Senior Full Stack Engineer (Berlin, hybrid)

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here to transform the way creators work, offering an intuitive platform as a competitive alternative to clunky and outdated traditional design tools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.

Learn more: www.kittl.com/career

Your role at Kittl

As part of a cross-functional team including product managers, developers, designers and a founding team, you will create and develop an amazing product that you will be proud of.  Your main frontend responsibilities will include building components and ever-evolving UI systems using modern web tech stack. Your backend responsibilities will 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. You know how to make complex things simple, and can work fast and smart at the same time.

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

• Resolve production issues: You'll assist our skilled support team and operations team in triaging production issues

• Improve engineering standards: You'll improve tooling and processes

What you’ll need

• Experience: Minimum 6 years of professional development experience with a focus on TypeScript, React, and Node.js

• ORM & SQL: Familiarity with ORM tools as well as experience writing raw SQL

• Cloud: Deep knowledge of AWS and other static hosting platforms such as Vercel

• Modern web development tools: Proficiency in linting libraries and testing libraries like Jest and Cypress

• Application state management: Expertise in complex state management

• CI/CD: Strong knowledge of Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery processes

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

• Urban Sports Club membership discount

• Mobility benefit: monthly public transport (BVG) ticket fully covered by the company

• German language courses subsidised by the company

• 30 vacation days per year for all employees

• An allowance of 50 working days per year (10 weeks, if you count the weekend) of fully remote work from anywhere in the world, as long as you maintain common working hours (12pm to 5pm CET)

• We have a hybrid setup with an office in Berlin, and work-from-home days so that we can foster a nice culture and in-person collaboration when needed

• Common working hours are 12pm to 5pm 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 PM's, 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!