Position: Full stack developer for a Saas Startup
Company: Kix (a Propellerfish Backed Startup)
Category: JavaScript
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper
Published: 2021-12-01T00:00:00+02:00

Project Kix is a mission to make user research smarter. We're looking for our first engineer: a full-stack, user-centric, systems thinker with a passion for awesome products.

**The Problem**
Organizations are being pushed to become more user centric, but getting to great user insights involves a lot of work. In a world where AI and ML are starting offer opportunities to automate a lot of this, the market research industry is a $50 Billion industry running on 90s technology. There is a commitment to change but a lack of great solutions. Clients are putting pressure on budgets and pushing for faster and more agile models. The research industry is struggling to see beyond a service model that lacks efficiency and scalability. Some startups are popping up with solutions but a real lack of understanding around how organizations really approach this kind of work. People see the problem, but either don’t have the technical skills or the perspective to make change happen. We can change that.

**The Conspirators**
Our team is regarded as one of the strongest players in the space by organizations like Facebook, PayPal, and Pepsico, but we’re also extremely aware of how this space needs to change. We have insight into what’s wrong with the status quo, an understanding of how customers embrace new solutions, a strong UX focus, and the contacts across industries to get the right product adopted in the right places - we recently piloted an early version of this product across three global projects within a big tech company.

**The Opportunity**
This is an opportunity to help us shape our product and establish a technical foundation for a business that is looking to scale ambitiously. 

**In practice that means you will be**
Working closely with a tight team as we hone the product
Helping us make the right technical decisions from the start
Setting a high bar for our engineering function going forward
Getting your hands dirty building product

**What you’ll need for this mission**
// A passion for product
// 4+ years in a full-time engineering role
// Grounding in CS fundamentals—you've got the broad-based knowledge needed to build a collaborative, client-server application end to end. You may need to pick up some new platforms and skills along the way but you're good at that and it's fun for you.
// Some familiarity with Angular as this what we’ve building with to date
// A mix of systems thinking and scrappiness: we know we'll have to refactor stuff as we scale but we’d like to minimize that by future-proofing as much as we can up front.
// Familiarity with and passion for front-end web work, ideally Angular
// Familiarity with AWS and Google APIs
// Experience with AI and ML (Voice-to-text, Computer Vision, TensorFlow, Google Cloud Services)
// You enjoy delivering delightful, polished front ends. You needn't be a designer—but you enjoy working with them and appreciate the work that goes into achieving that level of front-end polish and delight.
// An interest in product strategy, a desire to collaborate, a fit with our values, and a sense of humor. 
// A greater commitment to quality outcomes than social protocol: A willingness to speak up and step on toes when necessary and an openness to having the same done to you.
// Buttoned up and on top of the details
// A genuine sense of curiosity when it comes to users and how they behave
// Consider yourself an over communicator and value team transparency

**Nice to have**
// Experience with automated testing for continuous deployment
// Worked asynchronously in high performance distributed teams but enjoys occasional in-person off-sites.
// Developed consumer grade apps on iOS and Android either natively or with a hybrid framework like React Native