Product & AI Builder, Independent Consultant

About Crunchbase

Crunchbase is a predictive solution that provides intelligence on private companies, powered by the unique combination of live private company data, AI, and market activity from over 80 million users. We predict private market movements that matter to help investors, dealmakers, and analysts make the right decisions.

We are committed to fostering a positive, diverse, and inclusive culture by hiring for potential and embracing individuals with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets. We value transparency and openness, believing that an inclusive environment strengthens our teams and enhances our products.

About the Engagement

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Product & AI Builder, Independent Consultant to design, build, and deliver solutions across high-priority new products and operational automation over an approximately two-month engagement. The consultant will provide specialized product and technical expertise to deliver defined project outcomes independently and in collaboration with key stakeholders.

This is a project-based consulting engagement. Specific project scope, deliverables, milestones, and acceptance criteria will be established through a mutually agreed-upon Statement of Work (SOW).

Scope of Services

The selected consultant will provide hands-on product and technical execution for new product delivery and operational improvement initiatives. The engagement will focus on rapidly translating business and product needs into working solutions through design, development, implementation, and documentation.

Services may include:

• Translating product and business requirements into solution designs and working implementations

• Designing, prototyping, and developing AI-enabled products, tools, and workflows

• Designing and implementing workflow automations that improve operational processes

• Documenting implemented solutions and providing recommendations for continued development, productionization, or handoff

• Communicating progress, tradeoffs, findings, and recommendations to relevant stakeholders throughout the engagement

Deliverables

The consultant will be responsible for delivering completed work products as defined in the applicable SOW. Deliverables may include:

• Working prototypes, implemented solutions, and implementation plans

• Process documentation and resource materials

• Workflow automation solutions

• Knowledge transfer documentation

• Project summaries, technical documentation, and handoff materials

Final deliverables, timelines, and success criteria will be documented in the SOW.

Expertise

The ideal consultant will demonstrate experience in several of the following areas:

• Hands-on AI product development and prototyping

• Generative AI and LLM applications

• MCP (Model Context Protocol) and API-based development

• Workflow automation projects

• Slack integrations

• Snowflake Streamlit apps

Demonstrated ability to independently translate ambiguous product or business problems into working technical solutions and measurable outcomes is strongly preferred.

Engagement Details

• Approximately two (2) months, with the possibility of extension through additional projects

• Remote engagement

• Independent consultant engagement

• Consultant is expected to provide the equipment and tools necessary to perform the services outlined, unless otherwise agreed upon