Why Kimchi?

Kimchi is the AI platform inside CAST AI. We started by helping companies run LLMs on their own Kubernetes clusters - now we're building the execution layer where agents do real work.

Our Infrastructure today: multi-model inference (MiniMax, Kimi, GLM-5, Nemotron, DeepSeek) with intelligent routing, an OpenAI-compatible API, and deployment flexibility from our GPUs to your VPC. The inference layer is the foundation. What we're hiring for sits on top of it: coding agents, agent runtimes, orchestration systems, and the reliability engineering that makes them actually finish things.

Tech Stack: TypeScript, Go, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure, MCP, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki, GitLab CI, ArgoCD.

Why harness engineering matters here
OpenAI and Anthropic ship models. They also ship one harness each - the scaffolding that turns a raw model into something that can plan, execute, recover, and complete work. We ship a different kind of harness: one built for cost-conscious, long-horizon autonomy, running on inference infrastructure we control end-to-end.
A decent model with a great harness beats a great model with a bad harness. We've watched this play out. The gap between what today's models can do and what you see them doing is largely a harness gap - and that gap is where we operate.

What you'll build
The ratchet.
Every time our agent makes a mistake, we engineer a solution so it never makes that mistake again. That means hooks that enforce constraints the model "knows" but forgets: pre-commit lint checks, permission gates, context compaction before the window fills. Success is silent, failures are verbose.

Long-horizon execution.
Our harness is built around spec-driven autonomy: meta-prompting, fresh context per task, worktree-per-slice git strategy, automatic replanning, crash recovery, stuck detection. We're implementing Ralph loops - when the model tries to exit, we intercept and reinject the goal into a fresh context. The agent reads state from disk and continues. Multi-session, multi-day work, without context rot.

Planner/executor splits.
Planning with a reasoning model, executing with a fast one, evaluating with a third. Separating generation from evaluation beats self-verification because agents reliably skew positive when grading their own work.

The harness surface.
CLI, TUI, MCP integration, sandboxed execution, telemetry. Our AGENTS.md is short - every line traces to a specific thing that went wrong. TypeScript on the surface, Go where it matters.

Memory and context.
Moving agents off laptops, giving them state that survives across sessions, managing context so information lands where it's actionable. Compaction, tool-call offloading, progressive skill disclosure.

What makes this different (with receipts)
You've seen the pitch: "we route to the best model." Everyone says that. Here's what we actually have:

• GPU infrastructure we own. Not just an API reseller. From GPU placement across clouds to the inference endpoint your agent calls - we control the cost curve.
• A harness-first thesis. We treat agent failures as configuration problems, not model problems. When we moved from a stock harness to our own, completion rates on internal benchmarks improved by 40%+ on the same model.
• Agents.md that earns every line. No brainstormed rules - every constraint in our system prompt traces to a real failure we saw and fixed.

Requirements:

• You've used AI coding agents in anger. Not demos - real work. You have opinions about Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor. You know what it feels like when an agent gets stuck and why.
• Strong TypeScript or Go in production. Comfort moving between them. Our surface is TypeScript; our core is Go.
• You think in harness terms. You read "the agent hallucinated" and your first instinct is to ask what context it was missing, what hook should have caught it, what constraint should exist.
• You drive features end-to-end. Design → build → ship → measure → iterate. We don't have layers that absorb ambiguity for you.

Responsibilities:

• Build and evolve the agent harness - ship hooks, permission gates, and context compaction. Every AGENTS.md constraint traces to a failure you personally diagnosed.
• Own long-horizon execution - multi-session task completion via spec-driven prompting, worktree-per-slice git, Ralph loop recovery, and stuck detection. Completion rate is your metric.
• Architect planner/executor/evaluator pipelines - planning with a reasoning model, execution with a fast one, evaluation with a third. No self-verification.
• Manage agent memory and context - state persistence across sessions, context compaction, tool-call offloading. Zero context rot on multi-day work.
• Own the harness surface - CLI, TUI, MCP integrations, sandboxed execution, telemetry. TypeScript on the surface, Go where it matters.

