Platform Engineer at Kikoff

San Francisco, California, United States

Kikoff Logo
$237,000 – $567,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
FintechIndustries

Requirements

  • 5+ years infrastructure, platform, or DevOps engineering
  • Production AWS (EC2, ECS/Fargate, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM)
  • Infrastructure-as-code (Pulumi or Terraform - they use Pulumi/TypeScript)
  • CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar)
  • Containers (Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes)
  • Monitoring tools (Datadog, Prometheus, CloudWatch, or similar)
  • Strong coding skills in Ruby, Python, Go, TypeScript, or similar
  • Track record building platforms that teams actually adopted

Responsibilities

  • Design self-service infrastructure using AWS (ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda, IAM) and Pulumi/TypeScript
  • Create automation that eliminates manual work
  • Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for fast, safe deployments
  • Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability systems
  • Build documentation and runbooks that empower teams to self-serve
  • Work with product teams to understand friction points
  • Balance fintech compliance requirements with developer experience
  • Participate in incident response and postmortems
  • Optimize system performance, scalability, and cost
  • Implement security controls that satisfy regulatory requirements
  • Treat platform as product: gather feedback, measure adoption, drive improvements
  • Partner with engineers and stakeholders to set technical strategy
  • Explain technical decisions clearly to non-technical audiences

Skills

AWS
ECS
RDS
S3
Lambda
IAM
Pulumi
TypeScript
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
Docker
Kubernetes
Datadog
Prometheus
CloudWatch
Ruby
Python
Go

Kikoff

Credit building services for individuals

About Kikoff

Kikoff helps individuals, especially those with low or no credit, build a positive payment history and improve their credit scores. Its services are user-friendly and do not require credit checks, making them accessible to a wide range of clients. Kikoff offers tools for credit management, including easy disputing, rent reporting, and credit monitoring reports, along with an optional Autopay feature. The company's goal is to empower users to take control of their credit journey and achieve significant improvements in their credit scores.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2019Year Founded
$41.3MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Stock Options
Unlimited Paid Time Off

Risks

Increased competition from new fintech startups could dilute market share.
Regulatory scrutiny may lead to increased compliance costs for Kikoff.
Economic downturns could decrease consumer spending, impacting revenue.

Differentiation

Kikoff offers credit building without credit checks, making it accessible to many.
The platform provides easy disputing and rent reporting to enhance credit scores.
Kikoff's Autopay feature ensures clients never miss a due date.

Upsides

Kikoff recognized as a top credit builder app in 2024.
AI-driven tools can enhance user experience with personalized strategies.
Partnerships with educational platforms can attract younger demographics.

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