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Software Engineer, Apps & Agents

Ollama · Palo Alto · On-site

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About Ollama

Ollama is the easiest way to automate your work using open models, while keeping your data safe. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

You'll shape how people use Ollama across the desktop app, CLI, and tools they already use. A major part of the role is making open models work well with existing agent harnesses, coding tools, IDEs, and desktop applications. This is a product engineering role with broad ownership. You'll design interfaces, build native and backend systems, create integrations, and test complete user journeys across local and cloud models.

More about this role

Ollama is the most popular way for developers to access open models. What started as an open-source, local-first runtime is now the largest developer network in the open-model ecosystem, with 8.9 million monthly active developers and more than 67,000 community-built integrations. We're backed by Y Combinator, Benchmark, 8VC, and Theory Ventures.

Our team is small and talent-dense. We're flat, low-ego, and fast-moving. We like people who think from first principles, have strong product instincts, and care deeply about making software feel simple and delightful.

You'll shape how people use Ollama across the desktop app, CLI, and tools they already use. A major part of the role is making open models work well with existing agent harnesses, coding tools, IDEs, and desktop applications.

This is a product engineering role with broad ownership. You'll design interfaces, build native and backend systems, create integrations, and test complete user journeys across local and cloud models.

Build and refine Ollama's desktop app, CLI, onboarding, and more.

Make agents and developer tools easy to connect to Ollama.

Build first-class integrations while developing reusable systems that let others...

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