About Swayable
Swayable is the world’s first causal AI platform that measures how advertising and messages change public opinion. Partners include Amazon, Meta, DoorDash, Airbnb, MIT, Stanford, as well as mission-aligned social impact and election campaigns. The company was founded in 2018 by physics PhDs and is backed by leading technology and social impact investors, including Y Combinator and Higher Ground Labs. This position is the perfect opportunity to build innovative AI-powered features at a high-impact, high-growth, mission-driven startup as it charts the course from 8 to 9-figure ARR.
About the Role
You’ll own development and improvement of innovative features on the Swayable platform, with a heavy focus on AI-powered features—including validating concepts to building prototypes to shipping into production. This role blends product discovery, rapid iteration, and hands-on execution.
You’ll work cross-functionally with engineering, data science, design, and customer success to define, prototype, QA, and refine AI features at speed. Expect to vibe-code prototypes, test AI outputs, and translate learnings into robust specs.
You’ll be the connective tissue across teams, ensuring the platform remains modular, scalable, and easy to understand. You’ll contribute directly to ways we move fast while reinforcing architectural intent and technical clarity.
You’ll also bring ideas from the broader AI community—identifying groundbreaking techniques, sharing them internally, and keeping Swayable at the cutting edge of applied AI.
What You'll Do
- Serve as a generalist PM, rapidly scoping, prototyping, and shipping AI-powered features.
- Own product discovery, define requirements, and deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Build (vibe code) prototypes of innovative features, test with customers and translate into engineering specs.
- QA AI features extensively, develop solutions to improve output, including continuous prompt iterations, testing changes to agentic graphs / swarms, etc.
- Engage with cross-functional teams at Swayable in refining the output of AI features.
- Use data and analytics to inform decision-making and iterate quickly.
- Collaborate tightly with engineering, design, data science, and customer success—prioritizing action over process.
- Engage with the AI community to stay up to date on the latest advancements, and share knowledge with the organization.
- Thrive by building—leaning in with curiosity, rapid learning, and drive.
About You
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Economics, Design, Business, Journalism, Social Science, Psychology or a related field.
- Clear, effective communication, both written and verbal.
- Strong product instincts, with the ability to translate business goals into elegant tech solutions.
- Systems thinking—ability to see how parts interact within the whole and design accordingly.
- Creative problem solving—finding novel solutions to complex and ambiguous challenges.
- Growth mindset—eagerness to learn quickly, adapt, and continually improve.
- Bias for action—scrappy, resourceful, and outcome‑oriented.
- Proven interest in building with GenAI (production applications, projects, prototypes, hackathons).
- Proficient in analyzing data using Python and SQL.
- Passionate about social impact and excited to help scale a platform that moves public opinion for good.
Bonus
- Prior exposure to product / engineering / data science.
- Experience at a high growth technology startup.
- Experience at a top-tier consulting firm or at a top-tier investment bank.
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive base salary: $100-120K depending on experience and location
- Equity package
- Full healthcare coverage (no employee contribution required)
- 401K, generous PTO, and parental leave
- The chance to help build technology that matters—for business, democracy, and the world
To Apply
Please send a brief note and evidence of extraordinary ability—CV, code, projects, or references that speak to your track record.
Swayable is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
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What We Do
Measuring the impact of the world's most important messages.
Swayable is a consumer insights research technology platform that measures how effectively media content changes opinions. We enable deep insights into the effects of campaign content at any stage in the creative process: from storyboards to final cuts.
Our clients are dramatically increasing the impact of the stories they tell on the world's most important issues.
Clients include major brands, agencies, foundations and political campaigns around the world.
We will never ask for personal data without permission in order to do our job. Informed user consent is designed into the core of the platform. Swayable exceeds the world’s highest regulatory standards on data privacy and security, including Europe’s GDPR.
The service is delivered via a cloud-based technology platform built in California, New York, Massachusetts, Colorado and Washington. Swayable is incorporated as a public benefit corporation dedicated to effective truth telling.
Why Work With Us
We accelerate social and economic progress by making scientific insights instantly accessible to decision-makers by:
Measuring the impact of the world’s most important campaigns.
Building the observational technology that enables discovery of attitude, opinion
and behavior.
Generating high-value experimental data to produce insights.
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