Kin

Staff Software Engineer

Kin

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $152,000 - $200,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code in Ruby on Rails and Typescript
  • Setting the standards for the Engineering team by example
  • Leading pair programming sessions and providing mentorship to team members
  • Driving and fostering advanced design or architectural tasks
  • Developing technical roadmaps
  • Participating in daily stands and weekly retros
  • Working with Design, Product Management, and Customer Support partners to design and implement scalable solutions
  • Providing subject matter expertise and support

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • 4+ years experience coding with Ruby on Rails and Typescript/Javascript
  • Strong understanding of SQL and RDBMS, with exposure to NoSQL
  • Experience in designing and implementing scalable, API-first systems
  • Experience with event-driven architectures
  • Experience in big data engineering on AWS and/or DataBricks is a plus
  • Ability to articulate value of technical investments
  • Ability to operate with little-to-no technical guidance
  • Experience mentoring engineers
  • Comfortable in a startup environment – we’re fast-paced, self-motivated, and determined to change the industry
  • A fast learner, ready to bring previous knowledge to this position and continue developing along the way
Benefits
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance options
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Elective voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, legal assistance and pet insurance.
  • Competitive salary and company equity through Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  • 401K with company match of up to 4% of eligible earnings
  • Flexible PTO for exempt employees (employees typically take 15-20 days annually)
  • 8 company-observed holidays
  • Paid parental leave program that provides 100% salary continuation of up to 14 weeks for birthing parents and 8 weeks for non birthing parents
  • Continuing education and professional development opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
Ruby on RailsTypescriptJavascriptSQLRDBMSNoSQLAPI-first systemsevent-driven architecturesbig data engineeringAWS
Soft skills
mentorshipleadershipcommunicationcollaborationself-motivatedfast learnerarticulate valueoperating independentlyadaptabilityproblem-solving