Senior Software Engineer

Kick is a global live-streaming platform for all types of entertainment content with a mission to empower content creators, event organizers, and content rights holders by providing them with the tools and revenue-sharing structures they need to monetize and grow their audiences. As a result, Kick is quickly becoming a household name, attracting top-tier creators and expanding rapidly worldwide. You may have seen the Kick logo in the UFC octagon or on the side of an F1 car, as we seize every opportunity that comes our way. Kick is the newest player in a well-established industry, and it has already made a significant impact. 

We’re at the beginning of an exciting journey and are looking for brilliant minds to join us. As part of our new Belgrade Regional Engineering Office (REO), you will join a dedicated engineering center of excellence focused on performance tuning, capacity management, and ensuring that our services run as efficiently and reliably as possible. Collaborating with product and platform-focused teams across Australia and the US, this team addressed immediate performance concerns while also anticipating future scaling demands, ensuring that we effectively serve our global user base of millions, maintaining the highest standards of performance, reliability and user experience.

Who We're Looking For:

We are on the lookout for seasoned and highly proficient Senior Software Engineers with expertise in architectural design, distributed systems, and cutting-edge cloud infrastructure management. Candidates should demonstrate a proven ability to design and scale high-throughput, low-latency microservice platforms. Our technology stack encompasses Go, PHP, React, GraphQL, K8’s, AWS, TF IaC, ArgoCD, though we welcome expertise beyond our current stack. Additionally, we are deeply committed to our "you build it, you run it" principle, ensuring that our engineers take full ownership of their projects from development through to deployment and ongoing maintenance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and design scalable, high-performance software solutions in alignment with project requirements and company standards.
• Optimize existing systems for performance, scalability, and reliability, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
• Actively engage in hands-on coding and development, ensuring code quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, communicating technical concepts and project updates.
• Provide technical leadership, guiding and mentoring junior engineers in the team.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, focusing on scalable system design and development.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks relevant to the role.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, and guiding teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to tackle complex technical challenges.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.