Product Engineer, AI

About this role

Arcade seeks a Product Engineer, AI to build the future of AI-powered physical product creation, reporting directly to the CEO. You'll own end-to-end product features combining generative AI, system design, and user experience—from ideation through launch—at a well-funded, fast-moving startup.

What you'll do

• Design and launch AI-powered product features with full end-to-end ownership and real-world impact
• Develop agentic workflows, LLM chains, and multimodal model integrations powering core user actions
• Write, tune, and iterate on system prompts and conduct model benchmarking evaluations
• Collaborate with AI researchers, designers, and engineers to integrate cutting-edge models into production
• Implement quality controls, acceptance thresholds, and on-surface metrics to ensure user trust at scale
• Execute user research, technical scoping, coding, and post-launch iteration cycles

What they're looking for

• Software development (2+ years production experience)
• LLM and generative AI (chains, prompts, multimodal models)
• Agentic workflow and AI system design
• Full-stack product ownership and execution
• Cross-functional collaboration and communication
• User experience and product sense
• Prompt engineering and model evaluation
• Rapid prototyping and iteration

Benefits

• Direct reporting to Co-Founder & CEO
• Early-stage ownership of category-defining products
• Work with world-class AI researchers and designers
• $42M funding from elite investor group
• Located in San Francisco's Presidio
• High-velocity learning and growth environment