Full Stack Engineer (San Francisco)

Kash; San Francisco (CA); On-site; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Meaningful equity

State of the art equipment

Job summary

A cutting-edge financial technology startup is seeking passionate individuals to join its mission of revolutionizing payments, operating out of San Francisco. As part of a diverse team, you'll tackle challenging problems in payment infrastructure and cryptographic security while enjoying a competitive salary and meaningful equity. Your ability to learn, communicate well, and take ownership is key to thriving in this role. Join us and be part of an innovative journey in the fintech space.

Qualifications

• Experience in utilizing tests to enhance development speed and quality.
• Shipped quality products before.
• Understanding of multithreaded programming and memory management.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of projects and execute necessary tasks.
• Communicate effectively and request help when needed.
• Contribute to building cutting-edge payment solutions.

Skills

Ability to learn

Communication

Ownership

Understanding payment pain

Quality shipping experience

Multithreaded programming

Testing experience

Previous startup experience

Tools

Node.js

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

AWS

Python

Objective-C

Job description

Credit cards are an invention of the 1950s. Every payment ‘innovation’ since then has been built on top of a pre-mobile architecture while taxing both consumers and businesses alike. At Kash, we are on a mission to make payments better, faster, and safer. Come chat with us if this sounds like a worthy cause. Show us what you’re passionate about.

Kash is a Y Combinator company. The former CEO of Visa is the chair of our board. We have a diverse team of people with complementary skills. Our team includes people from Ropes & Gray, Microsoft, OANDA, Morgan Stanley, Well.ca, Miovision, and YC alum. We have offices in San Francisco and Waterloo.

What we are working on:

• Payment Infrastructure - Node.js, some Python in tools, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Docker, Kubernetes, GCE/AWS
• Fraud Detection Algorithm
• Cryptographic Security
• Mobile Payment - Objective-C for iOS, Android
• Phabricator for code reviews and Jenkins for CI
• We’re dedicated to achieving our mission and will use whatever technology that’s best to help us get there

What we are looking for:

• We want people who believe in our mission
• We believe the most important skill is your ability to learn
• Ability to take ownership of things, learn what’s necessary and get things done
• Ability to communicate well, ask clarifying questions, ask for help early and not get stuck
• Understands the payment pain. Want to make finance work better for everyone.
• Shipped quality stuff before
• Experience in utilizing tests to help you speed up development and its quality
• Experience with multithreaded programming and memory management
• Previous startup experience

Why you should join us:

• Opportunity to be one of the first employees of a fast growing and promising startup
• Work on something that will really change the world
• Competitive salary and meaningful equity
• Solve difficult yet interesting problems
• State of the art equipment for your work station. We believe in giving our engineers the best tools to do their job.