Junior Technical Product Manager – AI Products, Specs & APIs

MaxIT Consulting - Max Corporate Group; Los Altos (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MaxIT Consulting is seeking an Associate Product Manager, Technical to join a venture-backed AI startup building an AI-native operating system for drug development. This entry-level role lets you turn product concepts into engineering specs, review data models, and define what 'correct' means for AI features, working directly with the founders.

Based in Los Altos, this on-site opportunity requires 0–3 years in related roles, a CS degree, and ability to produce specs and design docs.

Qualifications

• 0–3 years of experience in product, technical program management, software engineering or related technical role.
• CS, engineering or equivalent technical degree from a top program; can read a codebase and reason about architecture.
• Has written structured technical documents (specs, design docs, research papers).
• Has built something under real constraints: startup internship, research lab or side project with users.
• Fluent with AI tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.

Responsibilities

• Break product briefs into components and scope what goes into each build.
• Write feature stories with acceptance criteria, edge cases and state transitions.
• Review data models and API contracts against the existing schema.
• Define what "correct" means for AI features such as document extraction and classification.
• Own product quality for shipped features.

Skills

0-3 years exp

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related

Tools

Claude

Cursor

Job description

Los Altos, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) | On-site | Full-time

MaxIT Consulting is looking for an Associate Product Manager, Technical to join a venture-backed, early-stage AI company building an AI-native operating system for drug development programs, already used by leading biopharma companies.

The Opportunity

This is the entry point for sharp technical people early in their careers: you will turn product concepts into engineering-ready specs, review data models and API contracts, and define what "correct" means for AI features, working directly with the founders. Steep learning curve and real scope.

Key Responsibilities

• Break product briefs into components and scope what goes into each build.
• Write feature stories with acceptance criteria, edge cases and state transitions.
• Review data models and API contracts against the existing schema.
• Define what "correct" means for AI features such as document extraction and classification.
• Own product quality for shipped features.

Required Qualifications

• 0 to 3 years in product, technical program management, software engineering or a related technical role (internships count).
• CS, engineering or equivalent technical degree from a top program; can read a codebase and reason about architecture.
• Has written structured technical documents (specs, design docs, research papers).
• Has built something under real constraints: startup internship, research lab or side project with users.
• Fluent with AI tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.

Nice to Have

• AI-native projects: LLM integrations, structured extraction, agentic workflows or evaluation harnesses.
• Production code or a technical project shipped end to end; experience at a startup under 50 people.

Work Arrangement

On-site role in Los Altos, CA (San Francisco Bay Area); fully remote is not possible. Candidates must live in or relocate to the Bay Area and must already be authorized to work in the United States.