Karat

Founded in 2014, we help engineering leaders improve the quality, efficiency, and equity of technical hiring. We provide a system for companies like PayPal, Atlassian, and Citi to hire engineers.

Our system includes live, expert-led interviews conducted by trained engineers, analytics that show performance, and extensive interview data. We combine human expertise with technology to support the entire hiring process.

Our services include global hiring, hiring in India, contractor teams, early career talent, industry-specific hiring, and equitable and inclusive hiring. We also help with internal mobility by measuring core competencies and skill levels. We run the Brilliant Black Minds program, which offers free mock technical interviews to software engineers from historically underrepresented backgrounds.

We specialize in technical interviewing, hiring, SaaS, and technical assessment within the software development industry. To date, we have conducted over 350,000 technical interviews in more than 70 countries, using over 500 trained Interview Engineers. A new Human+AI approach to technical interviewing is under development.

Our mission is to improve the technical interviewing and hiring process for software engineers. This unlocks opportunities for both hiring companies and candidates, connects individuals to jobs, and helps drive economic growth.

Our core principles are: Win as One Team, One Karat; Create Material Impact for Customers; Support the Whole Person; Embrace Real Talk; Build Trusted Relationships; and Champion Brilliance.

We have 201-500 employees. Our culture emphasizes collaboration, creativity, and excellence. We call our employees ‘Karateers.’

We strive to build an inclusive environment that supports individuals, whether they work remotely or in-person. We aim to provide an environment that motivates and inspires employees to do their best work. While we support remote operations, some roles may require occasional in-person work at our Seattle HQ or travel for strategic meetings and industry events.

We offer competitive compensation, including salary in local currency and Karat-granted stock options.

For U.S. employees, benefits include employer-sponsored medical (Regence PPO and HDHP), dental and vision coverage (Guardian), and an HSA employer contribution for HDHP enrollees. We provide 100% employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, and standard life insurance, with optional life insurance available. We also offer a 401(k) program with a 4% match and a Flexible Savings Account (Healthcare).

U.S. time off policies include flexible vacation for salaried employees (three work weeks for hourly), three work weeks of wellness leave, one week of ‘No Questions Asked’ leave, and 24 weeks of parental leave (16 weeks full-pay, 8 weeks phase-back), plus 10 U.S. public holidays.

For employees in Mexico, benefits may include competitive salary in local currency, Aguinaldo, PEO Profit Sharing, and private healthcare with 100% premium coverage for employees and eligible dependents. Mexico’s time off policies include generous vacation accruals (e.g., 12 days for year 1, 14 days for year 2, 16 days for year 3), three work weeks of sick leave, one week of ‘No Questions Asked’ leave, and 7 national public holidays.

All Karat employees generally receive 5 days for Karat Summer Break in July and 5 days for Karat Winter Break in December. However, Customer Experience roles may have exceptions to these company-wide breaks. Salary ranges vary by geographic location.