Kiddom is hiring a
Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Kiddom is seeking a Full Stack Senior Engineer with 7+ years of experience in front-end web technologies to lead full stack development, guide the team, and design user-facing products. The role involves working with the design and product teams, making intelligent technical trade-offs, and applying deep understanding of web technologies. Kiddom offers a competitive salary, meaningful equity, health benefits, 10 paid sick days per year, unlimited vacation time (subject to internal approval), paid family leave, and remote work opportunities.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience developing with front-end web technologies
• Commitment to mentorship, training and supporting one’s teammates
• Demonstrable experience as an effective technical team lead of full-stack development
• Vast knowledge of JS/CSS and Golang best practices and common pitfalls
• Excellent knowledge of modern javascript frameworks and tools (React, Redux, and Webpack a plus but not required.)
• Working knowledge of Golang or C programming
• Comfort working with CSS pre--processors (We use SASS) and strategies for writing maintainable CSS

Responsibilities

• Work with the design and product teams to set feature roadmap and release deadlines
• Lead full stack front end and backend development, build and maintain high standards for work and work with the team to maintain them
• Guide the team in making intelligent and pragmatic technical trade-offs
• Design and implement user-facing products
• Apply deep understanding of web technologies to reason about engineering / design tradeoffs
• Have the foresight to recognize potential future issues and ensure the team is made aware, discusses, and mitigates the issues before they affect the business

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in educational technology
• Previous experience at a startup

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Health benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
• 10 paid sick days per year
• Unlimited vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year
• Paid family leave after birth/adoption of caretakers and minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State