Description
About Kittl
Kittl is the most intuitive design platform for creators. Creating beautiful designs can be a long and painful process. We decided to tackle this problem heads-on and have built Kittl.com to provide an alternative to professional tools.
Job Description
We’re currently in a growth phase after Series B funding and are looking for people who can join us as soon as possible.
A little about us
- Kittl isn’t just another design platform: We’re here to transform the way creators work, offering an intuitive platform as a competitive alternative to clunky and outdated traditional design tools
- Boasting millions of users only 2 years after launch
- Diverse team: 100+ team members from 25+ different countries
- Product-led: Product managers, engineers, and designers are at the heart of Kittl
- Funding: Kittl has raised more than $50M from some of the most prestigious investors in the world that also have backed companies like Slack, Dropbox and Figma.
We have a hybrid working culture with 3 days per week as office days in our Berlin headquarters. We’re growing London as our second location, with an office in London coming by the end of 2024.
Remote roles are fully remote.
Learn more: www.kittl.com/career
Your role at Kittl
We’re looking for Principal Full Stack Engineers for our Community team who will act as technical experts working with a cross-functional team that includes product managers, developers, designers, and a founding team. You’ll be handling the design and implementation of new high-impact product features, creating and developing an amazing product that you will be proud of. Main frontend responsibilities include building components and ever-evolving UI systems using a modern web tech stack. Backend responsibilities include working on our internal APIs, billing as well as 3rd party integrations, and improving the performance and reliability of our systems as we rapidly scale our product and organization.
The Community team is a brand-new product team that will help usher in the next wave of growth by scaling up our two-sided marketplace. The team will help designers evolve into creators and build thriving communities and income streams (e.g. revenue sharing) on the platform, all while driving immense business value.
You’ll help the engineering team solve problems and overcome challenges. You’ll partner closely with our Talent Acquisition team to hire great engineering talent and mentor engineers, ensuring we’re building a positive and inclusive working environment for everyone.
What you’ll do
- Produce high-quality results: You’ll lead and contribute heavily to large cross-functional projects that have a significant impact on the business
- Establish good engineering practices: You’ll drive technological excellence and shape the technical vision across the whole company
- Resolve production issues: Assist our skilled support team and operations team in triaging production issues
- Identify challenges: Proactively address both frontend, backend, and infrastructure challenges, driving technical decisions within the company
- Own features or systems: Define their long-term health, while also improving the health of surrounding systems
- Collaborate: Help product teams better understand engineering challenges and break down complex projects into manageable and easy-to-grasp tasks
- Experience: Minimum 8 years of professional development experience with a focus on TypeScript, React, and Node.js
- Backend: Familiarity with ORM tools as well as experience writing raw SQL
- Modern web development tools: Proficiency in linting libraries such as ESLint and testing libraries like Jest and Cypress
- Application state management: Expertise in complex application state management
- Cloud: Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and familiarity with static hosting approaches, platforms, and caveats
- Interviewing: Experience with structured interviewing, ideally in a scaleup or big-tech
- Work smart: You know how to make complex things simple, and can work fast and smart at the same time
Kittl
Berlin, DE
- Job Type: Full-Time
- Function: Engineering Software
- Industry: AI
- Post Date: 07/31/2024
- Website: www.kittl.com
- Company Address: , Berlin , DE
Interview Process
- Recruiter interview (30 minutes)
- Technical take-home assignment
- Technical interview (60 minutes)
- Leadership interviews with Director of Engineering & CTO (30 minutes each)
- Bar raiser interview with Founders Associate, right hand to CEO (30 minutes)
Benefits
- 30 vacation days per year for all employees
- An allowance of 10 weeks per year of fully remote work from anywhere in the world, as long as you maintain core working hours (12 pm to 5 pm CET)
- Core working hours are 12 pm to 5 pm CET, with the rest of your working time being flexible so you can work in a style that suits you best (early riser or a night owl)
- You’ll be working with a truly product-led company with PMs, engineers, and designers at the heart of the company
- Regular team events and offsites
At Kittl, we embrace diversity and value every team member’s unique background, identity, and experience. We’re all about respect, honesty, and inclusivity. Together, we create a safe and supportive work environment where everyone thrives. Join us on this exciting journey of making our company and product even better!