Ello

Ello is full of teammates (like our Co-Founder & CEO Tom S.) who are passionate about changing education and see technology as critical leverage to do so. If you want to produce a 10x outcome instead of settling for an incremental 10% change, come join us! We're #hiring. As Tom put it best: "But the reason to do it - the reason to take that on - is that it matters. Really matters." Here's to kids all over the world growing up with access to a world-class teacher. See our open roles here: jobs.ashbyhq.com/ello

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A warm welcome to Kelvin Wachira, joining us as Customer Support Lead, Kenya! Kelvin brings the energy and expertise to make every customer interaction count — and we're excited to have him strengthening our support across Kenya and beyond. Prior to joining Ello, Kelvin was at NALA leading customer operations — building standardised frameworks across global and BPO teams and using real data to chase real satisfaction. Before that, he spent nearly four years at TalkRemit helping to wire things together properly: customer excellence, operations, business development, and the bridges between partners, compliance, and product teams across the UK, Canada, and Norway. He's energised by sustainable systems and teams who actually know what they own. Favorite Children's Book: Harry Potter. Wingardium Leviosa! 📚 Welcome aboard, Kelvin! 🚀

We're building the world's first AI teacher. Want to help? 🌍 We're hiring for three roles right now: 🎨 Head of Design (San Francisco) — Lead Ello's creative vision across product and marketing. Shape how our AI teacher looks, feels, and behaves — and help build a design culture that can match the ambition of our mission. 🧠 AI/ML Engineer (San Francisco) — Build the systems that decide what to teach next, when to intervene, and how to adapt to each child in real time. 📦 Product Manager (Nairobi) — Create the foundation for a world-class product organization in Kenya. Turn insights from kids and families into product features that make children laugh and learn. At Ello, we ship weekly, test directly with kids, and push the limits of what AI can do in education. We're already helping tens of thousands of children learn to read, and we're about to launch a new app that will help transform outcomes for millions of kids around the globe. If you’re excited about building AI for good, we’d love to hear from you. 👇 Explore all three roles: jobs.ashbyhq.com/ello

Welcoming Cole Nielsen, who’s joining the team as our Growth Marketing Lead 🚀 Cole works at the intersection of growth marketing, creativity, and mission-driven technology. Before joining Ello, they led acquisition and growth initiatives for consumer startups, managing large-scale digital marketing programs across paid media, organic channels, and product-led growth. They enjoy building thoughtful growth systems that connect meaningful products with the communities they serve. Cole holds a background in both marketing strategy and creative disciplines, and brings a human-centered approach to everything they build. Based in San Francisco, Cole also teaches yoga and is passionate about meditation, embodiment, and movement as tools for reflection and exploration. When not working, you can find them teaching vinyasa classes, biking around the city, or crocheting with their cat, Autumn, nearby. Favorite Children's Book: The Velveteen Rabbit 📚 Great to have you with us, Cole—looking forward to what we’ll build together!

The Ello engineering team just got a whole lot stronger — Radif Sharafullin has joined us as our newest Staff Engineer! Radif has a background in teaching and computer science, bringing over a decade of experience in developing interactive applications for children’s education and gaming. He began his career in the edutainment sector in 2010, teaching literacy through educational apps for Sesame Street and Originator. Before joining Ello, Radif was a co-founder and software architect at ReplayDigital Inc. and before a co-funder and architect at Originator Inc. now subsidiary of Spin Master Corp, where he led mobile product development. His professional journey includes roles at Tynker, where he led mobile market entry initiatives, and Callaway Digital Arts, where he architected cross-platform animation pipelines. Radif also co-founded yourVirtualSim, a telephony company, and has contributed to numerous projects including Endless Learning Academy, PAW Patrol Academy, MathTango, and the Sesame Street classic The Monster at the End of This Book. Based in Fremont, Radif is a specialist in using Unity, native iOS, Flutter to build intuitive mobile, desktop, and web experiences. He is dedicated to leveraging technology to create high-quality, user-friendly solutions that meet the evolving needs of young learners. Favorite Children's Book: Another Monster At the end of this book! 📚 Radif, the team is lucky to have you!

We're beyond excited to have Trang Tran joining us as a Senior Research Engineer. Her research skills and innovative thinking will help drive our work forward in exciting new ways. Trang is a researcher and engineer in speech and natural language processing with background in computational modeling of prosody for spoken language tasks. She is especially interested in applications of AI to education, health, or social good in general. Before Ello, Trang has worked on various projects ranging from fundamental NLP tasks (constituency parsing) to applied settings (conversation pattern analysis in psychotherapy and audio deepfake detection). Trang is from Hà Nội, Việt Nam and first moved to the US for college at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Trang completed her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, where she discovered that running is fun. She enjoys running/walking/hiking for mapping data collection purposes (citystrides). Favorite Children's Book: Dế Mèn Phiêu Lưu Ký (Adventures of a Cricket) by Tô Hoài 📚 Welcome to the team, Trang!