🤙 About the Company
At Clout Kitchen, we help unlock infinite scale for creators through AI-powered, fan-first experiences — starting in video games. You might be familiar with our first product — the viral Backseat AI, an in-game buddy for League of Legends featuring digital twins of your favorite streamers like Tyler1.
Building across Los Angeles and Metro Manila, we’re a startup driven by our mission to help today’s creators become icons that last. We’re serial founders, operators, creators, and gamers-at-heart supported by top investors like a16z SPEEDRUN, AppWorks, and the founders of Crunchyroll, Yield Guild, and Gushcloud.
Fun Fact: One of our co-founders played in the League of Legends World Championship in 2013!
❓About the Role
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Clout Kitchen in Los Angeles, you will spearhead the development of our flagship product, Backseat AI, within a flexible hybrid work structure. Your expertise in both front-end and back-end technologies will be crucial in crafting high-performance, scalable web applications. This role involves designing robust solutions and optimizing systems for real-time interactions.
As a small team with ambitions to supercharge the creator space, we’re not afraid to admit we’re still figuring things out — but we’re hungry and want to win. We’re looking for teammates who thrive with freedom and responsibility, wear different hats comfortably, and are always fan-first and creator-first.
⭐ What You’ll Do
Develop and maintain scalable, robust, and high-performance systems using Next.js, TypeScript, and other modern technologies.
Lead the integration/maintenance of backend services with Postgresql, Redis, and other databases and caching solutions.
Design and implement effective APIs using technologies like TRPC and Drizzle, ensuring seamless data flow and integration.
Craft and maintain state management architectures using Redux, optimizing data handling and UI responsiveness.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
Drive continuous adoption and integration of relevant new technologies into the design and overall architecture of our systems.
Write clean, maintainable code and perform peer code reviews.
Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software.
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other team members.
⚙️ Need to Have
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in full stack development with a strong understanding of frontend and backend technologies.
Proficient in Next.js, TypeScript, Redux, TRPC, Drizzle, Postgresql, and Redis.
Strong experience with database design, scaling, and management in both SQL and NoSQL environments.
Expertise in building and consuming APIs.
Experience with cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and CI/CD pipelines.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to optimize code for performance and scalability.
Proven ability to work independently or lead projects to meet deadlines.
➕ Plus Points
Game Familiarity: Knowledge of today’s top games, particularly League of Legends, VALORANT, Counter-Strike 2, Genshin Impact, Mobile Legends, and/or Minecraft.
Creator, Too: Dabbled into creating content — whether that’s vlogs, shorts, articles or streams.
Growth Wizard: Work history in growth + gamification for mass-market products like e-commerce apps, social networks, and online games.
Figuring it Out: Desire to work in an early-stage, fast-paced environment with significant ambiguity.
Time-Flexible: Ability to work during a daily overlap of a few hours with the rest of the team (Singapore Time and Pacific Time). Occasionally able to travel across offices (Los Angeles ←→ Manila).
Master of Tongues: Can speak languages outside of English, particularly Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, French and/or Korean.
🚀 Benefits
Competitive startup salary commensurate with experience and skills.
Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance.
Unlimited paid time off (PTO) policy.
Equity through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
Compensated development opportunities (conferences, expos, etc.) for ongoing learning.
Opt-in culture events — industry fireside chats, team bonding dinners, etc.
Network with gaming/tech industry leaders, creators, operators, and other top projects overall.
Monthly allowance for office commute, a one-time work equipment allowance, and an annual games allowance.
❗ EEO Disclaimer
Clout Kitchen is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (EEO). We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability (including gender dysphoria and similar gender-related conditions), sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation (including actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, and asexuality), veteran status, military status, domestic violence victim status, reproductive health decision making or any other protected category