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Lead Engineer/ Technical Cofounder - Funded by AI Fund - consumer-facing mobile exp. req'd.

πŸ“… 06/10/2023

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Founding Software Engineer

πŸ’° $150,000 - $200 🌍 San Francisco, London πŸ“… 09/04/2024

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Job Description

### **πŸ‘‹ Who is Kula and what do we do?**

We're an EF and YC backed tech company working to replace 20 million
salespeople with AI. Our current tech team is from MIT, IIT, Cambridge,
Microsoft and Palantir. In previous roles, we’ve scaled products to 5 million
monthly users and patented machine learning algorithms which got real world
use. We're hiring a Founding Software Engineer to help us serve over 500
businesses who use and love Kula.

### **πŸ—ΊοΈ Where is this role based?**

We welcome all applicants interested in both San Francisco and London.

We are currently supporting our engineering team get **O-1 Visas** and we'll
also support you with your O-1 application.

### **🧐 Who exactly are we looking for?**

We've experienced rapid growth over the past three months and are seeking
exceptional engineers to help us expand and meet the increasing demand! This
is an exciting opportunity to join one of the fast-growing startups in the
world right now and work directly with the founders, potentially taking a
leadership position down the line.

### πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈYou should apply if you are:

**πŸ§— Ambitious**

You're someone who wants to grow fast in their career and can scale with Kula.

[_Daniel_](https://www.notion.so/Daniel-Hails-Research-
Lead-0bb0fa0c620b42c5907efde5d77a4ef9?pvs=21) _deployed smart contracts that
stored >1B$ in value_

### 🧠 Smart

You explore new creative ways of doing things, have strong opinions and are
willing to change them.

[_Kula_](https://www.notion.so/7cf16ecc15f7483a9a2f83ddab1062b8?pvs=21)
_consists of Cambridge, Oxford, MIT and IIT graduates who have scaled systems
to 5,000,000 active users and patented machine learning algorithms_

### 🎯 Product Focused

You love solving customer problems whether using the latest tech or just an
e-mail.

### πŸ“ˆ A Learner

You don't need decades of experience, we're looking for people who love
learning fast!

[_Smith_](https://www.notion.so/Smith-Pereira-Founding-Software-Engineer-
fbdaf9e38b664520a40f3c906b4e7fdd?pvs=21) _joined Kula before he’d even
graduated and hadn’t coded in Python in years, but within a month he single-
handedly created the system which is now the most important service at Kula_

### **πŸ’» Our Current Stack:**

* React + Typescript

* GraphQL

* Python (FastAPI)

* Postgres DB

* Terraform

* AWS

πŸ“’ But we're **language agnostic!** If you're a great developer we'd love to
have you onboard, regardless of your prior programming experience!

### **πŸ”₯ So what will I do?**

As an engineer you will be working directly with our CTO, you'll create and
iterate on technical projects:

* Design & build core features for Kula's Web App and backend services

* Ideate on new features for the product

* Make architectural decisions to help Kula scale

* Write sustainable, testable, high-quality, high-performance code.

* Collaborate with teammates through planning, pair programming, code review, and testing.

If you want we'd also love to involve you in hiring, management and whatever
other early startup operations you're interested in!

You will be working directly with
[_Saaras_](https://www.notion.so/d6086f8609ec474c9de1771e772db032?pvs=21), our
CTO

### **🎀 Our process is fast**

1. Intro Call with our CTO Saaras - 20 min chat about the position, your background, your motivation and all the initial questions you might have.

2. Tech Interviews so we can get a grasp of your skills and approaches, see more info here:

[_Kula Tech Interview- What to expect?_](https://www.notion.so/Kula-Tech-
Interview-What-to-expect-89bcb42039444f3c83e8210318b8c3fc?pvs=21)

3. Team Meet with Saaras and Nelson- we want to get to know you and you probably want to get to know us, so we can make sure that we'll all be thrilled to work together.

4. Offer will be made and you'll join Kula on our journey!

### πŸ’΅ Referrals!

πŸ“’ Know someone who might be a great fit? Refer them to Kula and get **$2000**!
Go to the "Apply to This Job" below section and if someone has referred you,
please add their name and email.

Diversity fuels our creativity and innovation. We foster an inclusive
environment where all perspectives are valued and celebrated. We welcome
applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, regardless of ethnicity, age,
religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status,
national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.