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Hasbro AI Studio • Founding Role

Build the Future of
AI-Powered Play

Join us as Principal Engineer to architect systems that bring magical AI experiences to life through Hasbro's beloved characters.

Ship Magic, Every Day

This is an execution-first role. You'll be coding, prototyping, and shipping daily while establishing the foundation for a new, playful AI-driven platform.

Bring Characters to Life

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Engineer adaptive, safe, and delightful character interactions using cutting-edge LLMs. Build systems that make AI feel magical and alive.

Prototype Multimodal Interactions

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Work across speech, text, vision, haptics, and sensors. Create seamless experiences that blend physical and digital play.

Full-Stack Execution

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Own backend APIs, integrate LLMs, and establish scalable cloud infrastructure. Ship production-ready systems from day one.

Build the Dev Pipeline

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Stand up automated, pull request–based pipelines, CI/CD, and modern deployment practices from day one. Set engineering excellence standards.

Operational Excellence

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Implement monitoring, telemetry, and data pipelines to support scaling and safety. Build observable, reliable systems.

Technical Due Diligence

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Make trade-offs (cloud vs. edge, latency, hardware optimization). Design for scale while shipping fast.

Recruit & Mentor

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Help hire and mentor the early-stage engineering team. Build a world-class engineering culture.

Are You Our Principal Engineer?

We're looking for a pragmatic builder who knows when to prototype quickly vs. harden for scale

8+ years in software engineering with a track record of shipping production systems

Proven experience building and shipping AI-powered products — consumer or enterprise

Hands-on experience with LLM integrations and ideally speech-to-text, text-to-speech, or dialogue systems

Deep familiarity with cloud-native architecture (AWS/GCP/Azure), APIs, CI/CD pipelines

Why Join?

Be the first engineer on a new AI platform with Hasbro IP behind it. Authority to set technical standards and engineering culture from day one.

API Challenge

Showcase Your Skills (Optional, but Awesome!)

At Hasbro AI Studio, we love engineers who go beyond the resume to demonstrate their technical creativity. While not required, completing our API Challenge is a fantastic way to highlight your abilities and passion for building delightful, magical experiences.

Why take the challenge?

  • Stand out by showing your coding creativity and ingenuity.
  • Give us a tangible glimpse into how you approach real-world engineering problems.
  • Demonstrate your unique strengths and why you'd be an amazing fit for our founding team.

FOR INSTRUCTIONS

GETGET https://aistudio.digital.hasbro.com/api/instructions

ENDPOINT

POSThttps://aistudio.digital.hasbro.com/api/challenge

HEADERS

Content-Type: application/json
X-Codename: <secret-codename>

REQUEST BODY

{
  "creator": {
    "name": "string",
    "github": "string (optional)",
    "portfolio": "url (optional)",
    "favorite_project": "Tell us about a fun or innovative project you've built"
  },
  "showcase": {
    "type": "github_repo | live_demo | prototype | experiment",
    "url": "string",
    "description": "What makes this project magical or innovative?"
  },
  "ai_interest": {
    "favorite_llm": "string",
    "favorite_ai_tool": "string",
    "dream_project": "If you could build anything AI-powered, what would it be?"
  },
  "playful_question": "What's your favorite bug or unexpected outcome from coding?"
}

RESPONSE

{
  "status": "✨ API Challenge Complete ✨",
  "message": "Don't forget to apply at jobs.hasbro.com!",
  "next_steps": "Our team will review each submission. If we vibe, you might hear from us!",
  "easter_egg": "Check the console for something fun!"
}
200Challenge accepted!
400Bad Request
500Our bad (ironic, right?)
418I'm a teapot
451Too many frameworks
503Stack overflow
// TODO: Find engineers who check the console