AI Engineer

Benefits

• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Wellness stipend of $100 per month
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Personal workspace or home office stipend of $100 per month
• $1,000 annual True Classic merchandise allowance
• 401(k) plan with 3% company match

Salary: USD 75,000 - 85,000 per year, plus bonus

Workplace arrangement

This role is on-site in Calabasas, California, five days a week.

Why True Classic

• One of the fastest-growing consumer brands with significant AI-driven momentum
• Leadership is deeply invested in AI transformation and strategy
• Opportunity to work on innovative projects not common in many consumer brands
• Fast growth in scope, title, and compensation as the company scales
• Real impact shaping the experience of millions of customers worldwide
• Human, collaborative environment that supports strong performance

Cross functional collaboration

• Marketing: AI-powered acquisition, creative testing, audience targeting, and lifecycle tools
• eCommerce & Product: Personalization, search, merchandising, and conversion optimization
• Operations: Automation of high-friction workflows across supply chain and fulfillment
• Finance & BI: Connect AI initiatives to revenue, margin, and efficiency KPIs
• Commercial Channels: Solutions that work across DTC, wholesale, marketplace, and international

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI powered applications, tools, and workflows to address high-leverage business problems
• Build AI agents, automation pipelines, and LLM driven features across acquisition, retention, and operations
• Implement and integrate RESTful APIs for efficient, secure data access and exchange across the tech stack
• Write clean, maintainable, production-quality code in Python, React, Node.js, and other relevant frameworks
• Deploy and manage applications on AWS and other cloud platforms using modern CI/CD pipelines
• Partner with marketing, finance, operations, and commercial teams to solve their hardest problems
• Perform code reviews, enforce best practices, and drive continuous improvement
• Evaluate and implement AI tools that fit the stack and stay ahead with new capabilities

Requirements

• Professional experience in AI engineering or software development
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Strong expertise in AI prompting, engineering workflows, and working with LLMs (Claude, OpenAI, or similar)
• Proficiency in Python, React, Node.js, Express.js; SQL/PostgreSQL a plus
• Hands-on experience with cloud and DevOps: AWS, Heroku, GitHub CI/CD
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and implementation
• Systems thinker who can architect end-to-end solutions, not just point fixes
• Creative, tenacious, and hungry, thrives in ambiguity and moves with urgency

Technologies

• Python, React, Node.js, Express.js
• SQL, PostgreSQL
• AWS, Heroku, GitHub CI/CD
• Claude, OpenAI
• RESTful API design
• Meta, Google, TikTok, Klaviyo, Triple Whale, Shopify