AI Prototyper / Prompt Engineer at SmartFoodie GmbH

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Dec, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

21 Sep, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Generative AI, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Prototyping, Collaboration, Curiosity, Game Design, Education, Multimodal Models

Industry

education

Description

We are a well funded startup, founded by Ex-Google employees and repeat founders. We are on a mission to ignite curiosity in children through beautifully crafted, AI-powered learning adventures.. We are reimagining how children learn — combining immersive stories, interactive minigames, and generative AI at the core of the experience. Our educational platform transforms dry curriculum into vivid, engaging adventures. We’re looking for an AI Prototyper / Prompt Engineer to push the limits of what’s possible, fast. This is not a traditional engineering role. It’s a hands-on, high-leverage position for someone who thrives at the bleeding edge of AI capabilities, loves tinkering with prompts and pipelines, and wants to invent the future of learning — one prototype at a time. Tasks What you’ll do: • Rapidly explore the frontiers of generative AI — especially large language models — to unlock novel capabilities (e.g. auto-generating games or interactive content from a learning topic). • Design and iterate on complex prompt chains, agent behaviors, and tool-augmented workflows. • Build quick, scrappy prototypes to test viability of new ideas across text, games, visuals, or multimodal combinations. • Collaborate with designers, educators, and engineers to bridge ideas into product-ready features. • Monitor emerging tools, APIs, and research papers — and bring those insights into practical application. Requirements What we’re looking for: • Deep understanding of LLM behavior, prompting strategies, and model limitations. • Experience with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or similar APIs — ideally with multi-step chains, tool use, or custom system instructions. • Comfort hacking together prototypes — with whatever tools you like. • Curiosity-driven mindset with the ability to spot unexpected affordances or emergent behaviors in new models. • Bonus: Experience in education, game design, narrative systems, or working with multimodal models (image/video/audio) Benefits Very competetive salary, bonus, and equity package..

Responsibilities

The AI Prototyper / Prompt Engineer will rapidly explore generative AI frontiers to unlock novel capabilities and build quick prototypes to test new ideas. Collaboration with designers, educators, and engineers is essential to bridge concepts into product-ready features.