Senior/Staff Engineer, Backend

SeniorStaff Engineer BackendSeniorStaff Engineer BackendAbout KickKick is an applied AI company building accounting software that does the work for you. Weve raised 20M from OpenAI Startup Fund General Catalyst and Google Ventures to help millions of entrepreneurs automate the boring stuff so they can focus on what matters most.About the RoleWere experiencing significant growth and are looking for a SeniorStaff Backend Engineer to support our rapid product growth. This is an in-person role focused on owning and evolving our backend services to create a modern AI-native developer experience.You willPartner with the Product AI and Operations teams to architect new features and complex agentic systems.Build and maintain backend services and APIs that power Kicks core product to ensure systems are secure well-tested and high performance.Make clear architectural tradeoffs that balance between platform product and business goals.Design and implement distributed services to orchestrate data pipelines automate investigations and enable incident response at scale.Own operational best practices so engineers can ship multiple times a day with confidence.Set engineering standards for writing communication and system design influencing how a modern AI-native product is built.Were looking for someone with5-10 years of experience designing building and operating production backend systems.Deep backend engineering skills including API design data modeling and reasoning about distributed systems tradeoffs.Hands on experience running AWSGCP with a strong understanding of how infrastructure impacts application reliability and performance.Practical experience with CICD including testing and deployment strategies.Solid grasp of observability and healthy on-call practices.Bonus if you haveExperience as an engineer at an early-stage or scaling startup.Exposure to modern AIML systems.Experience working on product without a product managerOur techTypeScript React Node.jsAWS TerraformPostgresOpenAI Azure AIGitHub Slack Linear Figma NotionLocationWroclaw Poland 4-5 days per week in personOffice is located next to the Wroclaw main train stationCandidates should be based in Wroclaw or open to relocationWhat we offer130000-190000 USD salary competitive equity100mo wellness and commute stipendPremium hardware MacBook ProAirPodsDaily in-office lunch and dinnerWere building a world-class team of creative thinkers and doers from diverse backgrounds. If youre excited about this role even if your experience isnt a perfect match we want to hear from you.The pay range for this role is130000 - 190000 USD per year PolandApply nowEngineeringWroclaw PolandShare onApply nowTerms of servicePrivacyCookiesPowered by Rippling