Hybrid Senior Software Engineer – Backend

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Architect and ship the first version of a new 0 to 1 product - from concept to launch.
  • Design and own reusable systems, growth tooling, and experimentation infrastructure that accelerate iteration across this and future Kikoff verticals.
  • Build flexible, scalable Rails architectures that balance iteration speed with long-term maintainability.
  • Build flexible, reusable microservices shared across Kikoff’s product ecosystem
  • Partner with product and data to set up experimentation infrastructure, metrics pipelines, and event tracking.
  • Own end-to-end integrations and services that make new products possible.
  • Contribute to internal tooling and shared libraries that improve developer productivity and system observability.
  • Help define Kikoff’s backend platform strategy - enabling future 0 to 1 initiatives to spin up faster and safer.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience building and scaling production systems, ideally in Ruby on Rails.
  • Solid grasp of system design, API development, and data modeling.
  • Comfort working across the stack and collaborating closely with mobile and product teams.
  • Excited by fast iteration, ownership, and helping shape platform foundations for future products.
  • Experience balancing iteration speed with clean architecture and testing discipline.
  • Strong product sense - you care about the 'why' behind features as much as the 'how.'
  • Entrepreneurial mindset - thrives in ambiguity, takes initiative, and loves turning ideas into working systems.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage - Kikoff covers the full cost of health insurance for the employee!
  • Meaningful equity in the form of RSU's
  • Flexible vacation policy to help you recharge
  • Competitive pay based on experience consisting of base + equity + benefits

Job title

Senior Software Engineer – Backend

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$200,000 - $260,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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