# Software Engineer, Communities at Tin Can

- Company: Tin Can
- What the company does: The super-magical Wi-Fi landline for kids. No screens, no texting, no strangers — just real conversation with Grandma, besties, and contacts you approve. Plug in, twirl that cord, and time-travel to pure voice fun. Backed by Greylock.
- Company website: https://tincan.kids/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Seattle
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $145K to $175K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tin-can/25cfbac2-6afd-4009-99d8-0a25227739b0
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/tin-can-software-engineer-communities/

## About the role

A Tin Can is only as good as the list of people a kid can call. When a whole class or block gets Tin Cans together, the phone arrives with friends already on it. That’s Communities: hundreds of schools, neighborhoods, and groups have already bought Tin Cans together, and it’s one of the fastest-growing parts of the company. We’re looking for a Software Engineer to own the product side of it end to end.

## What they're looking for

- 4+ years building and running web services, with real ownership of what you shipped
- Strong TypeScript across the stack — you’ve built and run an API in production (ours run on AWS Lambda with Postgres) and can ship a Next.js front end a PTA volunteer can use
- You can design a relational model for membership, permissions, and audit history, and you think about who leaves before who joins
- You treat authorization as a product feature, not a checkbox — who can reach a child, how fast “no” takes effect, and how you’d prove it
- Fluency using AI as a multiplier across prototyping, build, and analysis, this is how we work, not a nice-to-have
- A reliability mindset — you instrument what you ship, and you’d rather catch a broken directory with an alert than an email from a PTA president

Tags: Technology