Job description
About Kick
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 60M entrepreneurs.
Why Kick
Product obsession - Described as an “Apple-like” user experience on the bleeding edge of application-layer AI product development practices.
World-class team - Kick’s team has deep experience across AI, finance and startups–including a $250M exit with 5M users.
Strategic investors - Backed by OpenAI Startup Fund, General Catalyst and 50+ investors from Stripe, Square and Notion.
Challenge - Helping millions of individual Business Owners with a “hair on fire” problem with the potential to change an industry.
Growth - Unique growth strategy focusing on Accountant partnerships.
Value - Top of market cash and equity compensation.
Ideal candidate
We’re looking for a Front-end Engineer with a combination of exceptional taste and technical rigor to own our in-product user experience, marketing website & landing pages as we scale.
You will
Work closely with Design, Engineering and Growth teams.
Build performant beautiful, responsive websites and landing pages.
Help build and maintain Kick's design system.
Implement creative animations and interactions in code.
Develop special projects to elevate Kick’s brand.
We're looking for someone who
Has at least 5 years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on front-end development.
Strong familiarity with React and Typescript.
Has a sense for great user experience and feel when something is off.
Pays attention to detail and aims to provide our users with a delightful experience.
Has strong written and verbal communication skills and enjoys solving user problems.
Has a collaborative mindset and is open to feedback and iterative processes.
A portfolio showcasing a range of technical skills, a creative use of code, and prototyping skills in the form of webflow, microsites, webgl or anything else.
Collaborate through excellent written communication, B2+ English level for verbal communication
Bonus if you
Enjoy working in startups and have been part of a team during its growth stage
Have experience of building their own startup or working as a founding engineer
Have experience with modern frontend libraries (e.g. TanStack Query v4)
Experience with SMB, SaaS or fintech
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; meet ups in Palo Alto
Originally posted on Himalayas
Who can apply
The source lists worldwide eligibility. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-11, UTC-10, UTC-9.5, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC-4, UTC-3.5, UTC-3, UTC-2, UTC-1, UTC+0, UTC+1, UTC+2, UTC+3, UTC+3.5, UTC+4, UTC+4.5, UTC+5, UTC+5.5, UTC+5.75, UTC+6, UTC+6.5, UTC+7, UTC+8, UTC+8.75, UTC+9, UTC+9.5, UTC+10, UTC+10.5, UTC+11, UTC+12, UTC+12.75, UTC+13, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.