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Trusted by some of the world's largest payment companies, tier 1 banks, and global tech enterprises, Karat evaluates and benchmarks engineering talent rigorously, consistently, and at scale. Our system turns those evaluations into insights that help leaders build a more capable and competitive workforce. Karat interviews combine best-in-class methodologies with live, AI-native scenarios, delivered by experienced Interview Engineers. With intelligence from more than 600,000 technical evaluations, Karat gives leaders a clear view of workforce capability, a competitive benchmark, and confidence that their standards are being met.\nCome join our Engineering team\nOur Software Engineering team is dedicated to building the world’s most predictive, inclusive, and fair interviewing products for our clients and technical candidates alike.\nWhat you will do\nAs a Senior Software Engineer at Karat, you’ll build full-stack product features that directly improve how engineers are interviewed and how engineering organizations operate. You'll build robust, scalable full-stack solutions while helping to implement AI-enhanced features that transform technical talent assessment. You'll collaborate closely with product and engineering leadership to execute on our vision of more predictive, inclusive, and fair technical interviewing.\nDesign and develop sophisticated full-stack systems that power our next-generation interview platform, incorporating AI capabilities where they add the most value.\nBuild scalable, production-ready infrastructure and services that maintain high standards of performance, reliability, and security.\nCreate intuitive interfaces and APIs that serve interviewers, candidates, and hiring teams effectively.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, designers, data scientists) to translate complex requirements into elegant technical solutions.\nContribute to architecture decisions that balance innovation with reliability, ensuring our platform evolves while maintaining enterprise-grade stability.\nServe as a technical leader by sharing expertise across engineering teams, promoting best practices, and elevating the overall technical capability of the organization.\nBalance short-term deliverables with long-term technical health, addressing both customer-facing features and foundational infrastructure.\nThe experience you will bring\n7+ years developing and launching web applications/systems into production environments\nExperience with or exposure to AI/ML technologies and understanding how they can enhance assessment and interviewing products\nExperience integrating LLM APIs, familiarity with knowledge-enhanced language model pipelines, and ability to evaluate and improve AI feature performance\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to balance technical tradeoffs\nStrong proficiency in Ruby, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar languages with experience in modern web frameworks and REST and GraphQL API design\nExperience with system architecture, database design, cloud infrastructure, and deployment technologies (AWS, GCP, or Azure)\nKnowledge of software engineering best practices including CI/CD, testing strategies, and performance optimization\nAbility to work effectively in cross-functional teams with excellent communication skills; can translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders\nDemonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, including mentoring teammates and driving technical decisions\nInterest in technical interviewing, talent assessment, or educational technology is highly valued\nThis position is only available to candidates residing in the following U.S. states: FL, IL, MA, MO, OR, TX, and WA. While our team operates 100% remotely, we are currently limiting hiring to these specific locations. Applications from other states will not be considered at this time.\nImmigration sponsorship is not available.\nCompensation Varies by Geographic Location\nAt Karat, salary ranges for each U.S.-based position are determined by the employee's work location. We structure our compensation into geographic tiers based on market data and regional economic factors.\nPlease refer to our geographic classification document to view which tier applies to your location. If your area isn't included in our classification system, please connect with your Recruiter for specific details. 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