We're currently in a growth phase after Series B funding and are looking for people who can join us as soon as possible.

A little about us

• Kittl isn’t just another design platform: We’re here to transform the way creators work, offering an intuitive platform as a competitive alternative to clunky and outdated traditional design tools

• Boasting millions of users only 2 years after launch

• Diverse team: 100+ team members from 25+ different countries

• Product-led: Product managers, engineers, and designers are at the heart of Kittl

• Funding: Kittl has raised more than $50M from some of the most prestigious investors in the world that also have backed companies like Slack, Dropbox and Figma

We have a hybrid working culture with 3 days per week as office days (Mon, Wed, Fri) in our Berlin headquarters. We're growing London as our second location, with an office opening some time in 2025.

Learn more: www.kittl.com/career

Your role at Kittl

As part of a cross-functional team including product managers, developers, designers and a founding team, you will create and develop an amazing product that you will be proud of. The Collaboration team at Kittl enhances the platform by integrating multi-user collaboration features, allowing projects to be shared and worked on simultaneously. The goal is to ensure these features are essential for scaling into new use cases, including marketing and beyond. You know how to make complex things simple, and can work fast and smart at the same time.

What you'll do

• Develop real-time collaboration features: Some features you'll create are managing team accounts, real-time co-editing, commenting & sharing, role-based permissions, and project history.

• Produce high-quality results: You'll lead and contribute heavily to large cross-functional projects (both frontend and backend) that have a significant impact on the business

• Resolve production issues: You'll assist our skilled support team and operations team in triaging production issues

• Improve engineering standards: You'll improve tooling and processes

What you’ll need

• Experience: Minimum 5 years of professional development experience with a focus on TypeScript, React, and Node.js

• Real-time communication / collaboration feature development: Recent professional development experience with WebSocket or Socket.IO for real-time collaboration tools. Experience with CRDT or Yjs a plus

• Testing: Strong proficiency with unit, integration and E2E testing

• ORM & SQL: Experience writing raw SQL, familiarity with ORM tools a plus

• Cloud: Knowledge of AWS, familiarity with static hosting platforms such as Vercel a plus

• CI/CD: Understanding of Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery processes

Interview process:

• Recruiter interview

• Technical take home assignment

• Technical interview

• Leadership interviews with Director of Engineering & CTO (30 minutes each)

• Bar raiser interview with Founders Associate, right hand to CEO (30 minutes)

Benefits

• 30 vacation days per year for all employees

• An allowance of 50 working days per year (10 weeks, if you count the weekend) of fully remote work from anywhere in the world, as long as you maintain common working hours (11am to 5pm CET)

• Common working hours are 11am to 5pm CET, with the rest of your working time being flexible so you can work in a style that suits you best (early riser or a night owl)

• Premium WeWork All Access account, so you can work in any global WeWork space

• You'll be working with a truly product-led company with PM's, engineers and designers at the heart of the company

• Regular team events and offsites

🌈 At Kittl, we embrace diversity and value every team member's unique background, identity, and experience. We're all about respect, honesty, and inclusivity. Together, we create a safe and supportive work environment where everyone thrives. Join us on this exciting journey of making our company and product even better!