Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack Focus

Role overview

Kin is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack focus) to help build and scale insurance products and platforms supporting both customer experience and internal operations. The role operates in a remote-first environment and involves driving architecture, owning complex technical challenges, and mentoring other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimize scalable full-stack applications using TypeScript and PostgreSQL with modern frontend frameworks
• Write clean, maintainable code across frontend and backend, including occasional work in Ruby and Python
• Lead pair programming, code reviews, and technical mentorship for junior engineers
• Drive technical design discussions to improve scalability, reliability, and developer experience
• Collaborate with Product, QA, PMO, and other stakeholders to deliver customer-focused outcomes
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives)
• Identify and execute engineering improvements to increase performance, maintainability, and operational efficiency
• Provide technical guidance during planning, implementation, and incident resolution

Requirements (inferred from responsibilities)

• Strong full-stack engineering experience across backend services and frontend applications
• Proficiency with TypeScript and PostgreSQL
• Ability to contribute to architecture and technical design
• Experience mentoring/coaching engineers and leading code quality practices (pairing, reviews)
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and operate effectively in an Agile delivery process

Nice to have

• Experience with Ruby and Python (occasional contributions)
• Experience working in fast-moving, remote-first product teams