Careers
Help build the voice interface for AI
OpenWhispr turns what you say into action. It's open source, it's been downloaded about 150,000 times, and it's built for people who want a choice: run it locally, bring your own keys, or use our cloud. We're hiring people who want to own big problems end to end.
Open roles
All roles are in person, in San Francisco or Chicago. Visa sponsorship is not available.
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Founding Engineering Lead
A player-coach role. Lead a small team of engineers, set the technical direction, and stay in the code every day.
- San Francisco or Chicago
- Full-time
- $160K–$200K + meaningful equity
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Founding Engineer
Own big parts of the product, from first idea to production, and help set the engineering bar.
- San Francisco or Chicago
- Full-time
- $140K–$180K + meaningful equity
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Social & Brand Growth Creator
Be the face, voice and storyteller behind OpenWhispr. Build our brand story in public on TikTok and Reels.
- San Francisco or Chicago
- Full-time
- $60K–$120K + meaningful equity
How we work
Our operating principles
These aren't wall posters. They're how we make decisions every day.
Bias for action
If something's broken, fix it. If you have an idea, try it. We don't wait for issue reports or perfect specs.
Proactive communication
Tell people before they have to ask. That goes for teammates and for users: if we see a problem coming, we reach out first, and if we get a bill wrong, we refund it before anyone complains.
No AI slop
AI gives us leverage, not an excuse. Everything we ship gets reviewed, tested and refined, and anything we share with each other is already clear.
Context is the bottleneck
We run a lot of workstreams in parallel. The core skill is managing context: giving it, keeping it, and switching between streams without dropping quality.
Do the thinking for the user
Simplification is the strategy. Every screen, sentence and default should take work off the user's plate. Opinionated by design, and still built for the tinkerer.
Grateful for every user
People caring enough to complain is a privilege. We use the product every day, and we treat taste as something you train on purpose.
Don't see your role?
If you think you'd make us better, write to us anyway and show us something you've built.
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