Founding Engineer

Kipsi; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work-from-home policy

Unlimited PTO + holidays

Brand new MacBook Pro

Salary & Equity

Competitive Compensation

Opportunity for career growth

Job summary

A venture-backed technology platform is seeking a Founding Engineer to join their growing engineering team. You will influence all aspects of engineering, product roadmap, and strategy while working directly with senior leadership. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, solid engineering fundamentals, and a passion for high-quality code. This remote-first company offers flexible work arrangements, unlimited PTO, competitive compensation, and significant equity for founding engineers, making it an exciting opportunity for career growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• Good product intuition and user empathy.
• Solid engineering fundamentals and a passion for high quality code.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Bonus: SQL, Terraform, Kubernetes, Java, Go, cloud infra knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Influence engineering practices, product roadmap, and strategy.
• Work across the entire stack using cutting-edge frameworks.
• Execute quickly to convert designs into functional components.
• Take ownership of work and lead key components of development.

Skills

Product intuition

User empathy

Solid engineering fundamentals

High quality code

SQL

Terraform

Kubernetes

Java

GoLang

Cloud infrastructure knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

MacBook Pro

Job description

Kipsi is a venture-backed bespoke technology platform for accounting firms looking to streamline and automate their client engagements. Our software helps firms of all sizes complete client engagements efficiently and effectively. Kipsi is based in the Bay Area but we are a remote-first company.

Kipsi is founded by product, accounting and engineering leaders with extensive software experience from companies like Apple, Netflix, Deloitte and BlackLine. We are passionate about using technology to improve the accounting profession and make the lives of accountants easier.

Who You Are

We are looking for a Founding Engineer to join our growing engineering team. As an early member of the team, you’ll have the opportunity to influence everything including engineering, culture, product roadmap, architecture and strategy. You will work directly with our CEO, CTO, and other engineers to influence every aspect of the platform.

You will be a great fit if you value:

• Working across the entire stack using cutting edge frameworks and tools
• Taking true ownership of your work and leading key components of product roadmap, design and development
• Executing fast to quickly convert design into functional components
• Growing professionally and learning every day

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
• Good product intuition and user empathy
• Solid engineering fundamentals and passion for high quality code
• Enjoy the fast pace of a startup and be able to work independently
• Bonus: SQL, Terraform, k8s, Java, GoLang, cloud infrastructure knowledge

What We Offer

• flexible work-from-home policy
• Unlimited PTO + holidays
• Brand new MacBook Pro
• Salary & Equity
• Competitive Compensation
• Founding Engineers receive significant and meaningful equity
• Opportunities for all employees to grow in their career whether that is becoming a principal engineer, manager or founder of your own company.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.