- Own core backend systems and infrastructure powering critical product workflows
- Ship impactful, end-to-end features improving student and teacher experiences
- Help set and evolve technical direction and translate business goals into pragmatic technical plans
- Improve code quality, observability, CI/CD, and developer tooling
- Address performance, scalability, security, reliability, and incident response
- Partner with product managers and designers on UX, interaction design, and execution
- Participate in prototyping, testing, rollout, and ongoing support
- Provide technical leadership through design discussions, code reviews, and mentorship
- Work from the New York City or San Francisco office in person four days per week; Wednesdays are work from home
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 backend experience with Kotlin, Python, Go, Rust, or Scala; willingness to ramp up on Kira’s stack (Kotlin, Python)
- Ability to own technical decisions and execute with minimal guidance in ambiguous environments
- Hands-on experience operating production systems and cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS
- Experience designing APIs, working with relational databases such as MySQL, and shipping complex systems
- 2+ years experience mentoring and/or managing junior and mid-level engineers
- Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and reliable deployment practices
- Clear written and verbal communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment with changing priorities
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Legally authorized to work in the U.S.
- Extensive frontend experience with React and TypeScript preferred
- Experience integrating LLM-backed services preferred
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in backend software engineering with a focus on Kotlin and Python, alongside strong capabilities in API design, cloud infrastructure management, and technical leadership. Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical decisions in dynamic environments.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Backend Experience With Kotlin
- API Design
- Cloud Infrastructure Management (AWS)
- Technical Leadership
- Mentoring Junior Engineers
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Kotlin
- Python
- Go
- Rust
- Scala
- API Design
- Relational Databases (MySQL)
- Automated Testing
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Frontend Experience With React
Soft Skills
- Clear Communication Skills
- Positive Attitude
- Attention To Detail
Certifications & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree In Computer Science
- Master’s Degree In Computer Science
Industry Keywords
- Production Systems
- Fast-Paced Startup Environment
- Technical Direction
- UX Design
- Mentorship
Tools & Technologies
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)
- Developer Tooling
- Incident Response
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend, Infrastructure Focus Arbeitgeber: Jobtailor
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