[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer, Front-End Focus @Kin Insurance
Role Description Staff Engineers are recognized as subject matter experts in multiple technologies and have a high-impact role. They are expected to understand the business implications of technical decisions and the consequences of inaction. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for mentoring and leading multiple scrum teams toward a clear architectural vision and assisting management and other domains with Kin's overall architectural strategy.
- Leading and defining full-stack Architecture
- Writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code Ruby and Typescript
- Setting the standard for Engineering team leading by example
- Delivering stories, tasks, or entire features
- Leading pair programming sessions and providing mentorship to team members
- Attending management meetings as well as daily stands
- Collaborating with Design, Product, and other developers to implement new features
- Contributing to the continual improvement of our code base through refactoring, iteration, test writing, and experimentation
- Helping Kin continue to scale and grow our systems and teams
- Delivering applications that are fast, reliable, and scalable (both public and internally facing)
Qualifications
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Expert proficiency in front end methodologies and languages (we use Typescript, Lit and Angular)
- The experience to build and design distributed, full stack solutions
- Experience with architectural planning, design and documentation
- Ability to articulate value of technical investments with stakeholders
- Ability to identify and mitigate technical risks
- Ability to operate with little-to-no technical guidance
- Ability to lead and guide teams through execution
- Excellent communication skills, coupled with the knack for simplifying complexity to enhance comprehension
- Experience mentoring engineers at all levels
- Comfortable in a high-growth startup environment – we’re fast-paced, self-motivated, and determined to change the industry
- A fast learner, ready to bring previous knowledge to this position and continue developing along the way
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits program, allowing you to choose the benefits that are best for you and your family including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability Insurance options, Employee Assistance Program, as well as elective voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, legal assistance and pet insurance
- Kinfolk become eligible for benefits on the first day of the month following their start date
- Competitive salary and company equity through Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), granted as part of our standard compensation package and based on role and level
- 401K with company match of up to 4% of eligible earnings
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees (employees typically take 15-20 days annually), along with 8 company-observed holidays
- A paid parental leave program that provides 100% salary continuation of up to 14 weeks for birthing parents and 8 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Continuing education and professional development opportunities
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