What success looks like (after 6 months):

• You've shipped at least one major harness feature end-to-end: designed it, built it, measured it, iterated.
• You've added constraints to our AGENTS.md based on failures you personally observed and diagnosed.
• You've improved a measurable reliability metric - completion rate, context efficiency, or cost per successful task.
• You've formed strong opinions about where our harness is load-bearing and where it's dead weight.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary (€6,500 - €9,000 gross, depending on the level of experience).
• Enjoy a flexible, remote-first global environment.
• Collaborate with a global team of cloud experts and innovators, passionate about pushing the boundaries of Kubernetes technology
• Equity options.
• Get quick feedback with a fast-paced workflow. Most feature projects are completed in 1 to 4 weeks.
• Spend 10% of your work time on personal projects or self-improvement. 
• Learning budget for professional and personal development - including access to international conferences and courses that elevate your skills.
• Annual hackathon to spark new ideas and strengthen team bonds.
• Team-building budget and company events to connect with your colleagues.
• Equipment budget to ensure you have everything you need.
• Extra days off to help maintain a healthy work-life balance.

This is a location-specific opportunity. We are currently accepting applications from candidates residing in the following European countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.

*As part of our standard hiring process, we would like to inform you that a background check may be conducted at the final stage of recruitment through our third-party provider, Checkr.
*Please note that Cast AI does not provide any form of visa sponsorship/work permit.

#LI-Remote

About the Role:
We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to contribute to a next-generation security initiative. You’ll be part of a small, highly technical team working on novel approaches to secure systems - with a focus on cryptography, automation, and AI-powered analysis. You’ll work closely with senior engineers and contribute hands-on to the codebase across the stack. This role involves hands-on development, learning opportunities, and collaboration across engineering, product, and design.

Day to Day:

• Contribute to the design, development, and delivery of features across the product
• Write clean, maintainable code for back-end systems deployed in AWS or GCP
• Collaborate with AI and cryptography specialists
• Work with the product manager to understand requirements and help the team plan architecture, data flows, API specs, and testing strategies
• Follow established engineering practices and participate in team discussions around process and quality
• Participate in customer-driven development and iterate based on feedback
• Write automated tests for load, performance, and error handling

What you bring to the table:

• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience for backend development
• Excellent TypeScript and Node.js coding experience
• AWS experience in containers (EKS, ECS) and serverless systems
• Relational, key/value, and graph datastore experience with schema management
• API design, data modeling, secure service development, database systems
• Has a focus on quality code, error handling, and high availability
• A thoughtful, pragmatic approach to solving technical problems in a fast-paced environment
• At least upper-intermediate level of spoken and written English

Extra Credit:

• Versed in Python coding and environments
• Experience with GCP systems
• Experience with applied cryptography, especially key management, TLS, or post-quantum algorithms
• Familiarity with agent-based architectures or systems that scan and orchestrate actions across distributed environments
• Knowledge of AI/ML systems, particularly LLM integration or agent-style reasoning patterns
• Experience managing LLM agents to increase both speed and quality of code generation and tests
• Exposure to security tools, vulnerability detection platforms, or compliance automation
• Prior experience working on developer-facing or infrastructure-heavy products

About the Job:

You will be the technical lead within our release orchestration and deployment product development teams. You will build upon our software stack that is being run by numerous Fortune 5000 companies in the world to streamline their DevOps processes at scale. We are looking for owners, people that can pick up a something from a range of topics and become experts, producing a quality solution that will last, and leaders, that can encourage team members with their work and personality to produce the best solutions. The position is full-stack, but with backend affinity – passionate about architecture, performance and scalability.

What you will do:

• Serve as the Technical Lead for our Release Orchestration product development teams.
• Own your space and pick up a range of topics to become an expert and produce a quality solution that will last.
• Lead by example with your work expertise and inspire your team with your personality to produce the best solutions.

What you will bring:

• Located in Lithuania. Candidates outside Vilnius will be considered for a hybrid work schedule, coming to office occasionally as needed.
• Bachelors degree and professional experience crafting enterprise softwareValidated experience in application/product development using a broad range of programming technologies including:
• At least 5 years of experience developing full-stack applications
• Excellent knowledge of object-oriented programming in Java and Scala languages
• Experience with Spring, Akka, ORMs, and SQL databases
• Excellent testing skills with JUnit and ScalaTest
• Solid understanding of DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Practical experience with Go or Kubernetes, cloud platform APIs is a great plus.
• Willingness to share knowledge and mentor team members to support their growth and development
• Growth mindset, continually seeking feedback on ways to improve yourself and the team
• Familiarity with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and associated tooling
• Understanding of software design and architecture principles to develop maintainable enterprise applications
• Phenomenal written and spoken English skills

For this position we offer a gross salary of 5,200 - 6,250 EUR/month depending on the level of experience.

