Technical Product Manager / AI Prototyper

Aptara; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Aptara is seeking a hands-on Technical Product Manager to build and showcase cutting-edge AI use cases. This remote, 3-6 month project involves turning raw concepts into polished demos for social media platforms like X, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

You will own prototypes end-to-end, using OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, and automation tools, then iterate based on feedback to deliver compelling demos.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of hands-on AI/PM experience with prototype delivery.
• Hands-on LLM and automation experience; build it yourself, not delegate.
• Strong ability to create demos that pop on social platforms (X/LinkedIn/YouTube).
• Low ego, high grit; comfortable with manual iteration to reach final product.

Responsibilities

• Build functional AI prototypes and end-to-end workflows using AI APIs and automation tools.
• Cobble together automations, third-party APIs, synthetic data, and SaaS tooling to run prototypes.
• Iterate quickly on feedback until the demo is polished and presentation-ready.

Skills

LLM experiments

Automation

Python

REST APIs

OpenAI

Claude

Zapier

Make

AI demos

Tools

Zapier

Make

OpenAI API

Claude API

Perplexity API

Job description

Technical Product Manager / AI Prototyper

Start: Immediate

Duration: 3-6 Months

Location: Remote

Pay: $60-$70 1099

We're looking for a hands-on, high-ownership Technical PM (AI) to build and showcase cutting-edge AI use cases — turning raw concepts into polished, social-media-worthy product demos.

What you'll do:

• Build functional AI prototypes and workflows end-to-end (OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity; Zapier, Make, Python, REST APIs)
• Cobble together automations, third-party APIs, synthetic datasets, and SaaS tooling to get prototypes running
• Iterate fast on feedback until the demo is polished

What you bring:

• 4-8 years of experience
• Real hands-on LLM + automation experience — you build it yourself, not delegate it
• Strong visual taste — you know what makes a tech demo pop on X/LinkedIn/YouTube
• Low ego, high grit — comfortable with manual, repetitive iteration to nail the final product