Senior Backend Engineer - Airkit

Date Posted: Mar 18, 2023

Job Detail

  • Location:
    San Francisco, California, United States of America
  • Company:
  • Type:
    Full Time/Permanent
  • Positions:
    1
  • Experience:
  • Degree:
    Non-Matriculation
  • Remote:
    Yes / No
  • Salary:
    Monthly: 1000 USD - 2000 USD

Job Description

About Us

Airkit began in 2017 when co-founders Adam Evans and Stephen Ehikian wanted to enable leading brands to connect with their customers in a new, digital way.  As consumers of many products, they couldn’t understand why, in the age of big data, AI, cloud computing, and connected products, their interactions with companies were so impersonal, reactive, and time-consuming.   

Headquartered in Redwood City, CA, the company launched publicly in October 2020.  Since then, we have seen the rapid adoption & expansion of our product within leading Fortune 500 brands and hyper-growth businesses, world-wide.  

We’re invested in creating a hybrid culture headquartered in Redwood City, CA. We’re currently looking for teammates who are excited about working in person 2-3 days a week with peers who are passionate about their work and the problem we’re solving. 

Position Summary / Core Responsibilities 

  • Consistent track record of designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and improving software
  • Comfort leading individual project priorities, deadlines and results
  • Consistent track record of execution and delivery; ability to get stuff done 
  • Development process flexibility; ability to build software in fast iterative cycles 
  • Demonstrated passion for coding and problem solving, either within a startup environment and/or side projects in an academic environment
  • Strength in collaborating multi-functionally across engineering, design, and product

Qualifications

  • Passion for building and a desire to work at an early stage company
  • BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
  • Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages
  • Experience working with two or more from the following: Unix/Linux environments, distributed and parallel systems, networking, developing large software systems, and/or security software development
  • A working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English
  • Bonus points for Kotlin, Java, JVM, Node and Docker

Tech Stack

  • Backend: Kotlin, Flyway, jOOQ, Gradle, Node 
  • Infrastructure: AWS, Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis, Lambda, Kubernetes, Vault, Consul, Terraform, Spinnaker 
  • Front End: Typescript, React, Redux

Working at Airkit

At Airkit, we want our teammates to feel cared for, wherever they are in life. Check out some highlights of our culture and meet some of our executive team here

Highlights of our benefits package include: 

  • 100% coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision 
  • Unlimited time off to relax and recharge
  • Paid parental leave for new parents 
  • Retirement plan (401K) with immediate eligibility
  • Flexible spending stipend for you to spend wherever it will benefit you most
  • Monthly team events & opportunities for building community

Not everyone will match the above qualifications 100%. If your experiences don’t perfectly align, but you think you’d be a great addition to our team, we’d still love to hear from you.

Airkit is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, please email recruiting@airkit.com.

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