Founding Engineer

About Kayden Connect

Kayden Connect is the internal communications platform that proves leadership messages actually land (a Wyoming LLC, solo-founder at launch, going GA on 2026-07-01). We're hiring our founding team in the months ahead.

About the role

We'll hire this role within the first 90 days post-launch. Register interest now and you'll be the first conversation. You'll be employee #1 on the engineering team. Expect to own large parts of the stack: from Next.js + Firebase Data Connect to PostgreSQL schema work, AI-powered features, and the multi-tenant architecture that runs Kayden Connect. Comfortable shipping in production from day one and pairing with the founder on roadmap calls.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of Engage features alongside the founder
• Push the multi-tenant Firebase Data Connect schema as we scale beyond Spark plan customers
• Build and maintain the AI features (post polish, sentiment, summarisation)
• Partner directly with founding customers on bug reports and feature requests
• Set the engineering bar — testing standards, review process, what 'done' looks like

Requirements

• Production experience with TypeScript, React, and Next.js App Router
• Comfort across the stack — backend, frontend, infra, light DBA
• You have shipped a multi-tenant SaaS feature end-to-end before
• You write tests by default and treat type-safety as a deliverable, not a chore

Nice to have

• Firebase Data Connect, Cloud Run, Eventarc, or comparable GCP experience
• You have been the first or second engineer at a startup before
• Background in internal-comms, HR-tech, or developer-tools products

Benefits

• Meaningful equity — this is a founding role, not a senior IC slot
• Remote-first, async-first — async is the default, meetings are the exception
• Direct line to the founder, the customers, and the roadmap
• Latest hardware and a learning budget once revenue justifies it