Kleos

Kleos (formerly Stape) is a global teams management platform — hiring, contracts, compliance, and payments handled in 242 countries. We’re 35+ people, distributed across cities, building for distributed teams. And we’re hiring.

What we’re building

700 million people work remotely. The infrastructure to actually hire and pay them across borders is stuck in 2015 — a patchwork of local lawyers, payment workarounds, and spreadsheets held together with hope.

We’re the layer that absorbs all of that. One platform. 242 countries. Compliant contracts, named legal entities, on-time payouts. The operational chain of global hiring — handled quietly in the background.

Our long-term direction: until payroll stops being a task anyone has to do at all.

How we work

Honesty

We talk openly about everything. A teammate sees an error in someone’s work — they don’t stay quiet, they bring it up. When someone makes a mistake, the focus is on the lesson, not the blame. Feedback is part of how we ship, not a ceremony once a year.

Speed through high-agency

Better to ship than wait for approvals. A new PM joined and pushed a homepage proposal in week two — they didn’t ask permission, they brought a draft. Someone spots a problem outside their lane — they reach in, because the company matters more than turf. Trust, then verify.

Having fun

We asked the team how it actually feels to work here. The answers came back: “challenging,” “inspiring,” “amazing.” We’re building infrastructure that changes how the world works with talent. If that stops being interesting, we’re doing it wrong.

What you actually get

No “unlimited PTO” cliches. Real things.

• Fully remote, async-first. No office presence requirement (unless the role specifies hybrid — see the listing).
• 28 paid vacation days per year. Rest matters, and we mean that.
• Telemedicine for international employees.
• Reimbursement for courses, books, conferences.
• Tools and services you need to do your job well.
• English classes for non-native speakers.
• Corporate library and sports & fitness compensation.
• Birthday bonus.
• Individual Development Plan. Career growth as a conversation, not a form. We map your goals to where the company is going.