Not actively hiring.
Koovis AI is solo right now. When we hire, it will be because a specific constraint demands it — and it will be slow, deliberate, and carefully matched to the work. Here's how we think about team, so you can decide if the philosophy resonates before any role exists.
How we think about team.
Hiring is a constraint, not a growth metric
We hire when a specific, named constraint demands it — not because revenue or user growth says we should. Every role has to earn its seat by unblocking real work that can't happen without it.
Small teams, big leverage
One engineer with good tools and the right discipline can ship more than ten without. We'd rather be 3 people shipping 4 products than 30 people shipping 1. Solo now, small forever by default.
Product company, not service agency
We build products. Not client work, not consulting engagements. If the work you want is project-based for external customers, this isn't the place. If you want to own something and ship it, keep reading.
Multi-product generalists
Our team members work across all four products — Workforce, Pulse, Research, Studios — because they share one engine. Deep in one domain, fluent in the others. Specialists welcome, but only if they enjoy stretching.
What we don't offer.
- FAANG salaries. We're early and bootstrap-funded. Compensation includes meaningful equity and autonomy, but cash compensation is startup-scale.
- Role specialization. You'll wear many hats. If you want to be a specialist in one narrow layer, this isn't the right fit.
- Process-heavy environment. We prioritize shipping. Ceremony and process will come when scale demands it, not before.
- Immediate remote-first global hiring. Our HQ is in Hyderabad. First hires will likely be Hyderabad-based for collaboration density, with global hiring opening up as we scale.
Stay in touch
If the philosophy resonates and you'd want to know when we do open roles, reach out. We keep an informal list of people we'd want to talk to first.
The fastest way to catch our eye is to contribute to the open-source Workforce engine.