Frontend Engineer, AI Prototyping

1-800 Contacts

• $100K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong software engineering skills; experience with web or native mobile applications (React, Angular, iOS a plus)
  • Hands-on integrating existing AI technologies within applications
  • Experience with applied AI technologies (LLMs, conversational AI, etc.)
  • Ability to independently turn complex AI ideas into functional prototypes
  • Experience with APIs, cloud services, and data integration
  • Familiarity with AI-native development tools (Cursor, Claude, Copilot)
  • Strong product instincts and focus on customer experience
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration
  • Portfolio demonstrating curiosity and previous work.

Responsibilities

  • Transform ideas and customer challenges into functional prototypes, starting with a mobile app.
  • Develop AI-powered features using modern technologies and APIs.
  • Research and evaluate AI models for specific customer use cases.
  • Independently determine technical approaches for vague AI-powered concepts.
  • Create realistic customer simulations for testing.
  • Ground and guide AI experiences using customer data and context.
  • Connect prototypes to various content and staging systems.
  • Contribute reusable components to the prototyping platform.
  • Utilize AI-native development workflows with tools like Cursor and Copilot.
  • Iterate on prototypes based on customer and user feedback.

Benefits

  • Free eye exams for family members
  • Deep discounts on glasses and services
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Flexible paid time off (PTO)
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Access to an on-site restaurant with cheap meals
  • Daily free snacks and drinks
  • Full on-site gym access
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Turn ideas, customer problems, and hypotheses into functional, testable prototypes, starting with our mobile app.
  • Build AI-powered experiences using LLMs, existing AI models and 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 a functional, 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 components and integrations 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.
  • Use feedback from customer and user testing to rapidly iterate on prototypes and explore different approaches.
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 existing 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.
  • 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.
  • Experience incorporating user or customer feedback into prototypes and iterating based on what you learn.
  • 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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