Koko Home is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Voice and LLM applications engineering team who is excited about working on topics in the IoT and AI space, interacting with our Koko Home hardware-technology. We'd like you to be curious and love the challenge of solving problems. You will be part of a core group that plays a direct role in determining company direction and ultimately the success of the product.
Duties & Responsibilities
Take a major role in building our real-time multimodal pro-active voice interaction assistant
Contribute to our backend code-base powering our voice interaction system
Collaborate on designing and implementing data models that define the behavior of our assistant
Work with a high performing team of passionate engineers
In addition you will have the opportunity to learn and work on various parts of our product (embedded device, front-end, back-end, aws, kubernetes, etc.).
Qualifications
MS in Computer Science
At least 3 years of industry experience writing production ready code in Typescript
Experience in building Typescript applications that interact with LLMs, including prompt engineering, testing, RAG chunking and retrieval strategies
Strong development experience in Typescript and Node.js
Python and FastAPI experience desirable
Strong understanding of data-model design
Beneficial: Development and hosting experience with local LLMs
Beneficial: Experience in a full stack environment developing features on the backend and front-end
Excellence at communicating ideas and collaborating in oral and written form with the team
About Koko Home
Koko Home (kokohm.com) is a leading healthcare technology company focused on leveraging radar, AI, and LLMs to deliver remote monitoring and digital caregiver support. The Company's multi-modality platform emerges as a beacon of innovation and compassion to improve outcomes, patient and caregiver experiences, and independence for the rapidly growing and diverse needs of the aging population and others in need of home care. The platform provides healthcare providers with visibility into patients' homes, monitoring early health risk indicators, engagement levels, and medical compliance, while empowering patients with easy access to personalized and direct care. The Company's bold mission is shaping a future where personalized, immediate care is accessible to all using the simple power of their voice.
Benefits
We offer competitive compensation and equity along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days and 401(k) plans.
Location
Preference for candidates located in Sunnyvale, CA, or Los Angeles, CA.
No Visa Sponsorship
Please note that we are unable to provide sponsorship for work authorization in the United States.
To Apply
Please email your resume to careers@kokohm.com along with your answers to the following questions:
Can you provide an overview of your experience as a software engineer, including your primary areas of expertise and the technologies/languages you're proficient in?
Describe your experience with building applications with Large Language Models. What's the most complex application you have shipped? What challenges did you encounter and how did you address them?
What motivated you to apply for this role, and why do you believe you are a good fit for our team?
Can you work from either our office in Sunnyvale, CA, or our office in Los Angeles, CA?