# What I am looking for

> The role Ralph Sena wants next: a challenging industry, remote first, and a team already augmented with AI.

Source: https://ralphsena.com/next

I am looking for a **new job**. Not urgently, and not for any company: I would rather wait for the right shape of problem than take the first offer.

## What matters

- **A challenging industry** — Something with a hard problem underneath it. I am not looking to put a thinner layer on a question somebody already answered.
- **People who are not afraid to be augmented with AI** — A team already working this way, rather than one still deciding whether to allow it. I run Labo Jaune on that basis and I would rather not argue the case again from zero.
- **Remote first** — Not remote tolerated. I am in Cotonou, and I work best somewhere that was built for people who are not in the room.
- **AI tooling in the work itself** — I like building with these tools and I like building them. Either side of that is interesting to me.

## Sectors I am drawn to

- **Ecommerce** — Six years at Beans. This is where my instincts are sharpest.
- **Education** — Six years teaching at Africa Design School, and the part of the work I miss.
- **AI safety** — The consequences are worth the care, and the design problems are unusual.
- **Art** — Tools for people making things.

That list is not a fence. Anything with a real problem in it is worth a conversation.

## How I work

- **Write it before you draw it** — A problem you can state plainly is usually half-solved. Most of my design work now starts as prose, not as a canvas.
- **Build the team, not just the product** — At Koin Koin Vélo the software was never the bottleneck. Training the people who run it every day was.
- **AI-native by default** — At Labo Jaune this is how we work, not a feature we bolt on at the end.
- **Rough and real beats polished and hypothetical** — A finished-looking mockup hides its assumptions. I would rather build the crude version and find out.

## Practicalities

- **Based in:** Cotonou, Bénin (GMT+1)
- **Works in:** French & English
- **Setup:** Remote first, from Cotonou, happy to travel for the parts that need a room

If that sounds like your company, [tell me about the role](https://ralphsena.com/hire.md) or [book a call](https://calendar.app.google/QkPRiWginTuPec47A).