# AI Product Engineer at Speak

- Company: Speak
- What the company does: Speak is the first & only app that lets you get real conversational practice without needing a live tutor on the other end. And we build some serious AI tech to make that possible. Backed by Accel, Khosla and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.speak.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $150K to $280K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2023-09-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/speak/e91eb4bc-93bf-4e3a-b7c9-4a2f506df43f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/speak-ai-product-engineer/

## About the role

As an AI Product Engineer at Speak, you'll play a pivotal role in developing the future of language learning and creating the most effective path to language fluency. Your primary responsibility will be developing innovative product experiences powered by Language Learning Models (LLMs) and deploying them to millions of users.

## What they're looking for

- 3-5+ years of experience in full stack/backend, product-focused software engineering
- Proficiency in React/Node/Typescript and Python
- You have real-world experience developing and deploying LLM apps and a strong understanding, gained through experience, of what works and what doesn't
- A keen intuition for improving performance and output quality of LLM systems
- Experience with LLM Ops and tools (e.g., vector databases, RAG, prompt ops)
- Strong product intuition — the ability to think broadly and cross-functionally about innovative LLM-powered capabilities and product experiences

Tags: Engineering