Kindling LLC

About Us

Kindling Ventures is an Internet-focused development and investment company based in San Francisco.
Our projects include Custom Spaces, a marketplace for commercial real estate services, Townsquare, which provides working capital loans to small businesses, and Craftkit, a marketplace for makers.
Our investments include Medium, Patreon, Shyp, Science Exchange, and SoFi.

About the role
We’re looking for an entry-level back-end engineer to join our engineering team. He/she would work closely with our existing team to help build our various projects as well as our internal tools.

What skills do you need?
We use Python/Django for our back-end development, and collaborate via git using feature branches in a continuous deployment environment. Strong candidates would also have experience with RESTful APIs, demonstrable verbal and written communication skills, and have a penchant for UI/UX design.

What kind of people would be ideal for this role?
We’re looking for self-motivated people who love building things, who demonstrate an innate curiosity and desire to learn, as well as a high level of thoughtfulness, empathy, and awareness about their work, and the people they work with.
A core part of our culture is inclusiveness. We’re a friendly, supportive, open-minded group, and would expect that you share those values with us.

What do we offer?
We offer competitive salaries for entry-level programmers in the range of $90,000 to $110,000, depending on past experience and future potential. Our office is on South Park, in the heart of SOMA, and we offer flexible hours and leave.

How to Apply
Please submit a resume along with a cover letter. To really stand out, send us an example of a piece of code that you find interesting (it doesn’t necessarily have to be your own code), and describe why you find it interesting.

We look forward to hearing from you!