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Salary: USD 110,098.87 - 180,178.3 / annual
Karat is the world's largest technical interviewing platform, serving companies like PayPal, Atlassian, and Citi. The Brilliant Black Minds (BBM) team is a community program committed to increasing access for diverse software engineers by connecting 11,000+ members with networks, opportunities, and technical interview preparation.
As Community Engineer, you will be the sole engineer driving the technical evolution of BBM. This is a hybrid role: 70% hands-on engineering and 30% community program management. You will own projects end-to-end from design through release, building AI-powered tools, automations, and experiences that serve the community.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead projects end-to-end, including those with significant ambiguity, from problem identification to shipped solution
- Build and maintain clean, scalable services, components, and APIs; take accountability for code quality and reliability
- Integrate LLM APIs and AI-enhanced capabilities into BBM's technical interview preparation offerings
- Leverage AI-assisted development as a core part of your workflow to move quickly as a solo engineer
- Build tooling and automations that scale community operations: newsletter workflows, Discord integrations, candidate-facing resources
- Manage day-to-day community operations: moderating Discord, engaging members across experience levels, participating in study groups
- Identify gaps in community needs, design solutions, and ship them
You will work 100% remotely but must reside in one of these U.S. states: CA, FL, IL, MA, MO, NY, OR, TX, or WA. Immigration sponsorship is not available.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of professional experience designing and shipping web applications or distributed systems to production
- Proficiency in modern programming languages and frameworks; Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Ruby strongly preferred
- Comfort across the stack and with API design
- Experience with system architecture, database design, cloud infrastructure, and deployment technologies (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Familiarity with LLM APIs or AI-enhanced product features; curiosity about how AI/ML can enhance assessment, learning, or community experiences
- Track record of delivering projects independently with high-quality output
- Active involvement in the technical community as a mentor, advisor, or contributor
- Genuine comfort engaging with engineers across all experience levels, from new grads to senior engineers
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences
- Experience building community-facing technical products or tooling (Discord bots, automation workflows, developer portals, etc.) is a strong plus
