Full-Time

Full-Stack Software Engineer

AI Agent Platform

Posted on 9/17/2025

Continua

Continua

11-50 employees

AI-powered assistant for group conversations

No salary listed

New York, NY, USA

In Person

On-site 3+ days per week.

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Python
UI/UX Design
React.js
SQL
Postgres
Go
HTML/CSS
Requirements
  • 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience
  • Solid experience with SQL and database design, preferably with Postgres experience
  • Experience building modern web apps with React and CSS frameworks like Tailwind
  • Strong product intuition and design fundamentals
  • Proven ability to take ownership and thrive in a fast-moving startup environment
Responsibilities
  • Designing and implementing robust APIs and backend services using Python and Go to power our AI agent platform
  • Designing and optimizing how our data is stored to handle our growing user base
  • Working with our ML engineers to integrate AI models into production systems, writing the code that connects our models to user experiences
  • Building responsive, intuitive React applications using Tailwind CSS
  • Partnering with our CEO, product manager, and designer to translate requirements into technical solutions, using your judgment to make good UX decisions when moving fast
  • Ensuring our applications can handle rapid user growth while maintaining excellent performance and reliability
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience integrating machine learning models into production applications
  • Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and infrastructure tools like Terraform
  • Background in AI/ML or natural language processing
  • Experience building real-time or conversational applications
  • Previous experience at high-growth startups or building products from 0 to 1

Continua brings the power of large language models into group chats, acting as a quiet, helpful member within conversations rather than a dominant interface. The product works by integrating AI into group chats to participate, summarize, and contribute ideas in real time, while keeping the human dialogue at the center. Unlike tools designed for single-user interactions, Continua focuses on a multiplayer, collaborative chat experience—where the AI fades into the background as a shared layer of intelligence—so discussions stay natural and social. The company emphasizes a social, background role for AI and aims to enhance relationships, not replace them, with leadership from David Petrou and backing from notable investors. Ultimately, Continua’s goal is to make technology disappear into the background and strengthen human connections through group conversation.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2023

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • 68% 30-day retention validates product-market fit for expansion.
  • Organic growth enables enterprise sales without heavy marketing.
  • $8M seed from GV and Bessemer fuels AI capability advancements.

What critics are saying

  • Telegram's @ChatGPT47 captures 950M users, blocks cross-platform add-ons.
  • Slack's February 2026 AI agents erode enterprise channel expansion.
  • Meta AI's Q1 2026 WhatsApp integration commoditizes freemium model.

What makes Continua unique

  • Continua integrates LLMs as quiet members in group chats.
  • Social AI enhances human relationships beyond single-player tools.
  • David Petrou's Google Distinguished Engineer experience leads development.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Hybrid Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

10%

1 year growth

10%

2 year growth

10%
Venture5
Aug 18th, 2025
Continua raises $8 million seed round

Continua, a New York, NY-based platform bringing AI agents to group chats, raised $8 million in a seed fundraising round led by GV with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners.

Tech in Asia
Aug 13th, 2025
Ex-Google engineer's startup Continua raises $8m seed funding

Continua, a startup founded by former Google engineer David Petrou, has raised US$8 million in seed funding led by GV, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and angel investors.

FySelf
Aug 12th, 2025
Google Vet is raising $8 million for Continua to bring AI agents to group chat

Continua announced on Tuesday it raised a $8 million seed round.

StreetInsider
Aug 12th, 2025
Continua AI Raises $8M for Social AI

Former Google Distinguished Engineer David Petrou has launched Continua, a company pioneering Social AI, with $8M in seed funding led by GV. Continua aims to enhance group chats by integrating AI that participates in conversations, offering live web results, and organizing ideas. The technology is designed to improve productivity and reduce burnout by understanding social cues and providing actionable assistance. The funding will help Continua advance its AI capabilities for better collaboration.

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