Software Engineer – AI & backend

We're thrilled that you're considering a career at Kindly! Here's everything you need to know about this job. 🥳

• You will help to build stable services with good code. Our team is filled with very talented people, and we foster an environment where you can learn from us, while we also look forward to the new ideas and knowledge you'll bring to the table

• We are building the world's most loved AI Agents, using all the buzzwords (AI, LLM, ML, GPT-4, Gemini, etc).

• We use AI both in the chatbot, but also on the platform side to help users build content.

• We need you to bring your skills so we can keep building a product that competes at the top level against global competitors.

• Make all our bots personal and deeply conversational for all end users

• Keep our position as the most user friendly Chat widget and AI Agent platform

• Improve our Analytics and Insight tools to compete among the best

• Reduce time spent on building bots by 60%

• No tracking of hours (we believe in great work and trust)

• Small product team (20) with high output

• Multiple deployments each day

• 1-2 valuable features every week

• Freedom to work across the whole stack 

• Time to refactor and remove code debt

• Your input on the areas you wish to focus on matters

• Python with Django

• FastAPI

• OpenAI and GCP derivative models

• Pytest

• React with Typescript

• Node

• GCP

• MongoDB

• Postgresql

• Elasticsearch

• Microservices

• CircleCI

• uv

🟢 About Kindly:

Kindly is a growing SaaS company of 70+ employees, working out of Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam. Our chatbot platform helps big businesses and organizations around the world to automate and deliver world-class customer service. We leverage AI, GPT, and machine learning to build the world's most loved chatbot. We have over 150 incredible clients that include Elkjøp Nordic, Kahoot!, Voi, Norwegian, and Happy Socks – just to name a few. Our tech reaches over one million users every month and we handle thousands of messages every hour.

🌟 What you will do:

As a Software Engineer – AI & backend on the Product team, your job will be to:

• Continuously improve the platform while looking out for new opportunities.

• Be responsible for all the stages of the feature development cycle

• Discuss ideas, design, and take part in workshops

• Coordinate with other teams to deliver features of high complexity

• Release features to millions of users

• Talk directly to customers (if you are comfortable with that)

• 2-3 year of work experience in machine learning and backend development.

• A good demonstration of skills can replace years of work experience.

• Good understanding of AI and ML concepts and their practical application.

• Experience with Postgresql, MongoDB, or other SQL/NoSQL database is a plus

• Experience with Python and Django; Nodejs or Elixir is a plus

• Commitment to the craft and the collaboration involved. 

• Peer reviewing and writing robust, reusable, and testable code.

• Understanding of scalability and performance

• Grafana Dashboarding

• Vector Databases

• Information retrieval best practises

• ElasticSearch

• Kubernetes and Docker

• Theoretical knowledge of AI and ML

• CI/CD automation and linting

• Option to buy stocks at a discount

• Modern offices near Oslo Central Station

• Dev team situated in Oslo

• Social stuff (parties, Friday beers, ping pong table, good vibes)

• Flexible work hours and location

• 2-day bi-monthly Hackathon during work hours

• Personal development hours during work hours (10 hours /month)

More to tell, but let's do that if you find this interesting.