Build and deploy fully‑managed AI agents and workflows
Trigger.dev is the open source platform for building AI agents and workflows in TypeScript. Long-running tasks with retries, queues, full observability, and elastic scaling.
Previously, the founders built JSON Hero, an open source JSON viewer that is currently used by more than 35k developers a month. Eric was CTO of Code School, an early code learning platform that was acquired in 2015. Matt created two iPad apps that won Apple’s App of the Year.
Total raised
$500K
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Matt Aitken
Matt Aitken is the CEO of Trigger.dev, a developer tool that makes creating automation workflows a great experience in your codebase. He's a programmer who previously created two iPad apps that went on to win Apple's iPad app of the year award. He's worked on several startups including building JSON Hero, a popular developer tool.
LinkedInJames Ritchie
I'm co-founder and frontend engineer of Trigger.dev, a developer tool for creating background jobs in code. Previously I was a product lead at a number of VC backed startups. I also built JSON Hero, another popular OSS developer tool.
Eric Allam
Eric Allam is the founder and CTO of Trigger.dev, the developer-first open source Zapier Alternative. He's previously co-founded CodeSchool.com and works on JSON Hero, a popular developer tool.
LinkedInJames Ritchie
I'm co-founder and frontend engineer of Trigger.dev, a developer tool for creating background jobs in code. Previously I was a product lead at a number of VC backed startups. I also built JSON Hero, another popular OSS developer tool.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
Dan Patel
Co-founder of Trigger.dev; the open source background jobs platform, and JSON Hero.
LinkedInIf they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.