Senior​/Product Engineer

Kick is an applied AI company building accounting software that does the work for you. We’ve raised $20M from OpenAI Startup Fund, General Catalyst and Google Ventures to help millions of entrepreneurs automate the boring stuff, so they can focus on what matters most.

We’re going through significant traction and looking to work a senior/staff Product Engineer with a track record of building intuitive, performant end-to-end product experiences and is interested in making what they build feel like “magic” because AI is doing real work behind the scenes.

• Work closely with the CEO, Operations, AI and Design teams to ship user-facing features with beautiful and scalable UI components
• Redefine best-in-class software development processes to build an industry leading product
• Continuously research and evaluate new technologies to improve the speed, scalability, and performance of our systems
• 5-7+ years of experience in building and shipping full-stack production web applications
• Are fluent in modern frontend (React/Typescript) tooling while maintaining robust server-side logic
• Experience with current infrastructure (AWS, GCP) architecture and design patterns
• Enjoy iterating quickly with users to deliver polished user-focused features
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Type Script, React, Node.js
• AWS, Terraform
• Github, Slack, Linear, Figma, Notion
• Experience as a founder or founding team member at an early-stage startup
• Experience with use of modern LLMs and developer tools (Cursor, Claude Code, etc)
• Familiarity with complex finance or accounting systems

• Downtown Palo Alto, 4-5 days per week in person
• 1 block walk from the Palo Alto Caltrain Express train stop (35 minutes from SF)
• Candidates should be based in the Bay Area or open to relocation

• $200,000-$300,000 salary + meaningful equity
• Apple laptop/headset, health and commuter stipends
• Daily in-office lunch, dinner and unlimited Verve Coffee

We’re building a world-class team of creative thinkers and doers from diverse backgrounds. If you’re excited by this role, even if your experience isn’t a perfect match, we’d love to hear from you.