Senior Backend Engineer, Kikoff

Kikoff Main

$200-260k

+ Equity

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3+ days a week in office

Personal finance & credit building platform

Open for applications

Personal finance & credit building platform

101-200 employees

B2CCredit ScoringPersonal financeFinancial ServicesSaaS

Open for applications

$200-260k

+ Equity

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3+ days a week in office

101-200 employees

B2CCredit ScoringPersonal financeFinancial ServicesSaaS

Company mission

To empower everyone to achieve financial security, no matter where they're starting from.

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Role

Who you are

B.A. / B.S. / M.S. or strong self-taught fundamentals in computer science
4+ years of industry experience, with demonstrated breadth and depth of product impact
Ability to analyze data and distill information for business purposes
Effectiveness as demonstrated by problem-solving skills in areas outside your expertise
Desire to form strong professional bonds with startup-forward coworkers

What the job involves

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help shape the future of our flagship tradeline product — the engine behind our mission to help millions of Americans build and strengthen their credit
This role sits at the heart of our business. You’ll work on initiatives that directly improve retention, engagement, and revenue, while also exploring and scoping challenging new opportunities to drive the next wave of impact
Every project you work on is built hand-in-hand with PMs, designers, and data scientists, ensuring that features are not just shipped, but move the needle in a meaningful, measurable way. And it helps bring our core tradeline product to the next level of impact
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

Our take

Having a solid credit history is a fundamental building block for financial health and there is a large market of people looking to build or rebuild their credit scores. Roughly half of all American adults have subprime credit or no credit whatsoever, and it’s safe to say there is a demand for credit products tailored to beginners and builders.

Kikoff is a credit-building platform aimed at Millennials and GenZ. Their signature product helps consumers without a credit history to positively influence several key aspects of their credit score. This includes their payment history, how much they owe, and the length of their account history.

Kikoff's goal is to help customers across their entire financial journeys and create a simple and positive banking relationship: from stabilizing cash flows to accumulating savings, and building towards long-term goals such as a mortgage. The company plans to build out its technology and team, across all function areas, to bring new products to market in the future.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

37% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.66)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Jun 2021

$30m

SERIES B

Jul 2020

$10m

SERIES A

Total funding: $42.5m

Company benefits

Health Benefits
Flexible PTO Policy
Kickoff Paid Holidays
Office Lunch & Dinners
Commuter Benefits
Commuter Flexible Savings
401k Matching
Fitness Benefit Policy

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Cynthia Chen

(Co-Founder & CEO)

An experienced Chief Revenue/Risk Officer, Cynthia has worked at OnDeck, LendingHome and Figure. Co-founded Figure in 2018, and Kikoff in 2019.

Christophe Chong

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Experience as a Software Engineer at Facebook from 2016-2019, and Head of Growth at Lime between 2018-2019. Co-founded Kikoff in 2019.

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