DrBalcony is looking for a rare kind of engineer: an AI Builder who can take an idea from a sentence to a shipped product without waiting on anyone else. You're equally comfortable designing the UX, building the frontend, wiring the backend, and integrating the AI that makes it all worth using. You think in products, not tickets — you care about why something is being built and who it's for, not just how. This role is for a generalist who'd rather own an entire surface area than a single layer of the stack.
What You'll Do
- Take AI product ideas from concept → design → build → ship, end to end
- Design the experience: flows, wireframes, and interfaces that make complex AI feel simple
- Build polished frontends and the backend services and APIs behind them
- Integrate LLMs and AI agents into real, usable workflows — streaming, orchestration, the works
- Make product calls: what to build, what to cut, what "good enough to ship" means
- Prototype fast, get it in front of users, and iterate on real feedback
- Own quality across the whole stack: UX, performance, reliability, and polish
- Help shape the product roadmap, not just execute someone else's spec
What You Bring
Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind — you build interfaces that feel good to use
Backend: Node.js and/or Python, REST/GraphQL APIs, databases (PostgreSQL, Redis), auth, and the glue between services
AI: Hands-on with LLM APIs (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI), agent workflows, prompting, and integrating AI into products that actually work
UX/Design: A real eye for layout, flow, and usability — comfortable in Figma, fluent in turning rough ideas into clean interfaces
Product: Instinct for what users need, judgment on tradeoffs, and the discipline to ship and iterate
Who You Are
- A builder at heart — you've shipped things, probably more than one, probably solo or near-solo
- Comfortable being the only person in the room who can do frontend, backend, design, and AI
- Bias toward action: you'd rather prototype in an afternoon than spec for a week
- Opinionated about quality and user experience, but pragmatic about deadlines
- Self-directed — you don't need a detailed brief to get moving
- Genuinely excited about AI and what it makes possible to build right now
Bonus Points
- You've built and run AI agents or automation systems in production
- You've launched your own products, side projects, or startups
- You know workflow tooling (n8n, Temporal) and how to make agents reliable
- You've worked across the full lifecycle of a product, from zero to users
- A portfolio, GitHub, or live products that show how you think and what you ship
