# Staff Engineer - Web Applications 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: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kikoff/jobs/4390878009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kikoff-staff-engineer-web-applications/

## 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

- B.A. / B.S. / M.S. or strong self-taught fundamentals in computer science
- 8+ years of industry experience, with a track record of leading large consumer facing web applications across multiple teams
- Experience building and operating consumer websites at scale, serving hundreds of thousands to millions of users, where performance and reliability directly affect the business
- Deep hands-on experience with frontend performance tuning: profiling, instrumentation, bundle optimization, rendering performance, caching/CDN strategy, and performance budgets
- Experience owning frontend infrastructure: build systems, design systems, observability, testing frameworks, and developer tooling that make other engineers more productive
- Hands-on and Deep experience with React in production

Tags: Engineering