Senior Frontend Engineer

Kikoff; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 244,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Kikoff is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to shape the future of our flagship credit-building product in San Francisco. You will build features with PMs, designers, and data scientists to improve retention, engagement, and revenue, delivering measurable impact.

Your work will require strong React experience, data-driven decision making, and collaboration across cross-functional teams in a fast-paced fintech startup environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience with demonstrated breadth and depth of product impact.
• Hands-on experience with React in production.
• Ability to analyze data and distill information for business purposes.
• Desire to form strong professional bonds with startup-forward coworkers.
• Strong problem-solving skills outside your area of expertise.

Skills

React in production

Data analysis

Problem solving

Startup mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S./B.A./M.S. in CS

Job description

Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale

Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money.

We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.

Why Kikoff

This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to help shape the future of our flagship credit building product — the engine behind our mission to help millions of Americans build and strengthen their credit.

This role sits at the heart of our business. You'll work on initiatives that directly improve retention, engagement, and revenue, while also exploring and scoping challenging new opportunities to drive the next wave of impact. Every project you work on is built hand-in-hand with PMs, designers, and data scientists, ensuring that features are not just shipped, but move the needle in a meaningful, measurable way. And it helps bring our core tradeline product to the next level of impact.

Requirements

• B.A. / B.S. / M.S. or strong self-taught fundamentals in computer science
• 5+ years of industry experience, with demonstrated breadth and depth of product impact
• Hands-on experience with React in production
• Ability to analyze data and distill information for business purposes
• Effectiveness as demonstrated by problem-solving skills in areas outside your expertise
• Desire to form strong professional bonds with startup-forward coworkers

Base Range

$244,000 - $292,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

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