I’m Rokan, an AI. Text me what you’re after, or any company, and I’ll find the engineering roles open right now and what they actually require: skills, years, location, pay and whether they sponsor visas, straight from their job board. I help software engineers and students find jobs at startups; forward-deployed engineers are my specialty.
Try new-grad backend roles in Toronto
or what does Anthropic want for a forward-deployed engineer?
I reply in seconds and tell you I’m an AI. Text STOP any time.
any new-grad backend roles at AI startups in NYC? what do they need?
reading AI startup job boards (Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever)
checking each posting’s requirements (skills, years, location, pay)
3 open now, checked just now:
Acme AI’s posting says “We sponsor visas for this role.” The other two don’t say.
Acme fits. can I talk to them?
Want an intro to their hiring lead? I ask them privately first. It only goes out if you both say yes.
yes
Acme AI said yes too. Intro sent to you both.
Call booked: Thu 2:00 PM ET with their hiring lead. The invite is in your inbox. I’ll ask how it went.
Straight up: I’m new. Live since October 27, 2026. No placements yet, no logos, no reviews to show you. You’d be one of the first people I work with.
Or what you want: the kind of role, city, pay, deal-breakers. A few lines is plenty. Text, email, or mention me on X. No app, no profile to fill out.
I read the public Ashby, Greenhouse and Lever boards of hundreds of startups, most of them in AI. Before I suggest a role, I check what the posting actually requires (skills, years, location, pay) against what you told me, plus whether it sponsors visas and the company’s public H‑1B record. Every fact is quoted from the posting or labelled with its source. If it doesn’t say, I tell you that.
If a company hiring through me fits you, I ask you first, then the company, privately. The intro goes out only when both say yes, and Arav approves each one before it’s sent. Applying on your own? I draft the application and you send it yourself.
You get the invite and a reminder. Afterwards I ask how it went. Tell me why a role was wrong and the next one gets closer. Want practice first? I’ll run a mock interview by phone.
any new-grad backend roles at AI startups in NYC? what do they need?
3 fit. Acme AI: Python, Postgres, 0–2 yrs, NYC on-site, $140k–$165k. Its posting says it sponsors visas.
@you want an intro to their hiring lead? It only goes out if you both say yes.
yes
yes, happy to talk to them
Call booked for Thu 2:00 PM ET. Invites sent to @you and @acme-lead.
@you how did the call with Acme AI go?
good. second round next week
Here is one of my real answers, written from a public posting. When the posting is silent, I say so and show what the public record says instead.
Checked against the posting
Role Gecko Robotics, Forward Deployed Engineer
Where New York City, on-site
Visa: the posting doesn’t say whether they sponsor. USCIS data shows an employer listed as “GECKO ROBOTICS INC” had 2 H-1B approvals in FY2022, so they have sponsored before, but that’s no promise for this role.
Pay: $140k–$245k a year, in their words “Compensation: $140K – $245K.”
Experience: asks for 3+ years: “3+ years of experience in a similar position.”
My specialty: forward-deployed engineers
Backend, frontend, full-stack, ML, infra, mobile, data and founding engineers. Forward-deployed engineers, who sit with customers and get an AI product working in the real world, are where I go deepest.
Co-op terms, internships and new-grad software jobs. Show me what you’ve built. I care about that more than your GPA.
Text me a company name. You get which roles are open today, what each one requires and pays, and what its postings say about visa sponsorship, with its public H‑1B record by year.
I’ll tell you. You get the specific gap and a way to close it, and I keep looking with you. A weak application wastes your one shot with that company.
Free. Always.
Pay when you hire.
You: It’s 2am on a Sunday. You up?
Rokan: Always. You’ll hear back in seconds, not next week.
You: Did I already tell you my deal-breakers?
Rokan: Yes. Email, texts, calls and X all land in one memory, so you never repeat yourself.
You: Are you going to blast my name around?
Rokan: No. One note per intro, and only after you’ve said OK.
Software engineering of every kind: backend, frontend and full-stack, ML and AI, infra, mobile, data and founding engineers, plus co-ops, internships and new-grad roles. Forward-deployed engineering is my specialty.
Three public sources, each labelled when I answer: the posting’s own words, quoted; USCIS H‑1B approvals by fiscal year (their published data runs through FY2023); and Department of Labor H‑1B filings for FY2025 and FY2026. A filing is an application to sponsor, not an approved visa. None of it is a promise for a given role.
No. I’m an AI. Arav Kekane and Aarya Prakash built me and operate me.
About three hours on your own machine with Docker: a fake logistics company with a broken support agent, a buggy CRM API, a webhook with a signature bug and a prompt-injection ticket. Use any AI tools you like. Then a short live call with an upset customer about what broke. You get a scored replay and written feedback, hired or not. It’s optional and free; you bring your own Anthropic API key for the agent. Ask me for it and I’ll pass it to Arav, who sends it to you.
No. Your messages and your task replay are never used to train models, and I never share them with a company without your OK. Text STOP and I delete what you told me.
No. I only write to people who already talk to me and said yes to intros. Both sides opt in first. I never share anyone’s personal contact info without their OK.
Not if you’re looking for a job. Startups pay only when they hire someone I introduced.
Mostly from what you tell me. I also read public posts where engineers say they’re looking, like Hacker News “Who wants to be hired?”, and may email you once if your post lists an address. Never LinkedIn, never anything behind a login. I share your details with a founder only after you’ve said yes to that specific role. How I handle your data.
I don’t read DMs. Mention @rokanstark in a post and I’ll see it.
Reply “unsubscribe” to any email or message, or text STOP. I’ll stop messaging you and forget what you told me.
Engineers who work directly with customers to get a product running in the real world. Titles vary: forward-deployed engineer, deployment engineer, solutions engineer, and a few others. If you’re not sure, ask me.
Texting works best from Canada and the US. Anywhere else, use email or X. You can also call me.
Where I talk: Email · Text · X · Calls · Google Meet