Senior/Staff Engineer, Backend
Kick Open · verified Oct 24, 2026 At a glance
Senior Backend Engineering role at Kick. Wroclaw · full-time · $130,000–$190,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Shape features and agent-based systems with product, AI and operations colleagues
- Build and run APIs and backend services, keeping them secure, tested and fast
- Create distributed services for data pipelines, automated investigations and incident response
- Make architecture choices across platform, product and business needs, and set engineering standards
- Improve operational practices so engineers can release several times a day with confidence
What you bring
- At least five years designing, building and operating backend systems in production
- Strong grounding in API design, data modeling and distributed-systems tradeoffs
- Hands-on AWS or GCP operations, plus understanding of reliability and performance effects
- Practical CI/CD experience covering both tests and deployment approaches
Who this fits
This senior or staff-level role suits a backend engineer comfortable owning production systems and shaping engineering practices. You’ll work in person in Wroclaw four to five days a week, and should already live there or be willing to relocate.
From the employer
About Kick
Kick is an applied AI company building accounting software that does the work for you. We’ve raised $20M from OpenAI Startup Fund, General Catalyst and Google Ventures to help millions of entrepreneurs automate the boring stuff, so they can focus on what matters most.
About the Role
We're experiencing significant growth and are looking for a Senior/Staff Backend Engineer to support our rapid product growth. This is an in-person role focused on owning and evolving our backend services to create a modern, AI-native developer experience.
You will
- Partner with the Product, AI, and Operations teams to architect new features and complex agentic systems.
- Build and maintain backend services and APIs that power Kick’s core product to ensure systems are secure, well-tested and high performance.
- Make clear architectural tradeoffs that balance between platform, product and business goals.
- Design and implement distributed services to orchestrate data pipelines, automate investigations, and enable incident response at scale.
- Own operational best practices so engineers can ship multiple times a day with confidence.
- Set engineering standards for writing, communication and system design influencing how a modern AI-native product is built.
We're looking for someone with
- 5-10+ years of experience designing, building and operating production backend systems.
- Deep backend engineering skills including API design, data modeling and reasoning about distributed systems tradeoffs.
- Hands on experience running AWS/GCP with a strong understanding of how infrastructure impacts application reliability and performance.
- Practical experience with CI/CD including testing and deployment strategies.
- Solid grasp of observability and healthy on-call practices.
Bonus if you have
- Experience as an engineer at an early-stage or scaling startup.
- Exposure to modern AI/ML systems.
- Experience working on product without a product manager
Our tech
- TypeScript, React, Node.js
- AWS, Terraform
- Postgres
- OpenAI, Azure AI
- GitHub, Slack, Linear, Figma, Notion
Location
- Wroclaw, Poland, 4-5 days per week in person
- Office is located next to the Wroclaw main train station
- Candidates should be based in Wroclaw or open to relocation
What we offer
- $130,000-$190,000 USD salary + competitive equity
- $100/mo wellness and commute stipend
- Premium hardware (MacBook Pro/AirPods)
- Daily in-office lunch and dinner
We’re building a world-class team of creative thinkers and doers from diverse backgrounds. If you’re excited about this role, even if your experience isn’t a perfect match, we want to hear from you.
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