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title: 'Full Stack Product Engineer at ProhostAI'
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# Full Stack Product Engineer at ProhostAI

- **Company:** ProhostAI
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** contract
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2024-05-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/prohost-ai/am9icG9zdDpNfWVfiilTK9QCI9HRrohB

## Job description

About [ProhostAI](https://www.prohost.ai): ProhostAI is a Y Combinator backed company building an AI-powered operating system for hosts on Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms. We are on a mission to make every host a 5-star host by automating and improving their operations with the help of AI. Our founding team consists of highly experienced technical leaders from Airbnb, Dropbox, Harvard and Yale.

About the Role: We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Product Engineer with a strong front-end focus to join our founding team. As a key member of our engineering team, you will work closely with the founders to design, develop, and scale our AI-powered platform. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our product and shape the future of the short-term rental industry.

As one of our first full time engineering team members, you will:

- Develop and maintain scalable, high-performance web applications using modern front-end technologies such as React and TypeScript
- Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate front-end components with RESTful APIs and backend services
- Implement intuitive and responsive user interfaces that provide a seamless experience for our users
- Optimize application performance and ensure cross-browser compatibility
- Contribute to the overall architecture and design decisions of our platform
- Work closely with product managers and designers to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following best practices and coding standards
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high code quality
- Stay up-to-date with the latest front-end technologies and frameworks and propose improvements to our tech stack

What We're Looking For:

- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 3+ years of professional experience in full stack web development with a focus on front-end technologies
- Strong proficiency in front-end technologies including TypeScript and React.
- Strong proficiency in Python and server-side frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, etc.
- Strong proficiency working with distributed systems, microservices, and containers e.g. Docker.
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs, relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL), and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP)
- Solid understanding of web development best practices, performance optimization techniques, and cross-browser compatibility
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex issues
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment
- Passion for building high-quality, user-centric web applications.
- Devops experience and/or experience developing IaC using tools like Terraform, Pulumi, etc. a plus.
- Experience with generative AI platforms and technologies e.g. OpenAI a plus.
- Contractor role with potential for full-time conversion
- This role will require working PST hours
- We have a preference for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay Area who are able to come into our office in San Francisco on a hybrid basis 3-4 days a week, although exceptions can be made on a case by case basis.

Nice to Have:

- Experience with native iOS development in Swift
- Familiarity with AI and machine learning concepts
- Previous experience in a startup environment
- Prior exposure to the short-term rental space and empathy for hosts is a plus

## Why Join Us

- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work with a talented and experienced founding team
- Collaborative and inclusive work environment that values growth and innovation
- Chance to have a meaningful impact on the short-term rental industry and help hosts succeed
- Flexible work arrangements

If you are excited about the opportunity to build cutting-edge AI-powered solutions and revolutionize the short-term rental industry, we'd love to hear from you. Join us at ProhostAI and be part of a mission-driven team that is shaping the future of hosting.

Compensation: $100K - $180K Annually

## About ProhostAI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: ProhostAI is an AI-powered operating system that automates guest messaging, cleaning scheduling, maintenance tasks, and upsells for short-term rental hosts and property managers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (YC S24, seed-stage startup)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Bill Ulammandakh (CEO, ex-Airbnb Staff Data Scientist) and Andrew Lawson (CTO, ex-Dropbox)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Vacation rental technology (PropTech / Hospitality SaaS)
- **Target customers**: B2B – Airbnb hosts, property managers, and short-term rental operators (from 1 to 300+ properties)
- **Mission**: “Make every Airbnb host a 5-star host by automating and improving their operations with the help of AI.”

## Products & Services
All major offerings are SaaS-based and accessible via web, iOS, and Android apps.

- **AI Messaging**: Instant AI replies to guest messages, with optional Autopilot for fully automated responses. Learns from listing info, messaging history, and local data.
- **AI Workflows**: Create automated workflows (e.g., send messages, assign cleanings, notify team) by describing the process in plain language.
- **AI Employees**: Specialized AI agents with defined roles, schedules, tools, and boundaries for guest messages, tasks, devices, cleanings, and operations.
- **AI Phone**: Handles voice calls with full context, recording, transcription, and summarization, linked to the guest conversation.
- **AI Tasks**: Automatically creates maintenance tasks from guest messages and reviews, with auto-assignment and status tracking.
- **Cleanings**: Automatic scheduling, assignment, timestamped photos, checklists, and autopay for cleaners (multilingual).
- **AI Upsells**: Detects gap nights and sends auto-upsell offers to guests, with customizable rules.
- **Guest CRM**: Unified guest profiles with stay history, spending insights, and contact details across all properties.
- **Direct Booking Website**: Lets hosts launch a professional booking site with Stripe payments and direct guest relationships.
- **API & MCP**: One REST API and MCP server for developers and AI agents to integrate with ProhostAI.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Total funding: **Conflicting reports** – LinkedIn states $1.59M (Pre-Seed $1.5M in May 2024; Seed $125K in Aug 2024); the company website states “raised $2.6M from Y Combinator and Pear VC.”
  - 7,500+ properties managed, spanning 80+ countries
  - 260K+ AI messages sent, 13K+ cleanings completed, 38K+ tasks completed
  - Team size: 5 employees (4 according to LinkedIn, with +150% YoY headcount growth)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (YC S24), Pear VC; official partnership with Airbnb
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid early adoption (7,500+ properties in <2 years), expansion to 80+ countries, official Airbnb integration, and a growing engineering team.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Official Airbnb partnership** – a rare integration that gives reliability and direct access to the platform.
- **All-in-one platform** – replaces 5+ separate tools (messaging, scheduling, tasks, upsells, guidebooks) in a single app.
- **Native mobile apps** (iOS & Android) – a differentiator for hosts managing on the go.
- **AI-first architecture** – from AI messaging to AI Employees, the product is built around agentic AI, not just rule-based automation.
- **Founding team from Airbnb & Dropbox** – deep domain expertise in both hospitality and large-scale tech.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue building the “AI operating system” for short-term rentals, with emphasis on expanding AI Employees, phone capabilities, and integrations.
- Grow the property management segment (1–300+ properties) and international reach.
- Develop the API/MCP ecosystem to attract developers and third-party AI agents.

## Why Work Here
- **Early-stage impact**: As a founding engineer, you’ll shape the product and architecture from the ground up.
- **Tiny, high-caliber team**: Currently 5 people, with alumni from Airbnb, Dropbox, Harvard, and Yale.
- **YC S24 backing**: Access to YC’s network, resources, and mentorship.
- **Remote-friendly**: Hiring for US-based remote roles (San Francisco HQ optional).
- **Competitive comp**: Founding Engineer salary range listed at $100K–$180K.
- **Culture**: “Small but mighty” – emphasis on ownership, speed, and solving real host pain points.
- **Cutting-edge AI**: Work on agentic AI, natural language workflows, and real-time automation in a high-growth vertical.

## Sources
1. [prohost.ai/about](https://www.prohost.ai/about)
2. [prohost.ai](https://www.prohost.ai/)
3. [jobs.gem.com/prohost-ai](https://jobs.gem.com/prohost-ai/am9icG9zdDpNfWVfiilTK9QCI9HRrohB)
4. [ycombinator.com/companies/prohostai/jobs](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/prohostai/jobs)
5. [linkedin.com/company/prohostai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/prohostai)

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