Senior/Staff Frontend Engineer, FinTech

Posted:
7/5/2024, 10:33:37 AM

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Overview

Kick is an applied AI company building the first self-driving bookkeeping experience. We’re combining machine and tax code to automate the business finances for millions of entrepreneurs. To date, Kick has raised $7.5M from OpenAI, General Catalyst and 50+ investors from Stripe, Notion and Figma.

Read more:

https://kickfinance.notion.site/Kick-Overview-9d45c3131f624c13bfa0207c3489aa17?pvs=4

Ideal Candidate

  • We’re looking for a Front-end Engineer with exceptional taste to own the UI within the product, our marketing website & landing pages as we scale.

You will

  • Work closely with Design, Engineering and Growth teams.

  • Build performant beautiful, responsive websites and landing pages.

  • Help build and maintain Kick's design system.

  • Implement creative animations and interactions in code.

  • Develop special projects to elevate Kick’s brand.

We're looking for someone who

  • Has at least 5 years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on front-end development.

  • Strong familiarity with React and Typescript.

  • Has a sense for great user experience and feel when something is off.

  • Pays attention to detail and aims to provide our users with a delightful experience.

  • Has strong written and verbal communication skills and enjoys solving user problems.

  • Has a collaborative mindset and is open to feedback and iterative processes.

  • A portfolio showcasing a range of technical skills, a creative use of code, and prototyping skills in the form of webflow, microsites, webgl or anything else.

  • Collaborate through excellent written communication, B2+ English level for verbal communication

Bonus if you

  • Enjoy working in startups and have been part of a team during its growth stage

  • Have experience of building their own startup or working as a founding engineer

  • Have experience with modern frontend libraries (e.g. TanStack Query v4)

  • Experience with SMB, SaaS or fintech

Tech

  • TypeScript, React, NestJS (If you're familiar with different stack don't hesitate to apply)

  • Postgres, Redis

  • AWS, Terraform

  • OpenAI, Azure AI

  • TypeORM, React Query

  • Github, Slack, Linear, Figma

We offer

  • Top of market salary and equity based on experience

  • Paid co-working space; best-in-class equipment

  • 20 days/year of paid vacation; annual meet ups in Palo Alto