Founding Full Stack Flutter Developer

Company Overview

We are an early-stage, founder-led product company based in the United States, built around a highly successful podcast with a global audience of over one million weekly listeners. What began as a personal solution has evolved into a meaningful digital platform used daily by adults and families around the world.

Over the past few years, we have expanded beyond content into a dedicated mobile application that now sits at the core of our long-term vision. We operate as a lean, sustainable team with a strong focus on product quality, ownership, and thoughtful growth. As we enter our next phase, we are ready to bring our first full-time engineering partner in-house.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Founding Full Stack Flutter Developer to join us as our first long-term engineering hire and take full ownership of our mobile application end-to-end.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who enjoys building real products from the ground up. You will work closely with the founder on product requirements and roadmap decisions, collaborate with an experienced designer on detailed UI/UX execution, and own technical decisions across frontend, backend, and deployment.

This role is ideal for someone who wants meaningful ownership, autonomy, and the opportunity to shape the technical foundation of a growing product with an engaged global audience.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end development of a production-ready Flutter application (iOS and Android)
• Translate detailed product requirements and user stories into scalable technical solutions
• Design, implement, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data models
• Make informed decisions around system architecture, performance, and scalability
• Collaborate directly with the founder on product direction, prioritisation, and execution
• Implement pixel-perfect UI from detailed Figma designs and redlines
• Test code thoroughly to ensure stability, reliability, and production readiness
• Manage the full release lifecycle, including deployments to the App Store and Google Play
• Proactively identify and resolve technical debt, performance issues, and stability risks
• Take long-term ownership of code quality, maintainability, and system health

Required Qualification

• Strong, hands-on experience building production applications with Flutter
• Proven experience as a full stack developer (frontend, backend, and basic DevOps)
• Demonstrated ability to build and ship a product from scratch
• Solid understanding of system design and application architecture
• Experience designing, building, and consuming APIs and working with databases
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight in a fast-moving environment
• Clear and proactive communication skills, comfortable working directly with a founder
• Strong product intuition and understanding of user behaviour in mobile applications

Preferred Skills

• Experience with audio, media, or content-driven applications
• Familiarity with subscription models, payments, or monetisation features
• Experience refactoring or stabilising existing production systems
• Prior startup or scale-up experience with high ownership responsibility
• Experience working remotely with distributed or global teams

Work Schedule

• Monday to Friday
• 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM SAST
• Fully remote role

What we offer

Benefits / What We Offer

• Annual compensation range: ZAR 650,000 - ZAR 780,000 per annum (based on experience and location)
• Fully remote role with long-term stability
• Founding-level ownership and real influence over technical direction
• Direct partnership with the founder — no management layers