️ Senior Full Stack Engineer (Frontend-Focused) Barkie.ai | Remote-Friendly | Full-Time
Barkie.ai is the AI-native golf platform built for how golfers actually play. We've shipped first-to-market products including Voice-to-Score, a guardrailed golf LLM (Broadie), a live betting engine, and Apple Watch integration — all voice-first, all mobile-native. We're backed by strategic investors, affiliated with the USGA/GHIN, and partnered with Google's Early Access Program for unreleased Gemini models. We're pre-revenue and coming for this market — built to disrupt how golf tech has been done for the last 20 years. ───────────────────────────────── THE ROLE This is a true seat at the table. You'll be the primary owner of our frontend and mobile experience, working directly with the founding team to shape how golfers interact with AI on the course, on their phone, and on their wrist. You're not inheriting a legacy codebase — you're building the future one. ───────────────────────────────── WHAT YOU'LL BUILD ▸ Voice-first conversational UI powered by LLMs — our flagship interaction model ▸ React Native mobile apps that perform flawlessly on-course (low connectivity, glanceable UI) ▸ Apple Watch companion experiences integrated with our scoring and betting engine ▸ Real-time data interfaces for live scoring, strokes gained analytics, and betting flows ▸ Full-stack features from API to component — you'll touch Node, Python, and cloud infra ▸ Tight integrations with Gemini and other LLM providers via our Google EAP partnership ───────────────────────────────── WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Must-Haves ▸ Deep React Native expertise — you've shipped production mobile apps, not just prototypes ▸ Strong LLM knowledge: prompt engineering, RAG, function calling, streaming, tool use, fine-tuning concepts ▸ Conversational UI experience — you've designed and built chat or voice interfaces users actually enjoy ▸ Mobile-first mindset: performance optimization, offline handling, gesture-driven UX ▸ Full stack capability: Node.js, REST/GraphQL APIs, cloud deployment (GCP preferred) ▸ Comfort with real-time data — WebSockets, live feeds, state management at scale ▸ 5+ years of engineering experience with at least 2 years in a senior or lead capacity Strong Pluses ▸ Apple Watch / WatchOS UI development ▸ Experience integrating with Google Gemini, OpenAI, or Anthropic APIs ▸ Sports tech, gaming, or betting platform background ▸ Startup experience — you know what it means to ship before it's perfect ▸ Golf knowledge or genuine passion for the game (seriously, it matters for product intuition) ───────────────────────────────── OUR TECH STACK ▸ Frontend/Mobile: React, React Native, TypeScript ▸ Backend: Node.js, Python ▸ AI/ML: Google Gemini (EAP), LLM orchestration, voice pipelines ▸ Cloud: GCP ▸ Data: USGA/GHIN integration, proprietary GPS mapping ───────────────────────────────── COMPENSATION & PERKS ▸ Salary: DOE — we pay competitively for the right person ▸ Equity: meaningful stake in what we're building (profits interests with vesting) ▸ Seat at the table: direct line to founders, voice in product direction, not a ticket queue ▸ Remote-friendly with flexible hours ▸ Work on genuinely novel AI products in a market that hasn't been won yet ───────────────────────────────── TO APPLY Send a note about what you've built and why Barkie.ai. One question we'll ask: what do you have that you can show us as a mobile app in production? We read everything. [email protected]