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Senior Software Engineer (Frontend Focus)

Kira · San Francisco · Remote

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About Kira

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.

About the role

Own and ship polished, end-to-end product features that improve student and teacher experiences Partner closely with product managers and designers on UX, interaction design, and visual quality

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 React and Typescript experience, with ownership of production-grade user-facing features used by hundreds of thousands to millions of users
  • Experience building modern web applications using TypeScript and React
  • Strong CSS skills, with experience using systems such as Tailwind, SCSS
  • Solid backend experience (e.g., Kotlin, Python, Go, Rust, Scala), with willingness to ramp up on Kira’s stack (Kotlin, Python)
More about this role

We live in a world where technology is rapidly changing the educational experiences of students and teachers everywhere, and we have the opportunity to shape how this change takes place. It is Kira Learning ’s mission to harness transformative AI technologies to make world-class teaching and learning accessible to everyone. As an engineer at Kira, you will lead crucial projects and initiatives that have never been done before, and you will have the opportunity to help us build products that improve teaching and learning experiences across the world.

Kira is a rapidly growing startup backed by top-tier Venture Capital funds including New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Andrew Ng’s AI Fund , and Primavera. This is a full-time position that requires flexibility with work hours and availability outside of regular business hours. We have offices in San Francisco, CA and New York City, NY and we ask that employees work from one of the two locations and come into the office in-person 4 days a week.

Own and ship polished, end-to-end product features that improve student and teacher experiences

Partner closely with product managers and designers on UX, interaction design, and visual...

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