Why is Digital.ai a great place to be?

Digital.ai offers great benefits including:

• Opportunity to work in an international company
• Outstanding and exciting challenges
• Cash long term incentive plan
• Private health insurance
• Employee referral program
• Free access to O'Reilly 
• Informal work environment and flexible working hours
• Additional days off
• Team building and other unifying events
• Team meals and snacks in the office
• Food delivery voucher
• Office parking

At Digital.ai, we believe in fostering a culture of pay transparency. We are committed to providing our employees with fair and competitive compensation. The current salary for this specific job is estimated to be €62,500 - €70,000 pus bonus. Please note that final compensation will be determined based on factors such as qualifications, experience, and internal equity. We value transparency and aim to create an inclusive and equitable workplace for all our employees. Certain positions at Digital.ai might also be eligible for additional compensation in the form of bonuses, or other employee benefits which are separate from the base salary and to be defined at offer stage.

All are welcome to apply.  We maintain compliance with federal, state, and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, identity, gender expression, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental ability, medical condition, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship status, protected military or veteran status, and all other protected classifications. We welcome everyone and believe that diversity is the foundation of innovation.

For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, please advise us within your job application or cover letter.

FRAUD PREVENTION ALERT: please note that Digital.ai does not use third party recruiters. In our efforts to protect you against impersonation please check the email address or if you are contacted by an unfamiliar/third party requesting please reach out directly to Digital.ai.

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.  

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

The responsibilities of our Platform team include building and maintaining all backend services, including, but not limited to, payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount. 

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week. 

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API, internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking, ensuring they meet business and scalability requirements
• Oversee the full backend API landscape, enhancing and optimizing for performance and maintainability
• Collaborate on B2B solutions, focusing on customization and integration needs for enterprise clients
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with overall product strategy and user experience

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required)
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact
• Preferred: Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
• Preferred: Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes

What We Offer

• A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products
• A team that values innovation, intuition, and drive
• Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity
• The opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry
• Competitive compensation, a welcoming atmosphere, and a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
• The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more
• An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain

Think you’re a good fit for this job? 

Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit? 

Refer them! 

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Join our ambitious Partner Portal team, where you'll help develop and maintain a cutting-edge self-service platform for Shift4's commercial teams, including internal sales and external partners. This portal is used for sales, customer service and support, merchant portfolio management, and various internal divisions (L&D, Marketing, and Finance). It has been operating successfully in the American market for over two years and is now starting to expand into Europe.

Our current strategic directions include:

• International development (USA, Europe, Canada, UK, IE, Australia and more);
• Core project enhancementImplementation of AI solutions, GDPR compliance;
• Deprecation of legacy systems and all processes from leads (opportunity) to customer issues management after going live.

Responsibilities

• Run as Team Lead (developers' HR manager). Lead Tech grooming and/or requirements gathering/validation sessions, planning with dedicated squad;
• Lead the technical strategy and implementation of our product (dedicated team responsible for Frontend architecture and strategy, still backend / API level/integrations - in scope and important managing developers, supporting leadership. Deliver reliability and efficiency for process automation, internal tools;
• Help Product director and managers by advising how the system works or how a solution could be implemented, represent product as Technical lead;
• Assist with mentoring team members to grow technically, fostering a culture of learning and excellence or simple knowledge sharing sessions coordination;
• Ensure high-quality coding standards and knowledge sharing, related processes;
• Collaborate with top-tier engineers from other teams, taking on the most challenging projects;
• Enjoy complete creative freedom to make decisions and implement them from scratch with the support of your team;
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Business Analysts, QA, and other team members to achieve elegant solutions which satisfy business needs, goals, and objectives.

Requirements

• Experience working with application building / programming;
• Solid experience working with backend development;
• Experience working with integrations, APIs, databases;
• Experience working with systems maintenance;
• Be familiar with agile software development lifecycle (SDLC);
• Ability independently perform technical analysis with proactive communication / contacting team members or other related squads;
• Be flexible and demonstrate the ability to execute on deadlines;
• Experience working in an international context and solid English (written and spoken). 

