Job Description

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $170K - $220K

Kindred is a members-only home swapping network that unlocks the ability to live a travel-rich lifestyle through the power of community. By exchanging primary residences with trusted peers, renters and owners alike can match with Kindred spirits and explore new destinations without breaking the bank. We are on a mission to build a sharing economy that lives up to the name, and we’ve raised significant capital from some of the best investors in Silicon Valley, including Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates, Bessemer Venture Partners, Caffeinated Capital, Elad Gil, and the founders of Opendoor, Figma, ClassPass, Clubhouse, Divvy, Gem, and Homebound.

We’re looking for the world’s top builders, executors, and believers to join us on this ride. You can learn more about us in Forbes and TechCrunch.

The Role

We’re looking for a world-class engineer with deep experience in backend software development to join our team. We're looking for a thought partner who is motivated by the opportunity to build an iconic consumer product that will shape the future of travel.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technology lead and own key decisions including the tech stack and strategy for backend design, data infrastructure, and machine learning investments.
• Work directly with the co-founders, product designers, and frontend engineers to build the first version of our platform.
• Help establish and grow our engineering organization and mentor the next generation of technology leaders.
• Have access to our bench of world class technical advisors and angels for mentorship and support as needed.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years of technical experience as a backend software engineer.
• Backend & Database: Experience crafting robust backends and database structures that can both scale with user volume as well as business complexity.
• DevOps: Some experience with devops (setting up CI/CD, containerization, etc.).
• Service Providers: Worked with service providers like AWS, configured CDNs, used Heroku, etc.
• Tech Lead Experience: Demonstrated success operating as a tech lead on critical projects at previous roles.
• Company Stage: Prior experience at a high-growth stage company.
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: An entrepreneur at heart who is excited about bringing new experiences to the world.
• Consumer Products: Motivated by consumer products and building platforms that become cornerstones of consumer behavior.
• Judgment & Tradeoffs: Ability to exercise strong judgment and make difficult technical tradeoff decisions.
• Communication & Collaboration: An excellent listener and strong communicator, working well cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort with Uncertainty: Comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity.
• Pragmatic Approach: Enjoy the process of making something new and unknown – a pragmatic approach to engineering.

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