
Nice to have:
- Experience building AI-first products
- Familiarity with backend tools such as Supabase or Firebase
- Experience with animations (e.g., Reanimated) or AI-assisted design workflows
- Exposure to AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)
- Swift or alternative mobile frameworks experience
What you will do
- Lead the end-to-end development of the MVP mobile app (iOS-first)
- Build core product flows:
- Design and implement a clean, minimal, emotionally-aware UI
- Develop a structured AI interaction layer (beyond simple chat interfaces): design and refine prompts, control tone and response quality, manage memory and conversational state.
- Ensure outputs are thoughtful, perceptive, and context-aware
- Build and maintain a lightweight backend (e.g., Supabase): authentication, session and memory storage, content saving systems (“What stays”)
- Implement subtle interaction elements (motion, pacing, transitions) focused on product feel
- Test across real devices and prepare releases (e.g., TestFlight)
- Iterate quickly based on product feedback while maintaining clarity and restraint
This is a 8-12 weeks project with a possibility of extension.
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Skills Required
- Proven experience building mobile applications
- Strong product mindset with experience building 0 -> 1 products
- Hands-on experience working with LLMs (OpenAI or similar)
- Deep understanding of prompt design and iteration
- Deep understanding of structured outputs
- Deep understanding of conversational flows and state management
- Ability to design AI interactions that feel intentional and specific
- Experience shipping production-ready applications
- Strong sense of product quality, including UX and emotional sensitivity
- Ability to move quickly while maintaining focus
- English proficiency (C1 level or higher)
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