Careers at Amara

Build the future of employee engagement

Join the team shaping how modern organizations listen, understand, and act on employee sentiment. At Amara, we build AI-powered experiences that help companies create healthier cultures, stronger retention, and more responsive workplaces.

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LIVE SENTIMENT STREAM
Amara reaches employees at the right touchpoint and captures what truly matters.
Real-time insight. Human-centered action.
Built for HR leaders, managers, and culture teams that want to respond earlier.
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Why this work matters

Work on a product built to improve culture, retention, and employee experience

Amara is building beyond traditional surveys. Our platform helps organizations listen continuously, understand what employees are really experiencing, and act with more speed, empathy, and precision.

200K+

Users reached globally

Support a platform already serving modern teams across multiple regions and workforce journeys.

AI + HR

Purpose-built category

Build where people analytics, employee experience, and intelligent workflows come together.

Real Time

Insight that moves fast

Create tools that help organizations act earlier instead of waiting for delayed feedback loops.

Global

Market-facing mindset

Contribute to a product designed for ambitious companies across geographies and cultures.

CEO of Amara.ai
A Message from Leadership

"We started Amara because we realized that the heartbeat of any great company is its people, yet organizations were relying on outdated, slow methods to hear them. We are looking for builders, thinkers, and empathetic problem-solvers to help us humanize the enterprise. If you want to build a product that makes millions of employees feel heard and valued, you belong here."

Vikas Kakwani
Founder & CEO, Amara.ai
Why Amara

Join a team building products that help organizations understand people better

At Amara, you will not just work on software. You will help shape how leaders listen, how employees feel heard, and how companies create stronger and more human workplaces.

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Meaningful impact

Help build products that influence culture, engagement, wellbeing, and retention for real organizations and real people.

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Ownership from day one

We value people who think independently, take initiative, and care deeply about outcomes rather than optics.

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Global SaaS energy

Contribute to a platform that is ambitious in scope, product-led in thinking, and designed for a broad market.

What we build

A modern employee engagement platform with intelligence, structure, and action at its core

Amara is reimagining the way companies understand employee sentiment. We combine chat-led experiences, AI-powered interpretation, and decision-ready analytics to help organizations respond with confidence.

Continuous Listening

Reach employees at meaningful touchpoints and gather relevant feedback throughout the lifecycle.

AI-Powered Insights

Turn conversations into structured patterns, themes, and early signals that leaders can understand quickly.

Real-Time Analytics

Design dashboards and insights that bring clarity to engagement, sentiment, and organizational risk.

Wellbeing Journeys

Support workplace wellbeing with feedback experiences that are thoughtful, timely, and easy to act on.

Exit Interactions

Help organizations learn from departure moments and use that insight to strengthen culture and reduce future loss.

Action Planning

Move from insight to intervention with workflows that help HR and leaders respond with intent.

Our workspace

Meet the people building Amara

We work hard, collaborate openly, and celebrate our wins together.

How we work

We care about speed, ownership, empathy, and building things that genuinely matter

Great work happens when smart people are trusted, aligned to a strong mission, and given room to think. At Amara, we move with intent and stay close to the real problem we are solving.

  • We stay close to customer reality
  • We build with empathy, not just efficiency
  • We value clarity, initiative, and follow-through
  • We care about quality and long-term trust
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Purpose over noise

We focus on building real value rather than adding features or activity that does not move the product forward.

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Ownership mindset

We look for people who see gaps, solve problems, and act with maturity without waiting to be told every next step.

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Cross-functional thinking

Product, engineering, customer success, design, sales, and ops work best when they stay connected.

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Global lens

We build with the awareness that workforces are diverse, expectations vary, and culture is never one-size-fits-all.

Amara.ai vs. Traditional Listening Tools

Benchmark comparison of employee engagement methodologies (2026 Standards)
Capability Legacy Survey Tools Amara AI Method
Data Attribution Lagged (1-12 months) Real-Time (Continuous)
Sentiment Analysis Keyword-based (Manual) Generative AI Theme Clustering
Psychological Safety Basic Confidentiality Double-Blind Privacy Vault™
Action Speed Months to Report < 24 Hours to Signal

Why Top HR Teams Choose Amara

A data-backed comparison of 2026 engagement strategies.

Feature Capability Traditional Surveys Amara AI (2026)
Feedback Frequency Annual / Quarterly Continuous (Real-time)
Sentiment Analysis Manual Tagging Automated GenAI Insights
Employee Anonymity Partial 100% Privacy Vaulted
Attrition Prediction Reactive (Exit Only) Predictive (Weeks in advance)
Action Planning Generic Reports Manager-Specific Nudges

The Amara Advantage

  • Zero Survey Fatigue: Chat-based signals feel like conversation, not homework.
  • High Participation: 40% higher response rates than legacy platforms.
  • Rapid ROI: Identified attrition risks pay for the platform in 3 months.

Why Move From Legacy?

Traditional tools often struggle with:

  • Stale data (results are 3 months old by the time you see them).
  • Lack of actionable insights for frontline managers.
  • Low trust leading to "polite" rather than honest feedback.
Who thrives here

You will likely enjoy building with us if you like solving real problems with substance

This is a good place for people who enjoy meaningful work, strong accountability, and the chance to help shape a growing product and category.

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You like ownership

You prefer taking initiative, improving systems, and making progress instead of waiting for perfect certainty.

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You think across functions

You can see how product, design, engineering, customer experience, and business goals connect to each other.

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You care about people

You want to build in a space where empathy, employee experience, and better workplaces are central to the mission.

Life at amara

Ambitious work, thoughtful people, and a shared goal to build with heart

Every role at Amara contributes to one larger mission: helping organizations create workplaces that are more responsive, more human, and more data-informed.

“The work feels meaningful because what we build is not abstract. It directly shapes how organizations respond to people.”

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Product Perspective Designing for clarity, adoption, and impact

“There is room to contribute ideas, move fast, and take real ownership. That makes the work energizing.”

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Engineering Perspective Building elegant systems with purpose

“The mission sits at the intersection of technology and empathy. That is a rare and powerful combination to build around.”

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Culture Perspective Working on the future of employee experience
Join the team

We may not be hiring for a specific role today, but we would still love to hear from exceptional people

We are not listing live openings right now. But if you believe you can add value to Amara across product, engineering, design, customer success, sales, operations, strategy, or growth, send us your CV and a short note about yourself.

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What to send

Share your CV, LinkedIn profile, portfolio if relevant, and a concise note on the type of role or contribution you are interested in.

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Who should write to us

People who care about product quality, customer outcomes, business context, and building thoughtfully in a modern SaaS environment.

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What we value

Clear thinking, reliability, ownership, curiosity, empathy, and the ability to move with both speed and judgment.

Do you list open roles here?

Not at the moment. This page is designed as an open invitation for talented people who feel aligned with the Amara mission.

Can I apply speculatively?

Yes. If you believe you can contribute, we would be glad to hear from you even if no specific opening is visible today.

What kinds of profiles fit best?

People with strong ownership, product sense, customer awareness, and a genuine interest in improving employee experience.