##### Job Description :
We build features with modern frameworks like Ruby on Rails, React, Atomic
CSS, Redux, Apollo, and TypeScript, all backed by a GraphQL API. We use
iterative and data-driven processes to build and refine our platform that
supports our mission of bringing creative projects to life.
##### **In this role, listed in order of importance, you will:**
* * Work closely and collaboratively within a cross functional team of product managers, designers, engineers, as well as other stakeholders.
* Iteratively research, experiment, and develop products and features to solve real problems for Kickstarter creators and backers.
* Contribute to continuous learning and improvement of our team and organizational work, systems, technology and processes.
* Share knowledge with other team members and across the engineering organization.
##### **About You:**
* * You have professional experience building applications or services with either/both of Ruby on Rails and/or building web applications with Typescript & React.
* Bonus: Experience in other expressive languages such as Elixir, Python, Elm, or similar.
* You have professional experience across full-stack web applications (or, if you focus on either frontend or backend, are willing to learn the rest of the stack).
* You enjoy working collaboratively, participating in team discussions, planning and software design.
* You have excellent communication and time management skills.
* You have experience working iteratively and maintaining live products.
* You have a pragmatic approach to writing well-tested, maintainable code.
* You love writing tests to ensure you deliver high-quality software and experiences.
* You consider the broader impacts of your work through; building accessible UI, quality & testing patterns, code readability, documentation and considering security, performance and data integrity concerns.
* You value sharing knowledge, personal growth, positive feedback, and continuously improving engineering and team practices.
* You empathize with creators, the challenges of the creative process and bringing projects to life.
##### **What You'll Enjoy:**
*
A fully remote workforce with plenty of opportunities to get to know your
colleagues
* 100% employer-paid health plan offerings
* 16 paid vacation days, 10 sick days, and a company-wide winter break between Christmas and New Years
* 25 volunteer hours each year to give back to your community
* 16 weeks of parental leave plus fertility/family planning resources
* A 4-day/32-hour workweek! Kickstarter is currently experimenting with one so that we can all enjoy long weekends
* Incredibly talented and inspiring colleagues who know how to blend their creative endeavors into their work.
