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Drive Capital · 2 days ago

Sr. Software Engineer, AI Product Engineer

NYC Metro Area

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $250K/yr

5+ years exp

Drive Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in world-class founders building the next generation of market-defining companies. The role involves crafting interfaces and workflows for hardware engineers in AI-assisted semiconductor verification, focusing on developing user experiences and solving technical problems at the intersection of AI and product engineering.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Financial ServicesInformation TechnologyVenture Capital

Responsibilities

Building complete, integrated prototypes that bring AI capabilities to life in production workflows - stitching together LLMs, backend services, and polished frontend interfaces to create working V0s that users can actually test and the ML team can validate

Architecting and developing interactive workflow UIs that make complex verification workflows feel approachable

Collaborating closely with product designers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation and maintain an exceptionally high bar for interface quality and usability

Owning APIs and orchestration patterns that connect frontends with ML inference servers and backend services

Partnering with ML researchers, product teams and users to translate complex technical requirements into proof-of-concept features that integrate AI capabilities seamlessly into existing workflows

Driving engineering roadmaps in collaboration with researchers, hardware experts, and product managers to discover and propose features that drive user stickiness

Qualification

Frontend software engineeringTypeScriptReactAI-powered applicationsUser experience designCollaboration with designersAdaptabilityContinuous learning

Required

5+ years of frontend software engineering experience, with a strong focus on building sophisticated user experiences

Strong frontend coding skills used to write clean, effective code, with existing proficiency in TypeScript and React and deep understanding of modern frontend architecture, state management, and how web technologies work

Experience crafting complex user experiences with a strong intuition for good design and usability

Experience working with LLMs or building AI-powered applications

Proven ability to learn continuously, work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision

Skill and comfort working in a constantly evolving environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users

Experience brainstorming and iterating with product designers

Preferred

Experience as a former zero-to-one engineering lead or startup founder is highly valued

Experience building IDE extensions, developer tools, or design-to-code systems

Meaningful experience working and building within or for the semiconductor industry, or developing hardware products or software for hardware products

Benefits

Comprehensive compensation package includes a combination of base salary, performance-based incentives, and various benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth.