Current openings at Loka, Inc

The work we do at Loka changes lives: whether it’s helping millions of children learn to read, cutting billions of dollars in food waste or accelerating the discovery of cancer treatments. We’re the 2024 AWS Innovation Partner of the Year and we deliver at the highest level while taking every other Friday off (yes, really). Loka is looking for an HX Operations Manager to build and lead a scalable, reliable and human-centered operations engine that supports our global growth. This role combines leadership, operational excellence and hands-on execution to ensure our employee operations run smoothly, consistently and with clear ownership across regions. You will lead and evolve HR Operations across Eastern and Western Europe, USA and LATAM, balancing execution, structure and scalability while ensuring compliance, consistency and operational excellence. Join us to build systems that scale, improve employee experience and shape how operations support a fast-growing global organization. The Role Lead, coach and develop a distributed HR Operations team across multiple regions.  Set a clear bar for ownership, standards and quality across all HR Ops processes. Escalate complex or high-risk operational matters as needed. Own and continuously improve the full HR Operations lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, compliance, payroll coordination, benefits, vendors and internal programs. Identify operational bottlenecks, risks and inconsistencies and implement solutions that scale with company growth. Balance global consistency with local legal and cultural requirements. Treat HR Operations as an internal service, prioritizing work based on urgency, employee impact, risk and cost. Design scalable processes, improve documentation and reduce manual work through automation and better tooling.  Partner with Finance, Legal, HRIS and Leadership to ensure aligned and reliable operations. Requirements 5+ years in HR, People, or Operations roles with end-to-end operational ownership 3 years of experience leading and developing teams Strong hands-on experience managing operational processes (onboarding, compliance, payroll coordination, contracts, benefits, etc.) Experience operating in service-oriented environments, balancing prioritization, response time, and impact Demonstrated experience scaling operations in growing environments (startup, scaling company, or evolving organization) Background in the IT/technology sector Strong client/service mindset, understanding operational impact on employees and business outcomes Experience working in globally distributed or remote-first organizations Strong operational rigor, ownership and attention to accuracy and risk management Fluent English used daily in professional environments Additional Strengths Regular collaboration with Finance and/or Legal teams Process and systems mindset, including automation, workflow optimization and documentation Ability to balance leadership with hands-on execution when needed Benefits Every other Friday off: 26 extra days off per year Remote-first: Work where you feel most productive Explore Program: Live 3 months in Portugal, Colombia, or Macedonia Relo Program: Relocate permanently to one of our European hubs LokaLabs™: Build moonshot solutions to real-world problems Paid vacation, sick days, and local holidays Mental health and wellness benefits Your achievements matter to us! Ensure your CV and LinkedIn profile are up to date and accurately reflect your experience.

In the last year at Loka, our engineering teams have helped clients advance the world’s #1 AI reading tutor, eliminate $1B in food waste and develop novel drugs for fighting cancer. To cap it off, at the end of 2024 Loka was recognized by AWS as Innovation Partner of the Year, outshining 150,000 partners for the title.  And we did it all while enjoying every other Friday off 😎  As a Data Lead in Life Sciences, you will design and build modern cloud-data platforms for Life Sciences customers, focusing on Omics and analytics-heavy use cases. You will lead technical projects end to end, partner closely with Bioinformatics, ML and Product teams and ensure data infrastructure is scalable, reliable, secure and user friendly. Join our team to feed your desire to grow, build with the latest tools and collaborate on projects you can be proud of. The Role Design and implement scalable, cloud-native data platforms and applications for Life Sciences businesses, focusing on Omics and related multimodal datasets. Lead technical projects through architecture, design, implementation and rollout, setting standards and best practices for the team. Collaborate with Machine Learning, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Software Engineering, Design and Business teams to understand requirements and triage data or ETL issues. Define and implement data quality checks, tests and monitoring to maintain high standards of code, schema and data integrity. Monitor and analyze data flowing through pipelines and platforms, building appropriate dashboards, alerts and observability tooling. Manage a team of data engineers and assist them with project guidance and career development.  Requirements 5+ years of experience, including responsibility for production systems, in Data Engineering or a closely related role 3+ years of experience leading teams, including technical mentorship and delivery ownership Proven ability to communicate technical status, risks and trade-offs to clients and internal stakeholders, providing clear guidance on data platform and architecture decisions Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL for building data pipelines, transformations and analytics tooling Strong experience in ETL/ELT design, implementation and maintenance across batch and/or streaming workloads Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP or Azure) delivering data-centric products or platforms Experience with in-memory and disk-based data stores, relational and non-relational databases and search technologies (e.g. MySQL/PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch), with bonus points for graph databases (e.g. Neo4j) Experience with data warehousing concepts, dimensional/columnar modeling and modern warehouse/lakehouse patterns Working knowledge of data lakes, data warehouses and massively parallel processing (MPP) technologies or services Solid problem-solving skills and the ability to work through ambiguity, incomplete specifications and evolving requirements Experience collaborating with Bioinformatics teams or developing workflows and platforms that support Bioinformatics pipelines Preferred but Not Required Working knowledge of core security and reliability concepts: IAM, federated authentication, SSO/SAML, encryption, network/security best practices, backup and disaster recovery Familiarity with Omics and Life Sciences datasets (e.g. RNA‑seq, ATAC‑seq, WGS) and relevant bioinformatics data formats (e.g. FASTQ, BAM, VCF, h5ad)  Strong experience with distributed systems for large-scale data processing and analytics Experience with Spark for large-scale and interactive data manipulation Experience with open table/lakehouse formats (e.g. Apache Hudi, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, Databricks) and their role in modern data platforms Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines for data and infrastructure changes Experience with BI and data visualization tools (e.g. QuickSight, Looker, Tableau) for building dashboards and monitoring Personality Profile Curious: You want to learn and grow in different industries utilizing a modern tech stack. Autonomous: You thrive in a fully remote environment.  Collaborative: You enjoy working as part of a team.  Adaptable: You operate with a startup mindset and move at a startup pace. Dependable: You can be trusted to deliver high-quality work. Benefits Every other Friday off (26 extra days off a year) Remote and flexible Explore and Relocation programs (three months work abroad or full international relocation) Paid sick days and local holidays Premium mental health subscriptions Access to LokaLabs™, our internal research and development program Fitness subscription Mental wellness programs Defined career path Please submit your CV in English.

