MEET THE TEAM

The Humans Behind the Intelligence.

We're a team of engineers, designers, researchers, and builders obsessed with making AI that actually works. Remote-first, fiercely collaborative, and just a bit unreasonably ambitious.

48
Team Members
17
Countries
6
Departments
Coffee Cups
48 people building the future
Ship Fast
We bias toward action. Ideas leave the whiteboard and reach users in days, not quarters.
Radically Remote
Work from anywhere. Async-first culture means your best thinking time is protected.
Owned by All
Every team member holds equity. We win together — from day one to IPO.
Grow Relentlessly
$3k learning budget per person per year. Curiosity is a core competency here.
LEADERSHIP

The Ones Who Set the Direction

Builders before they were leaders. They wrote the first lines of code and still show up for code review.

Marcus Chen
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
"The best AI is invisible — it just makes you sharper."
Marcus Chen
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Nadia Osei
CO-FOUNDER & CTO
"Complexity is the enemy. We design our way out of it."
Nadia Osei
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Rohan Mehta
CPO
"Users don't want features. They want outcomes."
Rohan Mehta
Chief Product Officer
Lena Voss
CMO
"Brand is what people say when you leave the room."
Lena Voss
Chief Marketing Officer
James Okoro
VP ENGINEERING
"Good code is a love letter to the next engineer."
James Okoro
VP of Engineering
Aiko Tanaka
HEAD OF DESIGN
"Every pixel is a decision. Make it count."
Aiko Tanaka
Head of Design & UX
Carlos Reyes
HEAD OF AI RESEARCH
"We're not just training models. We're shaping behavior."
Carlos Reyes
Head of AI Research
THE FULL CREW

Every Role, Every Superpower

ENG·01
Ben Nguyen
Ben Nguyen
Senior Backend Engineer
Distributed systems expert. Builds infrastructure that handles millions of requests without breaking a sweat.
GOKUBERNETESRUST
DES·01
Sophie Blanc
Sophie Blanc
Product Designer
Makes complex AI workflows feel effortless. Former UX lead at Figma's design team.
FIGMAMOTIONRESEARCH
RES·01
Omar Farouk
Omar Farouk
ML Research Scientist
PhD in NLP from MIT. Pioneered UPSPACE's adaptive learning algorithms. Speaks fluent Python and LaTeX.
PYTORCHLLMNLP
PRD·01
Maya Liu
Maya Liu
Product Manager
Ships products users love. Lives in Notion and Figma, but secretly dreams in spreadsheets.
ROADMAPPINGANALYTICS
ENG·02
Kenji Mori
Kenji Mori
Frontend Engineer
Obsessed with performance and micro-interactions. If it's slow, Kenji will find it and fix it before you notice.
REACTWEBGLGSAP
GRW·01
Amara Osei
Amara Osei
Growth Strategist
Grew our user base from 200 to 2,300+ in 18 months. Data-driven, creatively fearless, relentlessly curious.
SEOPAIDCRO
RES·02
Fatima Al-Amin
Fatima Al-Amin
AI Safety Researcher
Ensures UPSPACE's models stay fair, transparent, and safe at scale. Co-authored 3 papers on LLM alignment.
SAFETYALIGNMENT
ENG·03
Samuel Park
Samuel Park
Platform Engineer
Runs the infrastructure that powers 99.9% uptime. Sleeps with a pager on but rarely needs it.
AWSTERRAFORMSRE
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LIFE AT UPSPACE

Work Hard. Live Well.

Remote-first doesn't mean disconnected. We come together twice a year and stay close the rest of the time.

Team offsite
Annual offsite — Lisbon, 2024
Team workshop
Design sprint — Berlin HQ
Coffee break
The sacred coffee break
Remote working
Remote, not isolated
WE'RE HIRING

Open Roles Right Now

We hire for curiosity, not just credentials. If you're obsessed with AI and great craft, let's talk.

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We hire great people first, then figure out where they fit best. If you're exceptional, we'll make room.