Description
Be the first technical hire at a cider company betting big on AI. Build tools that move the business forward.
We're Downeast Cider, a ~100-person cider manufacturer. We are looking for an AI Full Stack Developer to be our first and only technical employee. You will partner with Sales, Operations, Marketing, and Finance to turn their ideas into real solutions, proactively spot opportunities, and ship working tools fast.
- Learn each business function deeply - sit with teams until you understand how their work actually happens
- Partner with department managers to develop technical solutions to problems they've already identified
- Proactively ideate on problems we haven't thought to solve yet - automations, data products, integrations
- Ship aggressively using AI coding tools and low/no-code platforms - own the full lifecycle from scope to deployment
- Document lightly so non-technical teammates can self-serve where it makes sense
Requirements
To be successful in this role, you need:
- 5+ years software engineering experience building real, production-grade systems
- AI-native - you live in Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, Copilot and treat AI as a force multiplier
- Full-stack proficiency across multiple languages - comfortable with JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, SQL at minimum
- Strong experience with low/no-code automation tools - Zapier, Make, n8n, Airtable, Retool or equivalents
- Shipped real internal tools or CRMs end-to-end - frontend, backend, database, deployment
- Comfortable talking to non-technical stakeholders - you can sit with a sales manager and walk away with a useful spec
- Self-directed and async-friendly - excellent written communication and self-management