Vibe Engineer (Junior AI-First Software Developer)
Scottsdale, AZ - USA
Job Summary
Title: Vibe Engineer (AI-First Software Developer)
Department: Product Engineering
Reports to: CEO
Location: Scottsdale Arizona
About Wise Pelican
Wise Pelican is hiring a dedicated Vibe Engineer who will learn fast ship faster and build real product features using modern frameworks and AI-assisted vibe-first development. Youll join a small high-velocity team reimagining what engineering looks like in the AI era pairing with senior engineers leveraging tools like Claude Code Cursor Lovable and Bolt and iterating quickly to deliver impact.
While we say small we want you to know youre not joining some bare bones operation. We have a server with 500GB of memory using Linux virtual machines running Claude code for advanced multi-agent software automation pipelines.
Wise Pelican is an innovative leader in real estate marketing solutions empowering real estate professionals with cutting-edge tools and services. As a growing company with a global workforce we foster a dynamic inclusive work environment that promotes growth innovation and collaboration.
This position is a full-time in-office position located in Scottsdale Arizona.
What Will You Do
- Build and improve user-facing features with TypeScript and React.
- Use AI coding tools daily (Claude Code Cursor Lovable Bolt) to design build and ship production-ready code.
- Collaborate with designers PMs and engineers to turn ideas into live features.
- Think like a product engineer: understand the why prioritize user impact and iterate based on feedback and data.
- Contribute to quality: write clear PRs basic tests and keep speed/quality in balance.
- Learn and apply modern DevEx: CI/CD basics environment setup and lightweight automation.
What Big Things Will You Own
At first
- Ship your first customer-facing feature in your first few weeks using React AI tools.
- Pair program to master vibe-first workflows (Claude Code Cursor Lovable Bolt).
- Build small internal tools/automations and document your work for repeatability.
- Set up local dev tests and CI checks so your code sails to production.
Once you get your footing
- Own a small product surface end-to-end (scope ship learn improve).
- Improve developer experience (scripts CI refinements issue/PR templates).
- Instrument basic metrics (errors performance) and raise your ship-to-learn velocity.
Who Are You
- You have a strong portfolio youre a self taught builder or youre even a recent grad.
- You love building things that matter and care about users outcomes and results.
- Excited about AI-assisted development and curious about new tools.
- Solid foundation in TypeScript and front-end frameworks like React.
- Youre comfortable with Git Github and CI/CD best practices (branches PRs rebasing code review github actions testing error logging).
- Collaborative creative and unafraid to experiment.
Where Can You Easily Impress Us
- You have an active GitHub page.
- Side projects that use Claude Code Cursor Lovable or Bolt.
- Contributions to open source or publishing your own tools/experiments.
- Exposure to CI/CD and testing; bonus: Leaflet/Mapbox or real-estate data experience.
Whats In It For You
- Major Medical Insurance: Working at Wise Pelican gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. And happy people just dont get sick. Butif that does happen we offer Major Medical Insurance to assist with lifes biggest nuisance.
- Dental & Vision Coverage: An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth. Talking dental and vision insurance of course. No need for revenge when eyes and teeth are insured.
- Paid Time Away: The PTA you want to be involved with. Employees are given 3 weeks of Paid Time Off. Also Sick Time. Also Parental Leave. Also 7 Company Holidays per year. Also-
- Professional Development Stipends: Pay me what you owe me! Dont act like you forgot! WPBHMM! You to Wise Pelican about fronting the bill on your professional development needs.
- 401(k) at tenure milestone: We hope youll want to stop working here one day. This should help.
- Compensation: This role is currently benchmarked by industry standards and ranges from $60000$85000. Offered compensation is based on merit and relevant qualifications.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
About Company
Title: Vibe Engineer (AI-First Software Developer)Department: Product EngineeringReports to: CEOLocation: Scottsdale, Arizona About Wise Pelican Wise Pelican is hiring a dedicated Vibe Engineer who will learn fast, ship faster, and build real product features using modern frameworks a ... View more