Senior Software Engineer

About Kira Learning

Kira Learning is creating curriculum and learning tools that empower teachers and prepare students for a world in which technology and science play pivotal roles in everyone's lives. By way of our expert-backed content and intuitive, integrated teaching platform, Kira is intent on transforming the way computer science and artificial intelligence is taught and learned.

We are backed by top-tier Venture Capital funds including New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Andrew Ng’s AI Fund, and Primavera.

Overview:

As a member of the engineering organization, you’ll be at the forefront of tackling significant, ambiguous technical challenges that will ultimately change the way we think about CS Education for students K-12. You will help us build, scale and refine Kira Learning’s product suite. As a core contributor we also expect you to act as an advocate for engineering, a thought leader across the organization, and someone who can work quickly in a high-growth environment.

This is a full-time position that requires flexibility with work hours and availability outside of regular business hours. We have offices in Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco Bay Area, CA and New York City, NY and we ask that employees work from one of the three locations.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Write performant and high-quality code that meets our internal standards for style and maintainability. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review. Suggest iterations on our internal standards.
• Set and edit technical direction, aligning approaches across multiple areas. Translate business goals into technical solutions with realistic milestones.
• Continuously ship new features and improvements.
• Operationalize the software in production with high degree of empathy for the end users
• Proactively identify areas of improvement in the code base; seek out improvements to product quality, security and performance.
• Lead and contribute to our workflow process.
• Design and implement experiments to better our customers’ experiences.
• Explore data to provide insights into our business.
• Anticipate strategic and scaling-related challenges through long-term planning.
• Be a thought partner and key stakeholder for the full development cycle.
• Inject engineering context into organizational decisions, ensuring leaders and non-technical employees have a global perspective.
• Share insightful updates and presentations across the tech team and to the entire organization.

Experience & Skills

• 2-4 years of professional full-stack engineering experience.
• BS (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience.
• Demonstrated experience in developing organizational technical strategy and communicating it to various audiences.
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems, including to non-technical employees, and propose thorough iterative solutions.
• Expert CS fundamentals with experience across multiple disciplines, with one or more areas of deep knowledge and expertise.
• Stellar ability to coach, motivate and grow other people, including those under your reporting structure.
• Ability to confidently and thoughtfully influence across the organization, including with leadership.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; can patiently, professionally and effectively communicate with others. You understand how important the details in communication are too, like body language and vocal tonality.
• Nimble, scrappy and adaptable. Can roll with the punches and thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment.
• A positive, can-do attitude. You’re not deterred by minor setbacks and are able to swiftly overcome ambiguity.
• Will consistently cultivate a culture of inclusion where all team members feel a sense of belonging and can bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong proficiency in Google Workspace Suite and Microsoft Office Suite programs

$160,000 - $195,000 a year

Competitive salary ($160,000 - $195,000) and equity package in a well-funded, high growth company. Compensation is based on a number of relevant factors such as location, professional experience and related skill sets

Flexible PTO

Paid parental leave

Top-notch medical, dental and vision coverage

Company 401(k) plan

Background Check: Kira Learning will make a conditional job offer in line with local, state and federal laws, and a subsequent criminal, education, and employment history background check will then be issued.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: At Kira Learning, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Kira believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees are critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.