[Hiring] Senior / Staff Frontend Engineer @Kindred

Role Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in building dynamic, consumer-facing applications using both React for web and React Native for mobile. As one of our early engineering hires, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our product across platforms and have the chance to significantly influence our technical roadmap. You'll be a key player bridging our web and mobile experiences, ensuring a cohesive and high-quality user journey. We're looking for a thought partner motivated by the opportunity to build an iconic consumer product that will shape the future of travel.

What You'll Do:

• Serve as a technology leader, contributing to key decisions regarding tech stack and strategy across both web (Next.js) and mobile (React Native) development.
• Work directly with the co-founders, CTO, product designers, and fellow engineers to build and iterate on the Kindred platform.
• Architect, build, test, and scale features across our Next.js web application and React Native mobile app.
• Develop reusable UI components and contribute to our cross-platform design system thinking.
• Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and responsiveness on both web and mobile.
• Integrate with backend APIs, ensuring seamless data flow and user experience.
• Help establish and grow our engineering organization, including mentoring future engineers.
• Have access to our bench of world-class technical advisors and angels for mentorship and support as needed.

Qualifications

• Have 5+ years of technical experience building consumer-facing applications, with significant expertise in both React (web) and React Native (mobile).
• Have experience building, testing, and scaling large-scale web and mobile applications.
• Are proficient in JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern frontend/mobile tooling (e.g., Webpack, Metro, Tailwind CSS).
• Have experience architecting scalable frontend and mobile solutions. Experience with Next.js is a strong plus.
• Possess an understanding of native mobile app toolchains (iOS/Android) and their integration with React Native.
• Have experience building scalable and reusable UI components, ideally with experience contributing to or using design systems.
• Have a strong attention to detail in UI implementation and a deep understanding of consumer-facing UX principles across web and mobile.
• Are skilled in performance optimization techniques for both web and mobile.
• Have demonstrated success operating as a tech lead or senior individual contributor on critical projects in previous roles.
• Have prior experience at a high-growth stage company.
• Are an entrepreneur at heart who is excited about bringing new experiences to the world.
• Are motivated by consumer products and building platforms that become cornerstones of consumer behavior.
• Have the ability to exercise strong judgment and make difficult technical tradeoff decisions.
• Are an excellent listener and strong communicator, working well cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.
• Are comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity, enjoying the process of making something new and unknown.
• Have a pragmatic approach to engineering — you’re not dogmatic and know how to choose the best tool or process for the job at hand.
• Come to work with energy, humility, and positivity.

Benefits

• Competitive cash compensation and equity.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Flexible time off, plus 12 paid holidays per year.
• 21 credits per year to stay in Kindred homes.
• $4,000 annual travel stipend to help offset travel-related costs.
• Remote-first and remote-flexible work environment, with opportunities to work from anywhere and gather in person, including at Kindred HQ in San Francisco.
• Regular team and company offsites to connect, collaborate, and build together.
• A vibrant, inclusive, and highly skilled team that ferociously protects team chemistry.
• A culture of high standards, feedback, and continual growth.