Full-Stack AI Engineer (Contract to Full-Time)

Company: Form AI

About the Company: Form AI is an AI fluency and integration startup for executives and their teams. They build AI applications tailored to how clients work — taking a workflow that's eating someone's week and making it disappear. Real client work, not demos. Client-facing engineering where you scope and build alongside real stakeholders.

Job Category: Software Engineering / AI Engineering / Consulting / Fractional

Contract Type: 1099 Contract (with strong potential to convert to full-time at $150K–$220K as the practice grows)

Location: Remote — USA (Austin preference but remote-friendly)

Salary: $75–$150/hour; 40-hour monthly minimum; 10–20 hours/week; scales with client demand Application Link: https://formai.build/jobs

Application Email: [email protected]

Posted: May 1, 2026

Job Description: A typical engagement starts with a client describing a workflow eating their week. You scope alongside them, then build something that makes it disappear. The stack is whatever fits: TypeScript and Python, React or Next.js, Claude and other LLM APIs, integrations with the SaaS our clients use (Notion, Slack, Google Workspace). RAG, agents, prompt engineering, and evals when the work calls for them — not for show.

Key Responsibilities:

• Scope AI integration projects directly with executive clients
• Build end-to-end AI applications tailored to specific client workflows
• Integrate LLM APIs (Claude, GPT, Gemini) with client SaaS tools
• Build RAG systems, agents, and automation workflows as the project demands
• Communicate clearly in writing — most client work happens async

Requirements:

• Has shipped end-to-end as an early engineer at a small company
• Real opinions about LLM applications — knows when AI adds value and when it doesn't
• Writes readable code — not just functional code
• Comfort scoping with clients and communicating expectations clearly in writing
• TypeScript, Python, React/Next.js, and LLM API experience

Benefits: Flexible hours, competitive hourly rate, path to full-time ($150K–$220K) as practice grows, direct client impact, no bureaucracy.