Principal Software Engineer

Experience: 12+ years

Location: San-Francisco/Bay-Area (relocation bonus available)

Job Type: Full-time

About Klarity

Klarity (YC S18) automates Unstructured-Document workflows using GenAI. Our vision is a future of Exponential Organizations - companies that can hyper-scale without vast operational teams of humans reading documents.

Our customers include companies like Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, DoorDash, and Zoom. They use Klarity to 1) save time and money, 2) reduce compliance risk, and 3) speed up manual contract review. But talk is cheap, so try our demo!

We found strong Product Market Fit in 2020 and just raised a \(70m Series B</u></a> in June 2024. We are looking to add a brilliant, entrepreneurial AI Staff Software Engineer to the team!</p><p><strong>Our Gen AI journey</strong>:&nbsp;</p><p>Founded in 2017, we shipped multiple NLP/ML product iterations pre-chatGPT. In 2023 we rebuilt our core AI platform using GenAI.&nbsp;</p><p>We’re not your average Gen AI startup, gradually layering LLMs on. We’re all in. We have more than 15 unique LLM use-cases in production with 10+ LLMs under the hood. We have shipped multiple first-of-its-kind customer experiences including video workflow analysis, natural language analytics, complex table parsing, and table-matching. To date, we have processed 600,000+ documents through our GenAI platform.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>You will enjoy this role if:&nbsp;</strong></p><ol><li><p>You tinker: you embrace AI mindset and constantly seek AI technologies to solve different problems</p></li><li><p>You are obsessed with AI and frequently spend your free-time thinking about how AI will change the world.</p></li><li><p>Growth mindset: You will seek out uncomfortable experiences in service of your own growth</p></li><li><p>You’re seeking a culture of breakneck iteration and constant change. We shipped<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://demo.tryklarity.com/"> <u>this demo</u></a> &lt; 12 hours after the GPT-4 launch :)</p></li><li><p>You thrive in finding creative solutions to ambiguous problem statements, rather than wanting to “stay in your lane”</p></li><li><p>You’re not indexing on work-life balance; You prefer an environment of like minded, ultra-committed, live-and-breath AI people.&nbsp;</p></li><li><p>You enjoy close collaboration, care about people and want to build strong bonding with your teammates.</p></li></ol><p><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Define the technical vision and roadmap for our software platform, driving strategic initiatives that deliver significant business impact</p></li><li><p>Serve as a technical thought leader, contributing to the strategic direction of engineering and architecture decisions</p></li><li><p>Develop and champion innovative software solutions to solve our most complex, mission-critical business challenges</p></li><li><p>Establish and evangelize engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns, and AI-powered techniques to ensure the scalability and reliability of our systems</p></li><li><p>Mentor and guide engineering teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence</p></li><li><p>Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and other business stakeholders to uncover requirements and align on key priorities</p></li><li><p>Keep abreast of the latest software engineering trends and technologies, and identify opportunities to incorporate relevant innovations</p></li></ul><p><strong>Qualifications:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Extensive experience as a senior, full-stack software engineer, with a proven track record of delivering complex, high-impact projects</p></li><li><p>Deep expertise in architecting and scaling cloud-native, distributed systems, with proficiency in technologies like AWS, GCP, containerization, and asynchronous messaging frameworks (e.g., RabbitMQ)</p></li><li><p>Demonstrated ability to drive strategic technical initiatives and influence engineering direction at an organizational level</p></li><li><p>Experience leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams, demonstrating strong technical leadership and communication skills</p></li><li><p>Strong business acumen and the ability to translate technical solutions into tangible business value</p></li><li><p>Continuous learning mindset, staying up-to-date with the latest advancements in software engineering and AI, and proactively exploring new approaches</p></li><li><p>Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to navigate cross-functional relationships and build consensus<br></p></li></ul><p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Equity in addition to cash compensation</p></li><li><p>Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance</p></li><li><p>401k</p></li><li><p>\)100 Monthly Wellness budget

Join Klarity and be part of a team that is pushing the boundaries of AI and transforming how companies handle unstructured documents.

Klarity is an equal opportunity employer. Klarity provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status or veteran status.