Founding Engineer - Kato
Description For Founding Engineer - Kato
Kato is revolutionizing the $58BN loan servicing industry with an AI-powered platform that automates manual, repetitive work across all communication channels. As a Founding Engineer, you'll be the first engineering hire working directly with the CTO to shape the technical foundation of the company. The role focuses on building real-time voice processing systems, scalable distributed systems, and customer-facing dashboards while optimizing LLM integration for natural, compliance-aware conversations.
The company is backed by Pear VC and angel investors from top tech companies including Brex, Bridge, and Square. Led by experienced founders - Pratik Risbud (CEO/Co-Founder), former Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs and led Credit/Operations at Brex, and David Zhu (CTO/Co-Founder), former Software Engineer at Google and Engineering Manager at Brex.
You'll work with cutting-edge technologies including Golang, PostgreSQL, Next.js, TypeScript, React, AWS, and various AI/ML technologies. The position offers significant equity ownership, direct impact on product strategy, and the opportunity to define engineering culture from the ground up. The role requires 4+ days/week in person at the San Francisco office.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a driven engineer with 2-5 years of experience to join at a critical growth stage, shape technical decisions, and build the future of loan servicing with AI. The ideal candidate will have strong backgrounds in API design, cloud infrastructure, and excellent problem-solving skills, with bonus points for experience in real-time audio processing, WebRTC, or fintech systems.
Responsibilities For Founding Engineer - Kato
- Lead architecture and implementation of real-time voice processing system
- Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems
- Optimize LLM integration for natural, compliance-aware conversations
- Develop internal tools for voice agent monitoring and improvement
- Build customer-facing dashboards and reporting systems
- Partner with customers to translate requirements into technical solutions
- Establish engineering best practices and technical standards
- Drive technical decisions that shape product direction
Requirements For Founding Engineer - Kato
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 2-5 years of production software engineering experience
- Strong background in API design
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)
- Excellent problem-solving and architectural thinking
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Owner's mindset with bias for action
Benefits For Founding Engineer - Kato
- Significant equity package as founding engineer
- Direct impact on product strategy and company direction
- Rapid career growth - opportunity to build and lead your own team
- Work with cutting-edge technologies in AI, voice processing, and cloud infrastructure
- Define engineering culture and practices from the ground up
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