AI Product Engineer

About the role

Join GovWell, a mission-driven company focused on improving government services in America. As our first AI Product Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping how we apply AI to solve real-world problems. You will design, prototype, build, and launch AI-powered workflow automation products that transform how governments process and deliver services. You will collaborate closely with design, engineering, and government domain experts to turn generative AI into intuitive, reliable, and auditable workflows. This is a hybrid work environment with unlimited time off, equity ownership, and comprehensive benefits. Key missions: Design, prototype, build, and launch AI-powered workflow automation products that transform how governments process and deliver services.. Take full ownership of AI product development — from identifying agency and resident needs to shipping production-ready solutions.. Collaborate closely with design, engineering, and government domain experts to turn generative AI into intuitive, reliable, and auditable workflows. Profile: - Mission-driven: motivated by GovWell’s mission to improve government services in America - 5+ years of professional software/product engineering experience in high-growth startup environments, building user-facing applications for enterprises and/or consumers - Hands-on experience building products with generative AI at their core, with strong familiarity in LLMs, vector databases, and retrieval systems - Product-minded builder: you care as much about usability and impact as you do about technical depth, and you know how to translate AI capabilities into intuitive, reliable workflows - Iterative problem-solver: you move quickly from prototype to production, using data and customer feedback to refine and improve features - Values-aligned: you embody our Core Values