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We treat this role as training for that level of ownership.\nOur Principles\nWe’re a deeply committed team of tier-1 backed and exited operators united by our four core principles:\n We seek truth \n We are high-leverage \n We are owners\n We believe impossible is an attitude \nWhy Aurora\nHigh Leverage\nDesign a daily-use product placed directly in the hands of the world’s most ambitious individuals and organizations - empowering them to compound their time, relationships, and global impact.\nCutting-Edge AI\nWork hands-on with a next-generation AI system redefining lifestyle management at the highest level, spanning context, recommendation, orchestration, and execution. Design an ultra-lightweight, ultra-high-leverage product experience that consistently wins the engagement, trust, and spend of the most powerful consumer cohort in history.\nOpportunity\nPlay a foundational role in building the future of high-performance lifestyle management - a $100bn opportunity at the intersection of technology, luxury, and longevity.\nAbout the Founders\nAurora was founded in 2024 by:\n Jonah Lowenstein, previously founder of a social e-commerce platform backed by Accel, 20VC, and the co-founder of Venmo \n Aurelius Zwick, won the UK’s largest youth entrepreneurship competition at age 16\n Dmitry Ogurtsov, previously director of engineering at conversational AI company exited to ZoomInfo\nAurora is chaired by Alex Macdonald, founder of the world’s most successful concierge - exited to Capital One for $300m.\nTo date, we’ve raised $12M from Tier-1 VCs and operators, including the founder of Cleo, Quadpay, early investors in Supercell and Deliveroo, the President of VistaJet, and tier-1 athletes including Kevin Love and Kyle Kuzma.\nRequirements\nWhat you’ll do\n Own product features end-to-end, from problem definition to production, feedback, and iteration \n Act as product owner for assigned areas, balancing customer needs, technical constraints, and delivery speed \n Design and implement AI-powered workflows using LLMs, tools, and agentic systems \n Design agent flows that combine automation with human-in-the-loop escalation\n Work closely with our internal domain experts to understand real operational pain points and opportunities for leverage \n Collaborate with engineers to ship reliable, scalable implementations \n Define success metrics and use qualitative and quantitative feedback to guide iteration \n Debug production issues related to AI behavior, data quality, or workflow design \n Contribute code across the stack where needed, with a bias toward shipping value \nWhat we’re looking for\nExperience\n 4+ years of experience building production software \n Proven experience shippingAI-powered features used by real customers, ideally at scale\n Experience working with LLMs, prompt design, tool calling, and agentic flows\nTechnical foundation\n Comfortable writing production-ready Python code\n Solid understanding of backend systems and APIs, even if not infrastructure-focused \n Experience working with data pipelines, embeddings, retrieval, or RAG-style systems \n Ability to reason about latency, cost, reliability, and quality trade-offs \nProduct mindset\n You naturally think in terms of user outcomes, not just implementation details\n Comfortable operating with ambiguity and incomplete information \n Able to define the “right” problem before jumping to solutions \n Willing to make pragmatic decisions and adjust quickly based on feedback \nCollaboration\n Strong communicator who can work across engineering, product, and operations \n Comfortable taking ownership and being accountable for results \n Enjoys being close to customers and real usage \n Wants to work in person with a high-performance team \nNice to have\n Experience acting as a product owner or tech lead on specific features \n Familiarity with Django or similar backend frameworks \n Experience with human-in-the-loop systems or operational tooling \n Understanding of mobile or frontend constraints \n Exposure to regulated or high-trust environments \nBenefits\n$2,000 Tech & Education budget\nComplimentary Oura ring or Whoop\nComplimentary longevity testing subscription\nLifestyle perks, events, and access opportunities\nFull health benefits; 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