Technical Skills Required

• Programming Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript;
• Backend Framework: NestJS;
• Frontend Technologies: Experience with JavaScript frameworks React (version 18.2.0);
• Database: Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MSSQL etc.);
• ORM: TypeORM;
• Version Control: Git;
• Containerization: Docker;
• Testing: Jest for unit and e2e testing, Cypress (for end-to-end testing), Vitest (for unit and integration testing), Testing Library (React);
• Styling: Tailwind CSS (version 3.2.4), PostCSS;
• Linting and Formatting: ESLint, Prettier, Stylelint;
• Build Tools: Vite (as the project bundler and dev server), Rollup (implied by Vite ecosystem).
• Strong proficiency in AI-enabled engineering workflows, including effective use of tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Codex
  
  
  

Other SkillsBenefits

• Experience with Node.js and npm;
• Familiarity with Redis caching;
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture;
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines;
• Proficiency in frontend development tools and libraries (e.g., Storybook, SWC, Axios, React Router, Lexical, ReactQuery, LogRocket, MSW, Joi and etc.);
• Experience with: DataDog, Sentry, Twilio, DocuSign;
• Experience with an integration with SalesForce / Mulesoft (there is a dedicated team with whom you may need to have a joint task) is a plus;
• Knowledge of AWS services is a plus.

Benefits

Summary

The Software Engineer is responsible for developing and maintaining software systems that support Shift4’s products. This role focuses on implementing reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions while collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers. The engineer contributes to multiple phases of the development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, and deployment, while continuously improving technical skills and contributing to engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to design, build, and enhance software solutions that deliver measurable customer and business impact.
• Develop and maintain internal applications through hands-on coding, testing, debugging, and deployment of maintainable and reusable software.
• Contribute to system design discussions and implement technical solutions aligned with established architectural standards.
• Work within an agile development process, participating in two-week sprints with the goal of delivering release-ready software each cycle.
• Integrate applications with backend services, APIs, and cloud-based infrastructure.
• Operate independently when required, exercising sound judgment in decision-making and ensuring proper documentation of technical designs and workflows.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code following team coding standards and best practices.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain quality and consistency across the codebase.
• Identify opportunities to improve application performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Troubleshoot issues, debug software defects, and support resolution of production incidents when needed.
• Stay up to date with modern development practices, frameworks, and technologies.
• Ensure compliance with software governance, security, and quality policies.
• Perform additional tasks within the department as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, React Native, and related libraries (e.g., Redux, React Navigation).
• Experience integrating with backend systems (REST APIs or equivalent) and working with cloud services such as AWS or similar platforms.
• Experience with version control systems, particularly Git.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release management practices.
• Understanding of mobile performance considerations and debugging techniques.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to develop practical technical solutions.
• Motivation to take on increasing responsibility and ownership within an agile development team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of modern web application development using TypeScript with frameworks such as React or Ember.
• Experience working with AWS-hosted backends and databases.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience working with native iOS (Swift/Objective-C) or Android (Kotlin/Java) codebases.
• Familiarity with mobile security, data encryption, and compliance practices.
• Experience with a distributed software system.
• Relevant professional certifications are advantageous but not required.

Benefits:

The salary range for this position is starting at 4000 Eur Gross. The exact salary will be determined based on the candidate’s experience.

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its App of the Day.

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount. 

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week. 

What You’ll Do

• Actively ship production code to the web products
• Work closely with your dedicated product team
• Participate in product discussions to shape the product roadmap
• Have the opportunity to work on new and exciting features that will impact millions of lives

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Experience. You've built and ship products that have scaled to thousands or millions of users
• Customer obsession. You are passionate about the field and have the desire to build high quality product that serves customer needs
• Speed. You work quickly to generate ideas and know how to decide which things can ship now and what things need time
• Focus. We’re a high-growth startup with a busy, remote team. You know how and when to engage or be heads down
• Collaboration. You know how to inspire, play, and negotiate with opinionated designers, marketers, and PMs
• Tech Stack: Vanilla JS, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, Typescript

What We Offer

• A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the culture
• An entrepreneurial crew that supports risk, intuition, and hustle
• A hands-off approach so you can focus and do your best work
• The opportunity to make an impact in a transformative industry
• A competitive salary, a collegiate atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture

Think you’re a good fit for this job? 

Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit? 

Refer them! 

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.