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Kira

Senior Software Engineer (Frontend Focus)

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5 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USASenior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$180k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own and ship polished, end-to-end product features that improve student and teacher experiences.
  • Partner closely with product managers and designers on UX, interaction design, and visual quality.
  • Help shape frontend and full-stack technical direction, translating product goals into pragmatic implementation plans.
  • Improve product quality, performance, accessibility, and maintainability across the frontend codebase.
  • Contribute across the full development lifecycle, including prototyping, testing, rollout, and support.
  • Collaborate with engineers to design APIs and deliver cohesive end-to-end solutions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical experience.
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong React and Typescript experience, with ownership of production-grade user-facing features.
  • Experience building modern web applications using TypeScript and React.
  • Strong CSS skills, with experience using systems such as Tailwind, SCSS.
  • Solid backend experience (e.g., Kotlin, Python, Go, Rust, Scala).
  • Solid full-stack fundamentals, including working with APIs and relational databases.
  • Experience owning, leading, and shipping complex features with minimal guidance.
  • 2+ years experience mentoring and/or managing junior and mid-level engineers.
  • Familiarity with automated testing and CI/CD practices.
  • Ability to communicate clearly about technical and product tradeoffs.
  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment.
  • (Preferred) Experience integrating and shipping features backed by LLMs or AI APIs.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity.
  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance with 100% coverage of employee premiums.
  • Flexible PTO policy and company holidays.
  • Doordash credit for lunch daily.

Tech Stack

CSSGoKotlinMySQLPythonReactRustScalaTailwind CSSTypeScript