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Software Engineer (Remote)

At Kona, we help remote teams build trust and fight burnout.

This is a full-time, fully-remote position. If you're interested in building software that helps make empathy mainstream at work, this is the position for you.

You'll get a ton of learning, ownership over the product, and a driving seat in our journey :)

Technical Details

Summary

Manager: You'll report to Andrew Zhou (co-founder, Product/Eng) and work closely with Sid Pandiya (co-founder/CEO) alongside an engineering team of 4 (growing to 9 this year).
Compensation: Salary + Equity
Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental (75% of each is covered by the company)
PTO: Unlimited, with minimum 15 days per year (we encourage each other to take time off)

Technologies we use:

Python, React, AWS, GitHub

Responsibilities:

Build and support APIs in Python
Build and support frontend experiences in React/Typescript
Manage simple AWS architecture
Learn from customer needs (watch customer call recordings, chat with customers on Slack and occasional video calls)
Work with founders and other engineers to make decisions on product, architecture, UX, etc.

Technical Qualifications**:**

Any modern programming language (we use Python)
Cloud infrastructure tools (we use AWS ECS)
NoSQL or SQL databases (we use AWS DynamoDB)
Full-stack development

What we'll love about you:

You have experience building or directly contributing to a great product
You care about mental health, burnout, and wellbeing at work
You're excited about new products and want to be responsible for owning and improving a new, growing codebase
You have empathy for users and can put yourself in their shoes
You have a strong learner's mindset and are motivated by personal growth

What does success look like in this role?

In 1-2 years as a successful engineer at Kona, you will...

Own and deliver on multiple company-defining projects
Lay the foundation for tech that will scale to millions of users
Meaningfully impact culture at some of the top companies in the world
Help build and scale the engineering team and culture
Lead experiments and drive learnings in relevant aspects of building a startup (product, UX, technical architecture, hiring, company values, etc.)
Grow as an engineer and human in ways you wouldn't have expected