# Senior Software Engineer - Product Platform at Kikoff

- Company: Kikoff
- What the company does: Kikoff's credit building app is the the fastest way to build credit safely, with plans from $5/month. Backed by Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://kikoff.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-02-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kikoff/jobs/4157280009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kikoff-senior-software-engineer-product-platform/

## About the role

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

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of experience building and scaling production systems
- Comfortable leveraging AI tools to work smarter and ship better products faster without sacrificing quality
- Experience with Ruby on Rails is a plus but not required, we value strong fundamentals and the ability to learn quickly
- A builder’s mindset — thrives in ambiguity, takes initiative, and enjoys owning systems end-to-end
- You communicate technical complexity clearly and appropriately depending on the audience, listen actively and humbly to feedback, and know that great software is built by teams, not individuals
- Experience building platform services or shared infrastructure used by multiple teams

Tags: Engineering