--- title: 'Product Engineer at AirOps' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/product-engineer-airops-new-york-a4zv6dq90ykc' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-04' --- # Product Engineer at AirOps - **Company:** AirOps - **Location:** New York, NY / San Francisco, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-08-22 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/airops/01f88dc8-5f04-4c68-8df1-64f8e6089f09/application **Skills:** Product Development, Prototyping, AI Products, Python, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, Model Evaluation > The Product Engineer will prototype and ship AI-powered products to solve real user problems in the content engineering space. This role involves direct customer engagement, cross-functional collaboration, and navigating ambiguity to build fast, reliable systems that help marketing teams thrive in an AI-driven lands... ## Job description ## ABOUT AIROPS AirOps is the full-service platform for brand growth in the age of AI search. As consumers shift from traditional search engines to platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, the entire ruleset of growth is being rewritten. Buyers now rely on agents to discover, recommend, and purchase products and services for them. If your brand isn't part of the answer, you aren't in the running. Our platform offers everything a brand needs to get found, recommended, and earn trust. We work with category leaders, including teams at Ramp, Chime, Airbnb, ServiceNow, and Rippling, to drive visibility and accelerate growth from AI search. Backed by Greylock, Unusual Ventures, Wing VC, and Founder Collective, we're headquartered in San Francisco, New York, and Montevideo. ## ABOUT THE ROLE AirOps is building the product content teams use to win in AI search — and this role is about turning hard problems into experiences people actually love. We’re hiring a Product Engineer to prototype quickly, ship customer-visible features, and iterate based on real feedback in days, not quarters. You’ll work tightly with Design and Product, talk directly with customers, and help define what “great” looks like as we scale. If you have strong product taste, deep customer empathy, and love taking ideas from zero to one, you’ll be excited about this seat. ## WHAT YOU'LL DO: - Design, prototype, and launch AI-powered products that solve real user problems — from early concept through scaled feature - Direct customer engagement: understand needs, validate ideas quickly, and iterate based on what you learn - Cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and data teams to take features from idea to production at startup speed - Navigate ambiguity: define what to build when the path forward is not clear - Keep systems fast and reliable under real-world usage ## WHO YOU ARE: - 3+ years building products that people love, with demonstrated experience taking ideas from zero to one - Track record of shipping quickly while maintaining quality — you know when to move fast and when to be thorough - Strong product taste paired with deep customer empathy - Thrives in ambiguous, fast-changing environments where requirements shift and customer feedback drives decisions - Outstanding communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences ## NICE TO HAVES - Excitement about AI and its application in product experiences - Experience working with Python and strong ML or LLM knowledge - Experience with evals - History of direct customer engagement ## OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1. Extreme Ownership 2. Quality 3. Curiosity and Play 4. Make Our Customers Heroes 5. Respectful Candor ## BENEFITS - Equity in a fast-growing startup - Competitive benefits package tailored to your location - Flexible time off policy - Parental Leave - A fun-loving and (just a bit) nerdy team that loves to move fast! ## About AirOps ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: AirOps provides an end-to-end content engineering platform that helps brands optimize their visibility across AI search engines like ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, and Claude. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Alex Halliday (CEO) and Matt Hammel (COO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: AI-powered marketing technology / AI Engine Optimization (AEO) - **Target customers**: B2B – marketing teams at mid-market and enterprise companies; also e-commerce, marketplaces, and product teams - **Mission or purpose**: Help brands get found – and stay found – in the AI era by giving marketing teams the systems they need to win visibility across AI search and SEO with quality content. ## Products & Services - **AirOps Platform**: A SaaS platform that monitors brand visibility across eight AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Amazon Rufus, etc.), identifies content gaps, and orchestrates content creation and updates. Includes citation tracking, competitor intelligence, and share-of-voice measurement. - **Quill (AI Agent)**: An autonomous AI agent that continuously monitors content performance, identifies stale or missing information, and drafts updates or new content for human approval. Quill is powered by a proprietary dataset of over 2.5 billion AI search responses. - **AirOps University**: A certification program to train marketers as “Content Engineers” in AI search strategies. - **Professional Services**: Hands-on training, strategy consulting, and dedicated support from AirOps’ AEO and SEO experts. