Founding Software Engineer EQUITY ONLY

Compensation: Equity Only + Profit Sharing

Location: Remote (U.S. Only)

Commitment: Full-Time - Founding Engineer

Company Description SideKix HQ Inc. is an emerging platform created by entrepreneurs to empower other entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey. The company focuses on helping individuals begin new ventures, build sustainable businesses, and grow into successful founders. SideKix is currently in its early launch phase and preparing to introduce its core product to the market. Prospective team members will join at a formative moment, contributing directly to the future of the platform and its community of founders.

About SideKix

Starting and growing a business shouldn’t feel impossible or lonely. SideKix is a complete business operating system that helps people to plan, grow and succeed through personalized dynamic AI guidance, human support and a community built for personal and professional growth. Throughout our history the world has been built by the few. At SideKix we imagine the future of our world being built by many. What would we have? What would exist? What problems would we solve if more people had the same opportunities to take action? The same accessibility to resources? Let's change who gets to build the future.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a hands-on Founding Software Engineer to help build the foundation of SideKix our product, our technology and our culture. This isn’t a “job.” It’s a build-it-together-from-zero partnership. You’ll own architecture, development and the evolution of the platform as we prepare to scale nationwide. 

What You’ll do

• Partner directly with leaders on product vision and execution
• Build and scale SideKix from MVP forward,  as both coder and strategist
• Architect and deploy infrastructure across React, Node.js, Firebase, Google APIs and AWS
• Design and implement gamification systems that drive engagement and retention
• Automate app maintenance, release cycles and bug fixes for reliability and scale
• Own analytics and data gathering, with attention to security and compliance basics
• Lead post-launch improvements using real user data and feedback
• Dashboard design and creation
• Manage performance monitoring, crash reporting, and security
• Optimize hosting and backend systems for performance and cost
• Write clean, maintainable code with documentation that lasts
• Build, launch, and maintain native iOS and Android apps, as well as cross-platform apps using React Native or Flutter

What You Bring

• Hands-on experience building and shipping native iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) apps, plus cross-platform development using React Native or Flutter, including app store submission and release management
• Proven track record building, shipping, and iterating. 
• Deep experience in full-stack development and scalable architecture
• Founder mindset, comfortable switching between code, strategy and leadership
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, mobile frameworks, APIs and payments
• Passion for AI-driven personalization and human-centered design
• Familiarity with Figma and analytics tools a huge plus
• Bonus: Background supporting small business, creator or education platforms

Why Join Now

• Founding-level equity: true ownership in a platform built for impact
• Creative freedom: shape the product, the stack and the culture from day one
• Real impact: help rebuild how small business happens in every neighborhood