Salary
💰 $181,000 per year
Tech Stack
JavaScriptReactRubyRuby on Rails
About the role
- Kit is an email-first operating system for creators who mean business. We help creators grow and monetize their audience with ease.
- Build Kit’s core publishing platform and creator growth experiences as a Senior Software Engineer II on the Builders team
- Work on publishing tools creators use to create emails, landing pages, and newsletters
- Pair frontend mastery (React, JavaScript, CSS) with fullstack skills to architect systems end-to-end
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineers; participate in code reviews, on-call rotations, and mentorship
- First week/month/six months: ramp into codebase, contribute PRs, lead at least one major feature, refactor legacy code, present Lunch & Learn
Requirements
- Deep expertise developing high-craft web applications, with a strong background in React, JavaScript, and modern CSS frameworks like tailwind
- Experience with Ruby on Rails (preferred). Or experience with other backend frameworks and languages, with willingness to learn and master Ruby on Rails
- Ability to architect systems that are well-designed, scalable, accessible, and easy to maintain, with a solid understanding of frontend testing practices
- Proven ability to partner effectively with Product and Design to create delightful experiences, prioritizing user outcomes and business impact in your technical solutions
- Clear and concise communication skills, tailoring messages to the audience and driving clarity across teams
- Acting as a frontend subject-matter expert, helping teams adopt modern frontend frameworks, patterns, and tradeoff decisions
- Building complex web components, such as visual canvases or rich text editors
- Leading complex technical projects from ambiguous ideation to launch and iteration beyond, taking extreme ownership to drive clarity, anticipate risks, and prioritize the biggest impact
- Working across a legacy codebase and evolving it safely through migrations and system refactors
- Championing solutions that have demonstrated large positive impact across teams
- High agency and ability to work independently while collaborating closely with teammates
- Adaptability within a dynamic and ambiguous environment, with proactive ownership of problems
- Strong interest in AI and eagerness to experiment with the evolving landscape to make our work more efficient and effective
- Openness to direct feedback and continuous improvement, with ability to shape team culture through empathetic feedback and mentoring
- Embraces learning with growth mindset and a demonstrated ability to build new skills quickly and model this for others