Software Engineer

About Kinetic

The Kinetic team is on a mission to create a safer workplace and better life for the frontline workforce around the world. We are re-defining workers comp by focusing on three main pillars: injury prediction, prevention, and management. Kinetic develops technology-driven solutions in each of these areas to create best-in-class outcomes for our policyholders. 

Kinetic’s first product is a smart wearable device that monitors kinematic motion of an employee, and helps provide coaching on high-risk ergonomic motions such as bending, twisting, and jumping. It has proven to be incredibly effective at reducing frequency and severity of strain and sprain injuries by over 55%. Since then, we have expanded into developing tools such as a rapid-return-to-work process, computer vision for safety in the workplace, and generative AI for claims management. This is an exciting opportunity to work at a company fusing technology with industry leading services to create happier, healthier employees. 

Kinetic is based in New York city, but has workers based remotely in many geographic locations. At this stage, Kinetic has approximately 70 employees and is expanding rapidly due to the rapid growth, with 10x growth in just 2 years.

The Role

As a Software Engineer on our team, you’ll be a versatile contributor working across a wide range of projects and technologies in service of Kinetic’s mission. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and maintain full-stack serverless software systems, including scalable backend services, intuitive user interfaces, and reliable internal tools. You will also work on AI-powered features, including autonomous agents and LLM-based applications, as part of our broader platform initiatives. The role provides broad exposure to product development across our platform.

We’re looking for someone who enjoys tackling complex, real-world challenges, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is eager to learn and adapt as technologies evolve. You’ll contribute to everything from core infrastructure to experimental features, helping deliver high-impact solutions that reduce workplace injuries and improve operational outcomes for our customers. A strong engineering foundation, curiosity, and a collaborative mindset are key to success in this role.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement robust, scalable, and cloud-native software solutions that directly contribute to Kinetic’s mission.
• Write clean, efficient, well-tested, and maintainable code in a team environment.
• Participate in architecture and code reviews to ensure consistent quality, performance, reliability, and scalability of software systems. 
• Implement security, reliability, and observability best practices in software design and development.
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in existing systems and processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, emphasizing root cause analysis and post-mortem documentation.
• Contribute to projects across the stack—including backend services, internal tools, and AI-powered features—as priorities evolve.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and at least 3 years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Full-stack development experience in a modern tech stack that includes TypeScript and Python in a cloud environment.
• Experience delivering software from concept through production, including CI/CD, monitoring, and operational support.
• Proven track-record of building and operating large-scale cloud solutions in production while managing technical debt effectively.
• The working language at Kinetic is English.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience developing and deploying AI features in production software, especially those leveraging LLMs or agentic AI patterns.
• Experience with AWS, serverless, SQL and no-SQL databases, data lakes, stream & batch processing systems, and IoT.
• Strong testing and documentation practices. You can give examples of documentation and testing challenges you have solved in the past and how you would apply those solutions to new environments. 
• Experience with production security practices in the cloud including building systems that meet enterprise security standards and industry best practices.

• This is a remote position
• Competitive base salary plus equity
• Choose your OS - employees can choose any computer they prefer
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 20 vacation days per year
• 9 federal holidays off 
• Parental Leave
• Pre-tax 401k contribution
• HSA with compatible health plans
• FREE: Health Advocate
• FREE: Telehealth Membership
• FREE: OneMedical Account