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Small team,
unusually large scope

Forty-one people, no middle management, and a product used by 2,400 teams. If you like owning a whole surface rather than a slice of one, this is a good fit.

How we work

Written down, because the alternative is that everyone invents their own version.

Remote, within reason

Anywhere between UTC−5 and UTC+3. Four hours of overlap is the only hard requirement.

Salary bands are public

Internally and in every job post. One band per level, one location factor, no negotiation lottery.

Equity, explained

Options with a ten-year exercise window and a plain-English explanation of what they're worth.

32 days off

Plus local public holidays, plus the week between Christmas and New Year, which we close entirely.

Two meetings a week

Monday planning and Thursday demo. Everything else is written, and nobody is expected to be online all day.

Support rotation

One day a fortnight, everybody, founders included. It's the reason the product stays honest.

Real hardware budget

£3,000 on joining for machine and desk, renewed every three years, yours when you leave.

Two on-sites a year

A week each, somewhere reachable by train for most of the team. No trust falls.

The hiring process

Four steps, about two and a half weeks end to end. We pay for the paid project, and we tell you where you stand after every stage.

01Application

No cover letter. A few written questions instead, answered in your own time — read by a human within three days.

02Conversation

45 minutes with the person you'd work with. Half about the work, half your questions about us.

03Paid project

A real problem from our backlog, four to six hours, paid at £500. Done async, on your schedule.

04Team day

Three short conversations in one day, then a decision within 48 hours. Offer includes the full band and the maths on equity.

Nothing here fits, but you'd like to be in the pile when it does? Write to people@cadence.dev with what you'd want to own. We keep those and re-read them when a role opens.

Get started

Ship on Monday.
Understand it by Tuesday.

Free for 30 days on the full product. Five-minute install, no card, no onboarding call unless you want one.

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