Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Dive into our codebase and publishing platform architecture
• - Set up your local environment and merge your first production code
• - Work through your personal onboarding plan
• - Own and deliver at least one complex feature from concept to launch
• - Improve our codebase through thoughtful refactoring while maintaining quality standards
• - Ensure service reliability by participating in on-call rotations
• - Present at least one Lunch & Learn session
• - Proactively identify and act on opportunities to improve our product and development processes

Required Skills

• - Expertise developing complex web applications with high-craft beautiful user experiences, using React, JavaScript, and modern CSS frameworks like tailwind
• - Expertise with Ruby on Rails (preferred) or experience with other backend frameworks with willingness to learn and master Rails
• - Strong contributor across the stack, from the browser to the database
• - Ability to plan, estimate, and execute complex ambiguous projects independently while keeping stakeholders informed
• - Ability to write high-quality, well-tested, performant, and accessible code with minimal guidance
• - Clear communication skills with ability to drive clarity with Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers

Benefits

• - Profit Sharing
• - Kit equity
• - 401k with a 5% match
• - Up to $1,950 per month toward medical premiums, with dental and vision premiums fully covered
• - $4,000 equipment allowance for your first two years, $3,000 budget every following two years
• - Individual learning + development budget ($3,500/year)
• - Gender affirming benefits
• - Childcare benefit up to $3,000 annually
• - Twenty (20) days of paid time off during each year of employment
• - Paid paid vacation: An after-tax bonus of $1,000 for taking five consecutive days of vacation where you’re fully unplugged from work
• - Ten (10) paid holidays a year
• - Two weeks of paid sick time each year, including mental health + well being days
• - Twelve (12) weeks paid parental leave and flexible scheduling in your child’s first year
• - Up to six weeks of paid bereavement leave, medical leave, and disaster after six months of employment, two weeks of each paid leave in your first six months
• - Winter Break Closure: Kit closes for a week at the end of December
• - Four-week, paid sabbatical after five years with the team
• - Fantastic in-person or virtual retreats with the team twice a year