Founding AI Product Builder

IMPORTANT: This application includes a required 10–15 minute assessment. Applications submitted without the completed assessment will not be considered.

Remote — U.S. Only
1099 Contractor to Start
$70–$110/hour
30–40 hours/week
Standard U.S. business hours with Pacific Time overlap

We are rebuilding our business with AI across operations, ERP, manufacturing, sourcing, sales, and internal systems.

You will own projects from stakeholder conversation to working product: clarify requirements, build V1s with AI, organize GitHub, deploy to Vercel, validate with users, document the system, and involve our lead developer when deeper engineering is required.

You are not expected to be a senior software architect. You must be technical, resourceful, organized, and capable of moving projects forward without micromanagement.

This is a long-term opportunity.

We're starting as a 1099 hourly contractor because we hire based on demonstrated results, not résumés. Our goal is to find someone who becomes a long-term part of the company and grows with us.

What You’ll Own

• Gather requirements from customers and department leaders.
• Turn ambiguous requests into clear plans and acceptance criteria.
• Build functional V1 applications using Claude Code or similar tools.
• Own GitHub issues, branches, pull requests, projects, and documentation.
• Deploy and troubleshoot applications on Vercel.
• Configure and test APIs, webhooks, integrations, and environment variables.
• Validate workflows before calling work complete.
• Coordinate with our lead developer on architecture, security, and production-quality engineering.
• Keep multiple projects moving and close loops.

You’re a Strong Fit If You

• Build with AI regularly.
• Are highly proficient with GitHub.
• Have deployed working applications.
• Understand APIs and modern development workflows.
• Ask precise questions before building.
• Catch missing or contradictory information.
• Verify your own work.
• Solve problems independently.
• Communicate clearly with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Preferred Experience

Claude Code or similar AI coding tools, GitHub, Vercel, APIs, webhooks, JavaScript or Python, technical product ownership, requirements gathering, testing, and documentation.

Required Before Applying

This exercise should take approximately 10–15 minutes.

Step 1: Review both links

GitHub repository

Deployed application

Assume you have just inherited the project. Do not modify the repository or submit code.

You may use AI tools.

Step 2. Submit a response of no more than one page answering:

1. What would you do first?
2. What questions would you ask before making changes?
3. What assumptions would you refuse to make?
4. What would you prioritize next, and why?

To Apply

Include:

• Résumé
• GitHub profile
• Portfolio or relevant projects, if available
• Requested hourly rate
• Current U.S. location
• Typical working hours
• Weekly availability
• Earliest start date
• Your one-page application-exercise response

Reminder: Applications without the completed exercise will not be reviewed.