Senior/Staff Product Engineer

About Kick

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.

**About the Role**

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.

**You will**

• 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

**We're looking for someone with**

• 5+ 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

**Bonus if you**

• Experience with use of modern LLMs and developer tools (Cursor, Claude Code, etc)
• Experience in entrepreneurship, fintech or SaaS

Our tech

• TypeScript, React, Node.js
• AWS, Terraform
• Postgres
• OpenAI, Azure AI
• Github, Slack, Linear, Figma, Notion

**Location**

• Downtown Palo Alto, in person, 4 days per week
• 1 block from the Palo Alto Caltrain Express stop
• Candidates should be based in the Bay Area or open to relocation

**What we offer**

• $200,000-$300,000 per year + meaningful equity
• Employee-friendly equity (QSBS eligible)
• 100% employer paid medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Apple laptop/headset, health/commuter stipends
• Daily snacks, lunch 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.__