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$62.5 million** (Seed: $7M led by Wing Venture Capital; Series A: $15.5M led by Unusual Ventures; Series B: $40M led by Greylock) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/airopshq) - **Estimated Annual Revenue**: $500,000 (source: LinkedIn, likely a third-party estimate) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/airopshq) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Wing Venture Capital, Unusual Ventures, Greylock - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew **260% YoY** to 117 employees (LinkedIn data) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/airopshq); more recent reporting in May 2026 indicates **140 employees** with plans to exceed 200 by year-end – [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/exclusive-airops-targets-emerging-ai-search-market-autonomous-content-optimization-agent/) - One customer reported a **165% increase in AI citations** and a **42% increase in share of voice** after deploying Quill – [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/exclusive-airops-targets-emerging-ai-search-market-autonomous-content-optimization-agent/) - Active job postings: 23 (LinkedIn), with strong hiring momentum (+2200% YoY in job postings) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/airopshq) ## Competitive Advantages - **First-mover in AEO**: AirOps is one of the first dedicated platforms for AI Engine Optimization, a rapidly growing market as AI-generated search answers replace traditional blue links. - **Proprietary data moat**: Has collected over 2.5 billion AI search responses to understand citation patterns, freshness, authority, and writing structure – [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/exclusive-airops-targets-emerging-ai-search-market-autonomous-content-optimization-agent/) - **End-to-end automation with human oversight**: Quill autonomously monitors, drafts, and suggests content but keeps final publishing human-approved, balancing scale with quality control. - **Multi-engine coverage**: Tracks eight major AI search platforms, not just one, giving customers a holistic view of their AI visibility. ## Strategic Focus - **Pure AEO focus**: AirOps has pivoted from a broader ChatGPT workflow tool to a dedicated AEO platform, which is now its sole focus – [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/exclusive-airops-targets-emerging-ai-search-market-autonomous-content-optimization-agent/) - **Continuous content freshness**: The company emphasizes that “freshness matters much more in AI search than in traditional SEO,” driving a shift from campaign-based to continuous content optimization. - **Scaling the team**: Plans to grow headcount to over 200 by end of 2026, with open roles in engineering, product, sales, partnerships, and customer enablement – [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/exclusive-airops-targets-emerging-ai-search-market-autonomous-content-optimization-agent/) ## Why Work Here - **Culture & ratings**: 4.1/5.0 on LinkedIn (28 reviews) with strong marks for culture (4.1), compensation (4.0), and career growth (4.0) – [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/airopshq) - **Work model**: Hybrid / in-office (San Francisco HQ) and remote options available; many roles are listed as “In-Office or Remote” – [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/airops/jobs) - **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on LLM-powered AI features, data engineering (ClickHouse, Rails), and building autonomous agents. The team is technically driven with a focus on innovation. - **Growth opportunity**: Fast-growing startup (260% headcount growth) with a clear market niche; employees can have outsized impact and career acceleration. - **Hands-on training**: AirOps provides dedicated onboarding, certification through AirOps University, and ongoing support – not just “handing you a login” – [airops.com](https://www.airops.com/) ## Sources 1. [airops.com](https://www.airops.com/) – Official website (product features, mission, services) 2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/airopshq) – LinkedIn company page (headcount, revenue, funding, employee breakdown, ratings) 3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/airops/jobs) – Built In profile (open jobs, work model, company details) 4. [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/exclusive-airops-targets-emerging-ai-search-market-autonomous-content-optimization-agent/) – SiliconANGLE article (Quill launch, headcount, strategy, customer results) ## Other roles at AirOps - [Head of Enterprise Demand Generation](https://feeny.ai/job/head-of-enterprise-demand-generation-airops-new-york-wh1xd6tz1jyj) — New York, NY / San Francisco, CA - [Head of Legal](https://feeny.ai/job/head-of-legal-airops-san-francisco-89kpcrjbawxw) — San Francisco, CA - [Insights Strategist](https://feeny.ai/job/insights-strategist-airops-new-york-9yqxjt886z50) — New York, NY / San Francisco, CA - [Account Executive](https://feeny.ai/job/account-executive-airops-new-york-8rqt47bhed5j) — New York, NY / San Francisco, CA - [Lead Product Manager, New Verticals](https://feeny.ai/job/lead-product-manager-new-verticals-airops-new-york-m4mzskmthv5x) — New York, NY / San Francisco, CA - [Engagement Manager - Managed Services](https://feeny.ai/job/engagement-manager-managed-services-airops-new-york-san-francisco-or-hg48yd5yrtpp) — New York San Francisco OR, United States - [Biz Ops Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/biz-ops-lead-airops-san-francisco-cf8px877hh1v) — San Francisco, CA - [AEO/SEO Specialist](https://feeny.ai/job/aeo-seo-specialist-airops-new-york-san-francisco-or-3xvxq27fpzrg) — New York San Francisco OR, United States - [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/forward-deployed-engineer-airops-new-york-nb5ttygg5zmk) — New York, NY - [Marketing & Sales Operations Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/marketing-sales-operations-manager-airops-new-york-san-francisco-or-gemvbn7rx12g) — New York San Francisco OR, United States