Kovo
Backend Engineer - senior hire
United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 49 days ago
TypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsAWSAgentic AI
About the role
- Engineering at Kovo is evolving quickly.
- Our core stack is Node (TypeScript) on AWS and React (NextJS) on Vercel.
Responsibilities
- Own backend systems and infrastructure end-to-end, from design through deployment and scaling
- Build performant, reliable APIs and services that power our financial products
- Design and implement scalable architectures on AWS using Node (TypeScript)
- Self-starter who can work independently and drive projects to completion
- Strong sense of ownership and willingness to deliver on tight deadlines.
- Experience building and scaling production systems with Node and AWS
Skills
- Join an early-stage startup.
- Accelerate economic opportunity.
Benefits
- Proficient with TypeScript (bonus)
Company info
- Kovo is expanding access to financial tools for people historically excluded from the traditional credit system. We believe everyone deserves the opportunity for economic independence, and we're building products that help people establish financial identity and unlock opportunity.
- Over the past three years, Kovo has grown revenue 20x while maintaining exceptional capital efficiency. We rank above the 99th percentile in revenue-per-employee benchmarks, reflecting the leverage of a small, high-performing team.
- The team combines the ambition of a venture-scale company with the discipline of a profitable business. We reached positive free cash flow early in our lifecycle, allowing us to grow with less dilution and focus on building for the long term.
- Kovo is backed by Inspired Capital and Homebrew, and built by alumni from Plaid, Experian, Equifax, TransUnion, Innovis, Chime, Honey, Possible, Monzo, OppFi, Splash, Mercury, Twilio, and more. We're looking for exceptional people to help us scale the company another 20x and beyond.
- Direct impact on millions of people's ability to access credit
- High ownership with minimal bureaucracy
- Speed, learning, and impact are core values
- Roles and priorities evolve quickly
- Some systems and processes are still being built
- The pace of execution and career growth is intense (not optimized for work-life balance)
- Kovo is expanding access to financial tools for people historically excluded from the traditional credit system.
- We believe everyone deserves the opportunity for economic independence, and we're building products that help people establish financial identity and unlock opportunity.
This listing is sourced directly from Kovo's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.