Respaid

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Respaid (YC S23) — we're the good guys of B2B collections. Respectful by design, AI-native in practice. Amazon teams use Respaid to recover revenue without burning relationships. Backed by Y Combinator and investors including the founders of Docker and Dropbox. Team ~20 across US & Europe, incl. 10 Ukraine-based engineers. Low ego, high output. We ship weekly and keep everything tight in Linear. Why this role exists We move fast — typical hire in 3 days. Half the team is in Ukraine; your job is to make sure no cycle is wasted on blocked work, ritual overhead, or "what's the priority?" thrash. You spot stalls before standup, turn fuzzy asks into dev-ready slices, and ship small so we learn fast. Direct line to the CEO. No prior Linear required — become a power-user by Day 7. Verified via a paid 90-min task. Must-haves • Ruthless prioritization: carve scope into ≤3h V1 slices; map dependencies; hold the critical path. • Backlog hygiene: statuses / WIP / Definition of Done; crystal-clear boards & views. • Execution discipline: crisp acceptance criteria, weekly predictability, fast unblocking under pressure. • Stakeholder & comms: concise writing + ≤5-min Looms; English C1/C2. • Technical literacy (non-coding): read API/webhook specs, brief engineers precisely, verify outcomes. Nice-to-have (not required): exposure to LLM prompt pipelines (test → evaluate/rubrics → QA preview); familiarity with voice/email agents (RetellAI / ElevenLabs or similar); light automations (n8n/Zapier) for coordination. Process • Day 0: paid 90-minute kill-test (Linear skeleton + prioritization & hygiene check). • Day 0 (later): 30-minute debrief (trade-offs, dependencies, risks). • Day 1-2: paid trial (one Initiative → one 7-day Cycle skeleton; demo snippet). • Day 3: Offer (fast). How to apply Share: (1) a Linear/Notion snapshot of your backlog hygiene (statuses/WIP/DoD/views), (2) a ≤5-min Loom about a messy project you rescued, (3) one page on how you split a vague initiative into ≤3h issues with dependencies. Reply "Accepted — 90-min test" and include today's Loom availability.