[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @Karat

Role Description

As 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.

• Design and develop sophisticated full-stack systems that power our next-generation interview platform, incorporating AI capabilities where they add the most value.
• Build scalable, production-ready infrastructure and services that maintain high standards of performance, reliability, and security.
• Create intuitive interfaces and APIs that serve interviewers, candidates, and hiring teams effectively.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, designers, data scientists) to translate complex requirements into elegant technical solutions.
• Contribute to architecture decisions that balance innovation with reliability, ensuring our platform evolves while maintaining enterprise-grade stability.
• Serve as a technical leader by sharing expertise across engineering teams, promoting best practices, and elevating the overall technical capability of the organization.
• Balance short-term deliverables with long-term technical health, addressing both customer-facing features and foundational infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 7+ years developing and launching web applications/systems into production environments.
• Experience with or exposure to AI/ML technologies and understanding how they can enhance assessment and interviewing products.
• Experience integrating LLM APIs, familiarity with knowledge-enhanced language model pipelines, and ability to evaluate and improve AI feature performance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to balance technical tradeoffs.
• Strong proficiency in Ruby, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar languages with experience in modern web frameworks and REST and GraphQL API design.
• Experience with system architecture, database design, cloud infrastructure, and deployment technologies (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices including CI/CD, testing strategies, and performance optimization.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams with excellent communication skills; can translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, including mentoring teammates and driving technical decisions.
• Interest in technical interviewing, talent assessment, or educational technology is highly valued.

Requirements

• This 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.
• Immigration sponsorship is not available.

Benefits

• Compensation varies by geographic location.
• At Karat, salary ranges for each U.S.-based position are determined by the employee's work location.
• Base Salary (GeoLo 2): $169,755.30 — $191,655 USD
• Base Salary (GeoLo 3): $150,893.60 — $170,360 USD
• Base Salary (GeoLo 4): $132,031.90 — $149,065 USD

Company Description

Karat helps technical leaders transform their workforce for the Human+AI era. 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.