Our mission at Ello is simple and urgent: Maximize the potential of every child everywhere.
Were building the worlds first AI teacher to close that gap: one that listens speaks adapts and inspires just like the best human educators.
Our first product Read with Ello is already helping tens of thousands of kids each week learn to read. It listens as they read aloud offers support when they stumble and generates magical personalized stories using generative AI. It worksand kids love it.
Now were scaling that success into something even bigger: a complete AI teacher for all children. Were building a real-time learning platform that combines language speech and memory to power personalized interactive education for kids worldwide. Were moving fast: we ship weekly test directly with kids and families and push the boundaries of what AI can do in education.
With the resources of the worlds top investors and the heart of a public benefit corporation were here to revolutionize how children learn globally. Featured on TIMEs Best Inventions and Fortunes Change the World Ello is a small mission-driven team taking on one of the most critical challenges of our time: to democratize education.
About the role
Were in the process of setting up our core app architecture & establishing key design patterns that will shape & define how we build agent-driven experiences and architectures. If you or someone you know is SF-based is an expert in all things Flutter and is interested in working on exciting technology in a highly collaborative domain that shapes kids education wed love to speak with you!
Responsibilities
Design develop and maintain high-performance Flutter applications for iOS and Android platforms
Debug & optimize Flutter apps for performance on very low-power memory constrained devices
Collaborate with design and animation teams
Implement best practices for code quality testing and version control
Stay up-to-date with the latest Flutter developments trends and industry best practices
Required Experience
5 years of experience in mobile app development with at least 2 years of hands-on experience with Flutter and native app development experience (Java/Kotlin Swift/Objective-C in addition to Dart)
Proficient in Dart programming language and its ecosystem
Strong understanding of mobile app architecture design patterns and performance optimization techniques
Familiarity with backend integration patterns for mobile apps
Knowledge of mobile app testing frameworks and automation tools
Experience with agile development methodologies and project management tools version control systems and collaborative development tools
Excellent problem-solving communication and teamwork skills
Nice-to-have experience
Experience building generative AI applications
Basic backend development experience and experience with cloud services
Game development experience: a track record of shipping 2D games on mobile platforms
Experience writing high-performance parallelized code
Basic design skills: some experience using basic design tools to convey your ideas and make small asset adjustments (Figma Photoshop or an animation tool)
Experience with product analytics from query to visualization
Experience managing efficient real-time interfaces to ML pipelines & signal processing code
We look for candidates who
Have something to teach us
Want to do work they are proud of to ship products they are proud of
Have an urge to make a real impact on child development at scale
Take initiative and full ownership of their work
Prefer open and direct communication grounded in empathy to beating around the bush
Exemplify integrity in their actions decisions and communication
Want to build meaningful relationships at work
Here are some reasons to be a part of our team
Immerse yourself in a collaborative environment surrounded by A engineers
Dive deep into the rapidly evolving world of AI for education
Experience the joy of turning your lines of code into engaging and educational experiences for children worldwide
Work in tandem with our machine learning and platform teams harnessing the full power of technology to reimagine education
About Ello
Ello is a public benefit corporation on a mission to maximize the potential of all children. Were currently around 45 people headquartered in San Francisco with offices in São Paulo Brazil; Nairobi Kenya; and New York.
Our team has deep expertise in artificial intelligence K-12 education and child development across institutions such as Stanford Berkeley Google Apple and more. We were part of Y Combinators W20 batch and are funded by world-class investors including Goodwater Capital Homebrew Reed Hastings Common Sense Growth Ravensburger Project A Ventures Reach Capital Khosla Ventures WndrCo Visible Ventures and K9 Ventures.
Were a small collaborative team that takes each others voices very seriously. Because our mission is to support all children it is critical that our team is representative of the communities we work in; we place significant emphasis on ensuring diversity in our team and inclusion in our culture.
We feel enormously privileged to be one of the few companies that has the opportunity to take a shot at truly revolutionizing education with AI at this inflection point in technology. We dont take it for granted so we work quite hard to turn that vision into reality with urgency. We want to create an environment in which we can all be our best selves use our strengths to take Ello forward and develop our own skills. We want to have fun while working hard to do impactful things that were proud of and we believe its possible to do both.
At Ello diversity is a moral imperative and a competitive advantage. We do not discriminate based on race religion skin color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We plan and structure our interviews to assess skills and experience directly. If you need accommodations throughout the interview process please contact
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Ello is your child’s read-along companion who listens, teaches, and transforms them into an enthusiastic reader. For Kindergarten to 3rd Grade.