# Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Infrastructure Focus) at Kira

- Company: Kira
- What the company does: Kira is the first AI platform that delivers personalized education at scale. Use Kira alongside your existing tools, or as your complete AI-powered teaching solution. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://www.kira-learning.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $180K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kira/545c342e-e107-41ca-bdd8-24c4cfa6eedf
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kira-senior-software-engineer-backend-infrastructure-focus-2/

## About the role

Ship impactful, end-to-end features that improve student and teacher experiences Help set and evolve technical direction, translating business goals into pragmatic technical plans

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical experience
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent practical experience
- Strong backend experience (e.g., Kotlin, Python, Go, Rust, Scala), with willingness to ramp up on Kira’s stack (Kotlin, Python)
- Ability to own technical decisions and execute with minimal guidance in ambiguous environments
- Hands-on experience operating production systems and cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS)
- Experience designing APIs, working with relational databases (e.g., MySQL), and shipping complex systems

Tags: Engineering