Software Engineer - Recent Grad New San Francisco

Kikoff; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Kikoff is a fast-growing fintech startup in San Francisco, offering a hybrid work model and a base salary of $165,000 per year. The backend uses Ruby on Rails on AWS, with ReactJS on Vercel for frontend. Internships and open-source contributions are valued as part of a strong junior-to-mid-level engineering path.

We seek new grads and juniors eager to grow in consumer fintech, build meaningful customer impact, and form lasting bonds with a tight-knit product and engineering team.

Qualifications

• B.A./B.S./M.S. or strong self-taught fundamentals in computer science.
• Expertise in Rails, cloud infrastructure, ReactJS, or Flutter.
• 2+ years of industry experience or equivalent.
• Passion for early stage products and startups.
• Desire to form strong professional bonds with coworkers.

Skills

Rails

ReactJS

Flutter

Cloud infrastructure

CS fundamentals

Education

BS/MS in CS or equivalent

Tools

Ruby on Rails

AWS

Vercel

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.

Calling all new grad and junior software engineers who are looking for fast personal and career growth in consumer fintech. Skip the bureaucracy of a big company and work with a seasoned startup product and engineering team. We balance best practices from our experience in post-IPO companies with the familiar intuition that comes from pre-IPO zero-to-one work.

Our mission is to create fair, effective, and simple financial pathways to help 100M Americans reach their financial goals. Investors include Lightspeed, Coatue and GGV. Founders are serial entrepreneurs who co-founded and served as C-suite executives at 3 FinTech unicorns.

Our backend is written in Ruby on Rails on AWS, using lots of vanilla infrastructure. Our frontend and mobile apps are written in ReactJS on Vercel and Flutter. Strong internships and general open-source experience are necessary, but familiarity with our particular stack is preferred.

Requirements:

• B.A. / B.S. / M.S. or strong self-taught fundamentals in computer science
• Expertise in Rails, cloud infrastructure, ReactJS, or Flutter
• 2+ years of industry experience or equivalent
• Passion for early stage products and startups
• Desire to form strong professional bonds with coworkers

Base Range

$165,000 - $165,000 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.

This is a hybrid position and requires being in the San Francisco, CA office three times a week.

Are you currently eligible to work in the United States of America?

Do you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to continue working in the United States?