[8CO] AI Product Engineer

We 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 clients mission of creating a calm reflective digital space that feels meaningful and human.

Qualifications :

Expectations - 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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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time