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This is a fully remote, senior-level role at Downeast Cider, a cider manufacturer embracing AI to enhance business operations. The position involves building AI-driven tools to streamline processes and unlock new capabilities across various departments.
Skills / Requirements
- AI-native
- Airtable
- Backend Development
- ChatGPT
- Claude Code
- Copilot
- CRM Development
- Cursor
- Database Management
- Deployment
- Frontend Development
- JavaScript
- Low-code
- No-code
- Python
- Retool
- SQL
- TypeScript
- Vibe Coding
- Zapier
Why Apply
This role suits someone adept with AI tools like Claude Code, ChatGPT, and Copilot, as you'll be using these to rapidly develop and deploy solutions. The focus is on leveraging AI to automate processes and create new business capabilities.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll engage with department leaders to understand their challenges and develop AI-driven tools to address them. This involves turning ideas into practical solutions, identifying new opportunities for automation, and ensuring tools are user-friendly.
Working in Remote
- Remote work offers flexibility to manage your schedule and work from anywhere.
- Async-friendly environment allows for collaboration without strict time-zone constraints.
- Reachable within 24 hours on weekdays, ensuring timely communication without rigid hours.
Pay and Career Growth
The role offers a competitive salary of $60,000 - $72,000 per year as an independent contractor. As the first technical hire, you'll have significant influence on the company's tech direction, working closely with leadership to shape innovative solutions.
Benefits and Perks
- Async-friendly
- Flexible Hours
- fully remote
- Global candidates
Is This Role Right for You?
Good fit if you...
- You have 5+ years of experience in software engineering and are comfortable with full-stack development.
- You excel at using AI tools like Claude Code and ChatGPT to enhance development speed and quality.
- You are self-directed, comfortable working asynchronously, and enjoy collaborating with non-technical stakeholders.
May not be for you if...
- You lack experience with AI tools and low/no-code platforms.
- You prefer structured environments with clear, predefined tasks.
- You struggle with self-management and async communication.
Original Job Description
Be the first technical hire at a cider company betting big on AI. Build tools that move the business forward.
$5k-$6k/month USD | Contract | Async-friendlyWe’re Downeast Cider, a ~100-person cider manufacturer with production, packaging, supply chain, sales, marketing, and finance teams. We make great cider. But here’s the thing: we have no in-house software engineering or IT function. Zero. And until recently, that was fine.
Then we started experimenting with AI. Claude Code. ChatGPT. Internal workflow tools. One of our team members vibe-coded an order portal replacement that saved us $15k a year in software subscriptions. Another prototyped a sales tool. Suddenly, we realised we could build things we never thought possible.
We have more than enough ideas to get started. What we need now is someone who can take our rough drafts, productionise them, and help us build a genuinely smarter business. We’d love somebody who can help us learn and build better systems. We’ve got a dozen people in the company who will be heavily involved in this stuff. It’s not about saving money on software. That’s probably the least interesting part. It’s about unlocking new capabilities, removing manual work, and giving our managers leverage they don’t have today.
We’re looking for an AI Full Stack Developer. You’ll be our first and only technical employee. We need someone who can sit with department leaders, understand their problems, and ship working tools fast. You’ll partner with Sales, Operations, Marketing, and Finance to turn their ideas into real solutions. You’ll also proactively spot opportunities they haven’t thought of yet and make the case for building them.
📋 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
We’re open to global candidates. Async-friendly with no required time-zone overlap, but you should be reachable within 24 hours on weekdays and able to schedule live calls with Boston/ET-based managers when needed.
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
Brownie points for:
⭐ Experience working at a small/mid-sized non-tech company in CPG, beverage, food, or retail
⭐ Experience with sales forecasting, demand planning, or time-series modelling
⭐ Experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, or similar data warehouses
⭐ Familiarity with CPG data sources – distributor sales data (VIP, iDig), Shopify, QuickBooks, NetSuite
⭐ Built your own side projects with AI tools – bonus if you can show us
⭐ Background in data engineering or analytics
You’re a self-starter who acts like a leader. You don’t wait to be told what to do. When you see a problem, you start solving it. You’re direct, high-trust, and comfortable giving honest feedback. Frugal and resourceful. Customer-obsessed, where the customer is the department manager using your tool. You genuinely care whether what you ship actually solves the problem. You’re always reading, learning, trying new tools.
What’s in it for you?
💰 $5,000-$6,000 per month USD*
💼 Contract
🌍 Fully remote – open to global candidates
📅 Async-friendly with flexible weekly hours
*Please note that this is a gross salary and that you are responsible for any tax-related procedures in your country of residence. We kindly ask you to apply only if you are happy to work remotely as an independent contractor.
This is our typical hiring process – occasionally, it may include extra steps.
For this role, JobRack is partnering with the Downeast Cider to find their next hire. We’ll handle all the screening and testing, so they see only the best-fit candidates – like you!
🔍 How to shine
• Read the role details carefully.
• Submit a thoughtful, high-quality application.
• Stay responsive – we’ll keep you updated at every stage.
✨ Important notes
• Apply only through JobRack; please don’t contact the company directly.
• We expect a respectful hiring experience – any disrespect means instant disqualification.
• This is a full-time, primary role (no freelancing or second jobs).
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