Senior Software Engineer (AI + Growth) - 6 Month Contract

Position Overview

Minted is seeking a passionate and versatile Senior Software Engineer (AI + Growth) to join a small, fast-moving 0-to-1 team. This role focuses on leveraging AI and early-stage startup approaches to develop and ship innovative experiences across all product surfaces. As a technical generalist, you will contribute to the development of AI-driven features, own outcomes from ideation to production, and help lay the foundation for rapid expansion of our AI capabilities. The ideal candidate thrives in autonomous environments, enjoys tackling both big and small challenges, and is motivated by improving user experiences through innovative solutions. This role will work closely with a repeat founder and a small, collaborative team to rapidly prototype, test, and ship features that delight customers.

Employment Type: Full-Time Contract Duration: 6 Months

Responsibilities

• Collaborate directly with the team and customers to rapidly prototype, test, and ship AI-driven features across all product surfaces.
• Design and implement features leveraging retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and large-scale data extraction.
• Extend core APIs, AI infrastructure, and data pipelines to enable highly requested application features.
• Own end-to-end feature development: from ideation and design to implementation, production, and user feedback.
• Utilize AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Cursor) to accelerate development and maintain high-quality code.
• Work with leadership to align technical solutions with business goals, ensuring high-quality, on-time deliverables.

Requirements

• Passion for Building: A love for creating great products with passionate colleagues, motivated by owning outcomes.
• Curiosity and Initiative: An early tinkerer with AI technologies (e.g., ChatGPT, LLMs) with a track record of seeking improvements.
• Autonomy and Accountability: Thrives in autonomous environments, takes responsibility for work, and may have entrepreneurial experience.
• Technical Versatility: Strong generalist excited to contribute across the full stack (front-end to back-end) and eager to learn new domains.
• AI Enthusiasm: Experience or interest in building with AI tools (e.g., Cursor) and a desire to push the boundaries of AI-driven features.
• Show, Don’t Tell: Stand out by sharing something you’ve built using AI tools like Cursor.
• Full-Stack Experience: Proven experience building full-stack software applications, including web frontends, backing APIs, and data model layers.
• Willingness to Learn: Eagerness to dive into new domains, including AI tools, techniques, and APIs.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, TypeScript, or similar. Familiarity with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React) and back-end technologies (e.g., Node.js, APIs) is a plus.
• Familiarity with Cloud Systems: Experience with AWS, Docker, Elasticsearch, Kafka, or database systems (SQL/NoSQL) is beneficial.

You Are

• Outcome-Oriented: Focused on delivering impactful, high-quality features aligned with business and customer goals.
• Collaborative and Inclusive: Fosters a respectful, accountable team culture where diverse perspectives thrive.
• Solution-Focused: Approaches challenges with a forward-thinking mindset, maintaining momentum and driving innovation.
• Customer-Centric: Committed to enhancing the customer experience through thoughtful, AI-driven solutions.
• Strategic: Able to balance short-term priorities with long-term technical vision.

Bonus Points

• Experience designing and building large, data-intensive systems.
• Experience using large language models (LLMs) programmatically, building AI agents, or working with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
• Prior experience in a similar role or startup environment.

About Minted

Minted is a design marketplace, connecting customers with the world’s best artists to create unique, high-quality products. We are building a small, fast-moving 0-to-1 team to leverage AI and early-stage startup approaches to develop and ship innovative experiences across all product surfaces.