Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Karat's Content team as a Staff Content Development Engineer and develop high-quality technical interview questions for Karat’s technical content library, focusing on modern AI-enabled engineering workflows. You will be the senior representative of Content Development in cross-functional discussions, ensuring Karat’s interview content standards are upheld. This role involves continuous process and system improvements, partnering with stakeholders in content prioritization, creating complex interview content, and collaborating with designers on new content formats. You will also mentor junior engineers and integrate feedback based on performance data. The position is based in Bangalore, India, with working hours predominantly in IST, and requires collaboration with US-based teams.

Requirements

• 7+ of post-academic experience as a software engineer, with demonstrated ability to program in a common programming language
• Professional working experience using Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or another agentic AI solution for software development
• Experience working remotely with global teams
• Fluent, concise English communication skills (verbal and written)
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Experience operating independently with high-output and strict deadlines

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality technical interview questions to update Karat’s technical content library for modern AI-enabled engineering workflows across engineering role types (data science, software engineering, etc.)
• Serve as the most senior representative of Content Development in cross-functional content prioritization discussions, upholding Karat’s interview content standards through peer reviews, mentorship, and feedback integration
• Own continuous process and system improvements in Content's leveraging of AI solutions
• Partner with Content and Product stakeholders in content prioritization exercises
• Use your engineering knowledge to produce Karat’s most complex interview content, including the creation of extensive codebases and objective design exercises
• Partner with our Content Designers in the development of new content formats which enable candidates to leverage generative AI during their interviews
• Author new technical interview questions in a variety of subject domains, leveraging modern technology, including generative AI
• Mentor Karat's growing team of Content Development Engineers through peer reviews of content developments, ensuring all content is at a consistent standard
• Integrate feedback and iterate on content based on performance data and feedback from the Content Corrections team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience conducting technical interviews
• Project, product, or program management experience
• High-growth, quick change startup experience

Benefits

• Private healthcare available (100% premium coverage for employees and eligible dependents)
• Generous India time off policies
• Vacation: 18 days of vacation per year (accrued at 1.5 days per month)
• Sick Leave: Three (3) work weeks per calendar year
• Karat ‘No Questions Asked’ Leave: one (1) work week per calendar year
• Public Holidays: 7 days
• Floating Holidays: 4 days
• Karat Summer Break: 5 days - July
• Karat Winter Break: 5 days - December