Meet Replika, the AI companion to do life with. Chat, reflect, grow, and build a meaningful connection with your AI friend. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
This isn't a big company role. There's no org to slot into and no layer between you and the decision. You'll work directly with our CEO, product manager, designer and engineering lead in a tiny team, own features end to end, and turn ideas into product while the idea is still taking shape. You'll be expected to have an opinion, push back when a spec doesn't hold up, and then build it. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- You've built and shipped consumer mobile apps that reached real users
- Native depth on one platform (Swift on iOS or Kotlin on Android), and features shipped on the other
- You are not shy of backend development. API design is your bread and butter. You can ship the API your feature needs
- A track record of driving complex features end to end, not just incremental improvements and refactors
- You love coding and agentic engineering, and use every tool available to move faster
More about this role
In 2017, no one knew what AI was supposed to be. We built the world's first consumer AI app. Two million people showed up in two months. Today it's over 40 million, and the thing they keep telling us hasn't changed: it helped. It made their life better, steadier, a little less alone.
Most AI is built for tasks, not for people. It gives you answers, but it doesn't care what you do with them. AI doesn't just need intelligence. It needs intention. Because the real question isn't just what AI can do. It's what AI is for.
When the world's leading researchers wanted to understand whether AI could actually change someone's life, they studied Replika, because there was nothing else to study. What they found at Stanford, at Harvard, across years of research, was that Replika doesn't replace human connection. It deepens it. People become more social, more confident, more themselves. Not in theory. In their actual lives.
Every major AI company talks about their mission for humanity. None of them has ever clearly said what they're trying to do for a single person. We will. We want to help you flourish in real life. Not become a better version of yourself, just more yourself. Strong...
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