AI First Developer

About Smartcat

Smartcat is building the future of work, where human expertise meets digital teammates to drive 10x to 1000x productivity gains for the world’s leading enterprises.

We’re on the frontier of an entirely new category: Agentic AI. We enable enterprises to build highperforming hybrid workforces made up of both humans and AI agents. These AI agents aren’t generic copilots. They’re fully trained digital teammates that learn from your best people, your content, and your business strategy—ready to get to work from day one.

Our platform combines generative AI, humanintheloop workflows, and a living Enterprise Skill Graph that continuously learns and improves. Whether youre launching a product globally, onboarding new hires, translating learning content, or aligning legal teams across regions, Smartcat turns knowledge into action and action into scale.

Over 1,000 companies, including 20% of the Fortune 500, rely on Smartcat to bring their business to the world—instantly, accurately, and in every language. As a Series C company with 130% yearoveryear growth, we’re scaling fast and investing in people who want to shape the future of work with us.

Join us in unlocking global potential, one human and agent team at a time.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN OUR TEAM

We are building the future of software development — AIFirst is the new standard. You won’t be “experimenting”; you’ll be delivering. Fast. Smart. Relentless. Join the core team that will prove AIdriven engineering is the only way forward. If you love challenges, own your outcomes, and are obsessed with delivery, you’ll thrive here.

MISSION

As an AIFirst Engineer, your mission is to deliver productionquality features at a speed and scale that traditional teams cannot match. You will apply AI aggressively across every stage of the development lifecycle — from requirements and design to coding, testing, and release — and establish a new engineering benchmark for the company.

OUTCOMES

• Consistently deliver highquality, productiongrade features faster than traditional teams.
• Build and optimize AIfirst workflows that integrate AI across all development stages.
• Raise the bar for speed, quality, and ownership in product delivery.
• Be a core contributor to the new engineering culture built on AIFirst principles.

• HOW YOU’LL RAMP

  By Day 30:

  • Deeply understand our AWS, .NET, Python, MongoDB tech stack and delivery model.
  • Start shipping real features using AI at every stage: coding, testing, documenting, releasing.
  • Contribute to improving workflows for even faster delivery.

  • By Day 60:

    • Independently own the full lifecycle of feature delivery through AIfirst methods.
    • Identify and drive improvements in velocity, automation, and team efficiency.
    • Partner with Product and Tech Leads to aggressively accelerate timetomarket.

    • By Day 90:

      • Deliver features faster and with higher quality than baseline teams.
      • Actively mentor others on using AI as a multiplier across development.
      • Become a key driver of the AIFirst engineering standard inside the company.

      • WHAT YOU’VE ACCOMPLISHED:

        • Proven track record of delivering productiongrade products using AIdriven approach.
        • Mastery in using AI tools (CopilotCursorWindSurf (etc, you choose), GPT APIs, LLMs) across the entire development lifecycle — design, code generation, testing, documentation, and release.
        • Strong technical foundation in AWS, .NET, Python, and MongoDB.
        • Obsessed with delivery: you ship, you improve, you own the outcome.
        • Comfortable moving fast, taking ownership, and constantly pushing for better, faster, smarter execution.

        • Why joining Smartcat might be your best move so far

          • Fully remote team
            We are a global team of 200+ enthusiastic people spread across 30+ countries. We have been fully remote since 2020, with some locations populated with more Smartcaters than others, such as Boston, NYC, SF, the Bay Area, London, and Lisbon.
          • Innovating a $100 Billion industry
            Smartcat’s innovative approach towards multilingual content, taps into a $100B industry. Our platform enables enterprise end users to stop using traditional outsourcing methods, and start enjoying an easytouse, AIpowered SaaS, that delivers immediate highquality results, at a fraction of the cost.
          • High impact role enabling innovation and inclusion in organizations
            You will enjoy building with us. You will drive changes in how an oldfashioned global language industry operates while improving how hundreds of thousands of people work and millions of people exchange knowledge and ideas worldwide.
          • Join the rocketship to scaleup 10x and beyond together
            We are looking for someone to become an integral part of our team and play a crucial role in the most exciting part of our journey: transitioning from a postSeries C startup to a company exceeding $100M in ARR and $1B in valuation. Our journey isn’t for the faint of heart. We are growing at 130% YoY, thanks to our strong productmarket fit and highperforming team, and plan to accelerate from here.
          • Smartcat Culture: Where Diversity Meets High Performance
            At Smartcat, we are committed to building a culture that highlights respect and appreciation for each individuals unique background and perspective, while maintaining a strong focus on results and clear, honest and direct communication. We believe in welcoming everyone and fostering an inclusive environment where team members can be their authentic selves at work. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is steadfast, and we stand firmly against discrimination and harassment.

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