AI Design Engineer

1-800 Contacts

• $110K — $130K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong software engineering skills in web or mobile app development using React, Angular, or similar frameworks.
  • Hands-on experience integrating AI technologies within applications or prototypes.
  • Familiarity with applied AI technologies such as LLMs, conversational AI, and generative AI.
  • Proven ability to turn ambiguous AI concepts into functional prototypes quickly.
  • Experience with API integration, cloud services, and external data sources.
  • Knowledge of AI-native development tools like Cursor, Claude, or Copilot.
  • Demonstrated design instincts with a focus on customer experience.

Responsibilities

  • Transform customer problems into working prototypes focusing on mobile applications.
  • Develop AI-powered solutions utilizing LLMs and modern application technologies.
  • Research and prototype AI models for various customer-focused use cases.
  • Independently define the technical approach to develop AI-driven proof of concepts.
  • Create realistic customer simulations for testing with users.
  • Implement evaluations and guidelines for AI experiences using customer data.
  • Link prototypes to existing content libraries and AI SDKs.

Benefits

  • Free eye exams for the entire family
  • Deep discounts on lenses, glasses, and other services
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible PTO for work-life balance
  • Tuition reimbursement for further education
  • Onsite restaurant with affordable meal options
  • Daily free snacks, ice cream, and drinks
  • Access to a full onsite gym
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Turn ideas, customer problems, and hypotheses into working prototypes, starting with our mobile app.
  • Build AI-powered experiences using LLMs, AI/ML services, APIs, customer and product data, and modern web and mobile app technologies.
  • Research, evaluate, and prototype with AI models, services, and capabilities to determine the right approach for customer use cases such as content and intelligent decisioning, recommendations, personalization, generative content, conversational AI, and voice experiences.
  • Independently determine the technical approach needed to take loosely defined AI-powered concepts from idea to working, testable POC.
  • Create realistic customer simulations that can be tested with internal and external audiences.
  • Explore how to ground, guide, and evaluate AI experiences using customer profile data, customer context, and human-defined guardrails.
  • Connect prototypes to content libraries, AI SDKs, and staging systems.
  • Contribute reusable AI and application capabilities to our prototyping platform.
  • Use AI-native development workflows with tools like Cursor, Claude, Copilot, and similar technologies.
  • Help define practical guardrails for safe, reliable, and brand-appropriate customer-facing AI experiences.
What you'll need
  • Strong software engineering skills with experience building web or native mobile applications using React, Angular, or similar frameworks. Experience with iOS development is a plus.
  • Hands-on experience integrating and applying AI technologies, models, or services within applications, prototypes, or customer experiences.
  • Experience working with applied AI technologies such as LLMs, conversational AI, recommendation or decisioning systems, personalization, retrieval/grounding, agents, or generative AI.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently take an ambiguous AI-powered concept, determine how to build it, and deliver a functional POC or prototype.
  • Strong ability to move from an ambiguous idea or design concept to working software quickly.
  • Experience integrating APIs, cloud services, data sources, and external systems.
  • Familiarity with AI-native development tools such as Cursor, Claude, Copilot, or similar technologies.
  • Strong product and design instincts and an appreciation for great customer experiences.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration.
  • Portfolio, prototypes, side projects, or examples that demonstrate curiosity and self-directed building.
Perks
  • Free eye exams for your entire family
  • Deep discounts on lenses, glasses, and other services
  • Amazing healthcare coverage
  • 401(k) match
  • Flexible PTO
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • In-house restaurant with highly discounted meals (Steak dinner under $6)
  • Free snacks, ice cream, and drinks every day
  • Full onsite gym

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