Junior Back-End Software Engineer
Kinnami
Software Engineering
Washington, DC, USA
Posted on Oct 27, 2025
The Role:Kinnami is looking for a key early employee who, while not an especially experienced software developer, is someone that has the versatility, confidence and enthusiasm to learn from experienced mentors and eventually take on additional roles and responsibilities within the company as it grows. Your initial role will be to assist with the productization of the AmiShare technology prototype to implement the first minimum viable product for AmiShare, with the aim of becoming a key part of the team leading its continued development.Must-Have Skills- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science- 1-3 years of experience in developing software in two of C, C++, Objective C/C++.- Knowledge of Linux development and internalsDesirable Skills- Knowledge of at least two of Linux, Windows, macOS, UNIX, Android, iOS development, which demonstrate experience in cross-platform programming.- Experience in multi-threaded, multi-process programming and communications.- Good knowledge of best practices for modern application coding techniques, especially around avoiding common security threats.- Some knowledge of cloud technology (Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure).- Some knowledge of REST, SQL (mySQL, SQLite).- Blockchain technology, OpenSSL Cryptography, Peer-to-Peer and Client/Server networking.- Database application development, File system development, Python, Web development, Windows kernel development, Linux kernel development, macOS kernel development.- Container (e.g. Docker) application development & Kubernetes.- Some familiarity with Mobile GUI application development, Windows GUI development, or macOS GUI development would be helpful.