AI Product Engineer — Prototyping & MVPs

Referment; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Referment is seeking an engineering-oriented AI product professional to turn loosely defined business problems into prototypes, internal tools and lightweight products.

The role is hands-on at the boundary of product management and engineering; you will frame opportunities with internal leads, build the solution to demonstrate value, and partner with engineers or vendors to evolve MVPs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• 3–6 years in relevant roles.
• Experience turning business problems into prototypes.
• Hands-on with developers; startup/R&D experience helpful.

Responsibilities

• Translate business pain points into scoped technical solution paths.
• Prototype with LLM APIs, orchestration frameworks, vector databases and open-source components.
• Build simple user-facing interfaces that demonstrate product viability.
• Work with engineers and external partners to move prototypes towards broader adoption.
• Apply AI across internal tools, process automation and workflow improvement.

Skills

Product management

AI product

Prototype development

Cross-functional collaboration

LLMs

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

LLM APIs

Vector databases

Orchestration frameworks

Open-source tools

Job description

Referment is seeking an engineering-oriented AI product professional to turn loosely defined business problems into prototypes, internal tools and lightweight products.

The role is hands-on at the boundary of product management and engineering; you will frame opportunities with internal leads, build the solution to demonstrate value, and partner with engineers or vendors to evolve MVPs.