Product & Engineering Mentor

What you'll do

Help fellows (students in the program) choose a problem to solve, identify potential users, and test an idea.
Help them plan a first version they can build and launch within six weeks.
Review prototypes, product decisions, and the steps users take in an app. Give feedback fellows can use.
Teach fellows to talk with users and use their feedback to decide what to improve.
Guide them as they build web or mobile apps with AI coding tools.
Help them use error messages and test results to find bugs and understand the code their tools generate.
Teach them to use databases, set up user sign-in, connect external services through APIs, and publish their apps.
Review technical decisions and teach them how to test that their product works.

A published web or mobile app you built or helped build in a substantial way. Explain the product and technical decisions that shaped it.
Examples of using user research or feedback to improve a product.
Good judgment about which features to include, how easy they are to use, and what to build first.
The ability to explain the benefits and limits of different choices so beginners can make their own decisions.
Practical experience with current app development tools, databases, and APIs for external services.
The ability to find and explain bugs, assess generated code, and handle user data safely.
The ability to use AI coding tools, check the code they produce, and explain how that code works.
Power user of either or .

Currently enrolled at or graduated from a top 20 university (e.g., Princeton, Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford).

Hold individual mentoring sessions, called office hours, with fellows.
Help each fellow work through a problem and choose a clear next action.
Keep your schedule up to date with the hours you agreed to offer.
Use Lumos channels that staff can see when you communicate with fellows.
Be patient, communicate clearly, and use good judgment when working with young people.
Answer fellow questions in Lumos Discord channels. Aim to reply within 24 hours.

Email team@lumosfellows.com with Product & Engineering Mentor in your subject line.
Include a short introduction and your resume or profile.
Share a live app and a code sample. Explain what you built and describe a technical problem you solved.
Explain one product decision you changed after hearing from users.
Share your time zone and the hours you can work each week.