Kira Senior Software Engineer at Kira owns core backend systems and infrastructure powering critical product workflows. The role involves building reliable, scalable services and improving infrastructure and developer tooling.
Responsibilities
Ship impactful, end-to-end features that improve student and teacher experiences
Help set and evolve technical direction, translating business goals into pragmatic technical plans
Improve product and engineering foundations, including code quality, observability, CI/CD, and developer tooling
Own operational excellence, addressing performance, scalability, security, reliability, and incident response
Partner closely with product managers and designers on UX, interaction design, and execution
Participate across the full lifecycle: prototyping, testing, rollout, and ongoing support
Provide technical leadership through design discussions, code reviews, and mentorship
Qualification
Strong backend experience (eExperience designing APIsFamiliarity with automated testingComfort operating in a fast-paced
Required
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical experience
8+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent practical experience
