# Community Engineer (SWE3), Brilliant Black Minds (United States)
**Company:** [Karat](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/karat)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $109K-$162K
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, AWS, GCP, Azure, LLM APIs, API Design, Discord Integrations, System Architecture, Database Design, Cloud Infrastructure
**Posted:** 2026-04-29
> Builds AI-powered tools, automations, and experiences for a diverse engineering community, including LLM integrations and community ops tooling. Handles 70% hands-on engineering and 30% program management with 5+ years experience in web/distributed systems.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Lead projects end-to-end from design through release, including those with significant ambiguity.
- Build and maintain clean, scalable services, components, and APIs; take accountability for the quality and reliability of all code.
- Integrate LLM APIs and AI-enhanced capabilities into BBM's technical interview preparation offerings.
- Leverage AI-assisted development as a core part of your engineering workflow.
- Build tooling and automations that scale BBM's community operations, including newsletter workflows, Discord integrations, and candidate-facing resources.
- Manage day-to-day community operations: moderating Discord, engaging members across experience levels, and participating in study groups.
- Identify gaps in what the community needs, design solutions, and ship them.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience designing and shipping web applications or distributed systems to production.
- Proficiency in modern programming languages and frameworks (experience with **Python**, **JavaScript/TypeScript**, or **Ruby** strongly preferred); comfort across the stack and with API design.
- Experience with system architecture, database design, cloud infrastructure, and deployment technologies (**AWS**, **GCP**, or **Azure**).
- Familiarity with LLM APIs or AI-enhanced product features; curiosity about how AI/ML technologies can enhance assessment, learning, or community experiences.
- A track record of delivering projects independently, from problem identification to shipped solution, with high-quality output.
- Active involvement in the technical community as a mentor, advisor, or contributor, and genuine comfort engaging with engineers across all experience levels.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate technical concepts clearly for a non-technical audience when needed.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience building community-facing technical products or tooling, such as Discord bots, automation workflows, developer portals, or equivalent.

## Compensation
Base Salary (GeoLo 2): $139,556.70—$162,112.50 USD
Base Salary (GeoLo 3): $124,050.40—$144,100 USD
Base Salary (GeoLo 4): $108,544.10—$126,087.50 USD
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