
Staff Software Engineer
Kin
full-time
Posted on:
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