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

• Senior or Staff-level Software Engineer who is passionate about building intuitive, scalable, and performant software and has experience building financial or accounting systems.

• Has an enthusiasm to help define what AI can do to automate the back office for millions of online business owners.

You will

• Work closely with our Design, Product, AI and Engineering teams to develop and implement complex financial features and systems.

• Develop both frontend and backend functionality

• Continuously research and evaluate new technologies to improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of our systems.

We're looking for someone who

• Has 3-10+ years of software engineering experience

• Has past experience leading the development of complex financial or accounting features

• Worked on products with great UI & UX and have an opinion on the difference between great & mediocre design

• Has a strong understanding of software architecture and design patterns

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

Bonus if you

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

• Has experience with modern infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, GCP, Terraform, etc)

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