In the last year at Loka, our teams have helped clients advance the world’s #1 AI reading tutor, eliminate $1B in food waste and develop novel drugs for fighting cancer. To cap it off, at the end of 2024 Loka was recognized by AWS as Innovation Partner of the Year, outshining 150,000 partners for the title. And we did it all while working remotely and enjoying every other Friday off (yes, we really take 26 additional days off a year 😎). In this position you will be Loka’s first Global Talent Development Specialist, and you will shape this high-visibility role with your vision and experience. You'll bring technical fluency and people skills in equal measure, operating with exceptional autonomy and creative freedom while engaging directly with our executive leadership team to drive transformative talent initiatives across our worldwide footprint. We expect you to lead learning initiatives that support fellow Lokals’ career progression and work across teams to design, deliver and improve training programs that align with our business goals. You’ll create high-quality, data-driven learning experiences that engage staff and generate measurable improvements in skills, performance and career growth.  For the right candidate, this role is a golden opportunity to make a major impact at an ascendent company working with cutting-edge technology changing the world for the better. Key Responsibilities  Design and deliver workshops, online courses and learning materials to help employees build skills, especially management skills and technical abilities.  Improve training programs by establishing metrics to measure effectiveness and then implement appropriate changes. Build an ongoing training library so employees can continue developing their skills and grow into new roles whether technical or leadership roles. Manage HR processes such as annual performance reviews and goal-setting for managers and employees and report on their effectiveness. Be the face of talent development at Loka.  Qualifications Five years experience in Talent Development, Learning & Development or similar HX roles balanced between learning and development, within a tech and remote-first company Expertise in instructional design, e-learning and adult learning principles; experience with LMS platforms and digital training tools are a plus Strong focus on data and metrics, with the ability to design and track measurable learning outcomes and communicate the impact to stakeholders Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to collaborate across teams, support managers in development planning, and engage employees at all levels Ability to adjust learning strategies to accommodate diverse remote teams across different regions and cultures Additional Requirements Excellent English: As a global team, we work entirely in English for meetings, customer calls and business communications. Experience in manager and leadership development is a plus.  CV written in English Personality Profile Curious: You’re eager to learn and grow among a cutting-edge tech team. Autonomous and positive: You excel in a fully remote, globally distributed workplace.  Team player: You enjoy collaboration.  Adaptable: You operate with a startup mindset and move at a startup pace. Charismatic: You’re a talented leader whose presence can fill a room.  Benefits Every other Friday off (26 extra days off a year) Remote and flexible Explore and Relocation programs (three months work abroad or full international relo) Paid sick days and local holidays Access to LokaLabs™, our internal research and development program Fitness subscription Mental wellness programs Defined career path Business English classes Your achievements matter to us! Ensure your CV and LinkedIn profile are up to date and accurately reflect your experience.