🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Calibrate Group AI is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R246,667 – R308,333 ZAR. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

We're hiring our founding technical hire - a Senior Technical Lead who will own the entire technical vision and execution. This is a co-builder role, not a cog-in-machine role.

What You'll Own:
* Designing and building custom AI implementations for SMB clients - from discovery through deployment
* Integrations across the platforms our clients already use (Toast, Square, Mindbody, QuickBooks, HubSpot)
* Our AI tooling stack (Claude API, Make.com, Clay) and the internal systems that power delivery
* Ongoing maintenance, optimization, and evolution of client AI systems
* Client-facing portal and delivery infrastructure
* Technical hiring as we scale
What We're Looking For:
* 8+ years of engineering experience shipping real SaaS products
* AI-native workflow: Cursor, Claude API, Make.com are daily tools, not experiments
* Led a small team. You think in business outcomes, not just code
* Former founding engineer or technical co-founder is a strong signal
* Comfortable with ambiguity. You build the plane while flying it.
Compensation:
* $160,000 - $200,000 base salary
* 4.5% equity (founding-level)
* Fully remote, US-based
How to Apply: Send your background, what you've built, and why this role fits tojosh@calibrategroup.ai

How does that feel? Once you're happy with it I'll update everything - Wellfound live posting, the Battle Kit doc, and the email to Josh.

We're hiring our founding technical hire - a Senior Technical Lead who will own the entire technical vision and execution. This is a co-builder role, not a cog-in-machine role.This is an application-layer engineering role. You'll be building AI-powered tools that solve real business problems for real operators - not managing GPU clusters, optimizing inference pipelines, or scaling cloud infrastructure. If you get more excited connecting QuickBooks to an AI agent that saves a business owner 10 hours a week than you do tuning Kubernetes configs, keep reading.

Tips for South African Applicants

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Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

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Salary in Context

At R246,667/month, this role pays well above the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($13,333/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.

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Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

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Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Calibrate Group AI

Calibrate Group AI is a company in the engineer industry that hires remote workers from South Africa.