About Phaidra
What is Phaidra?
Phaidra is an AI company founded in 2019, headquartered in Seattle. They build AI-powered control systems and agents for mission-critical industrial facilities like AI factories, data centres, and HVAC systems. Their reinforcement-learning platform replaces traditional controls with adaptive, closed-loop AI — successfully deployed at Google data centres for substantial cooling savings. Backed by ~$104.5M in funding.
Where will I work?
Phaidra is a 100% remote company with a digital nomad policy. Team members work from the USA, Canada, UK, Norway, Italy, Portugal, India and beyond — about 12 hours of timezone spread.
What is the Phaidra team like?
Approximately 93 employees including AI researchers, engineers, and industrial-control specialists. The team is documentation-first by design, with bi-weekly all-hands and daily team meetings layered on top of asynchronous-by-default communication.
Work-Life Balance
From Phaidra's actual Greenhouse job listing: We have a documentation-first culture and actively practice asynchronous communication in everything we do. Our team stays connected through tools like Slack and video chat. And: Phaidra is 100% remote and currently spread over 12 hours of time zones, and is a documentation-first, asynchronous-first, and results-based company.
Perks and Benefits
100% remote with digital nomad policy, async-first and documentation-first culture, competitive compensation and equity, monthly remote work stipend, medical/dental/vision insurance.