Karat is transforming organizations around the world. We provide a powerful system for technical leaders at companies like PayPal, Atlassian, and Citi who want to take control of how they hire top engineers, elevate their teams and contractors, and stay ahead. At the core of Karat’s system are live, expert-led interviews, analytics designed to give leaders maximum visibility, and the most robust interview performance dataset in the world.
Our Software Engineering team is dedicated to building the world’s most predictive, inclusive, and fair interviewing products for our clients and technical candidates alike.
What you will doAs a Software Engineer (SWE1 or SWE2) at Karat, you will work to create new products that aid in Karat’s mission. Your work will be the bridge between users and technology, ranging from engineering work that harnesses modern technologies to complex product thinking to help us solve the intricate problems we encounter every day. Your work will span both technical and non-technical facets.
- Write clean, scalable services, frontend components, APIs, and backend code using modern languages and frameworks (GraphQL, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, TypeScript).
- Harness AI to develop code quickly, prototype changes, and work across the entire tech stack to implement features that users interact with every day.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Data Scientists, Designers, Product Managers, and Software Engineers to build robust and easy-to-use products and customer-facing workflow tools.
- Help monitor our 24/7 interviewing machine and keep Karat's services available.
- Maintain the high technical quality bar Karat sets; develop effective processes to ensure our products have high-quality code and minimal defects.
- Remain flexible enough to handle the unknowns that come with fast company growth.
- Professional (post-grad, post-intern) experience writing code in at least one of the following programming languages, building web applications using modern best practices
- TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, React, or similar modern frameworks and languages
- Experience or strong interest in using AI and code generation tools to accelerate development
- Experience working on a collaborative engineering team developing products
- Eager to learn new technologies and dive into solving complex product problems with the team
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent cross-functional communication abilities; can translate technical concepts for diverse stakeholder
This position is only available to candidates residing in the following U.S. states: CT, Washington, D.C., FL, GA, IL, KS, MA, MD, MO, NC, NV, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, 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 of joining Karat in the United StatesAll U.S.-based offers include a competitive salary in local currency and Karat-granted stock options. We’re proud of our additional offerings, and highlight some of our team’s favorites below.
Benefits / Wellness:Benefits are available for all full-time, U.S. employees
- Employer-sponsored healthcare (100% premium coverage for employees and 75% premium coverage for eligible dependents)
- Medical (Regence PPO and HDHP available)
- HSA employer contribution for those enrolled in the HDHP medical plan
- Dental and Vision (Guardian)
- Medical (Regence PPO and HDHP available)
- 100% employer-paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Standard Life Insurance
- Optional Life Insurance available
- Flexible Savings Account (Healthcare)
- 401(k) match of 4%
U.S. Time Off Policies
- Vacation: flexible policy for salaried employees and three (3) work weeks available for hourly employees per year
- Wellness (Sick & Mental Health): three (3) work weeks available per year
- Karat ‘No Questions Asked’ Leave: one (1) work week per calendar year
- Other: Bereavement, Jury Duty, LOA, etc. available as-needed
U.S. Parental Leave: 24 weeks
- 16 weeks: full-out, full pay
- 8 weeks: “Karat Phase-Back” 20 hours per week, full pay
U.S. Holidays
- U.S. Holiday Schedule available here: 10 days
- Karat Summer Break: 5 days - July
- Karat Winter Break: 5 days - December
Compensation Varies by Geographic Location
At 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.
Please 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. These geographic classifications may be adjusted periodically.
By applying for a position, you consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Karat’s Employee and Contractor Privacy Notice found here.
Statement of InclusivityIn keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Karat.
We value a diverse workforce: people of color, womxn, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at [email protected].
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What We Do
The status quo for technical interviewing doesn’t meet the needs of candidates or hiring companies. Haphazard interview experiences, subjective evaluations, and lack of capacity and expertise mean too many companies miss their hiring goals and miss out on great software engineers. At Karat, it's our mission to create better outcomes for companies and candidates by making every interview predictive, fair, and enjoyable.
Karat conducts first-round technical interviews on behalf of companies including Indeed, Atlassian, Intuit, Peloton, The New York Times and Wayfair. We do this through a community of Interview Engineers who are equipped with Karat's interviewing platform, battle-tested questions, and data-informed best practices.
The result is highly predictive and fair interviews at scale that candidates truly enjoy. Karat has amassed the largest and most robust dataset of structured interview intelligence to produce never-before-seen hiring analytics.
As the world continues to transition to virtual work, and the fairness of hiring practices in the tech industry come under greater scrutiny, Karat is uniquely positioned to be a valuable, strategic partner as companies transition to 100% remote hiring.
Why Work With Us
Karat is dedicated to unlocking life changing opportunities to create fairness and equity through technology. Our human centered approach to redefining the technical interview has created an incredible mission driven culture.
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