Why Kagi?
Published: 26/08/2025
Life update: I joined Kagi as a Flutter engineer last month!
I've been an admirer of Kagi's work and philosophy since 2023. I strongly align with their vision of building a friendly version of the Internet. Over the years, the Internet and the ecosystem around it has enshittified. Kagi wants to fix that, and I'm going to be a part of that journey with them.
At Kagi, we envision a friendly version of the internet where users can explore, learn, and interact with confidence and ease. Our mission is to humanize the web, making it more accessible, ethical, and centered around the needs of individuals. We are driven by our core purpose: to inform and educate, empowering users with knowledge and understanding in their digital journey. — from About Kagi
Specifically, I chose Kagi as the next step in my career for the following reasons:
1. Building for Real Users
My last job was at a dev agency. I joined them to hone my craft as a mobile engineer and become an expert in the field. I was able to achieve this by building building mobile apps across various domains for many clients. A year ago, I hit an inflection point. I wanted to work at a product company again. I craved being closer to users to solve real customer problems. Kagi allows me to do just that.
2. Cross-platform
I started my career as an Android engineer and have recently started doing cross-platform Mobile development. At first, I was a bit hesitant to apply for a Flutter role at Kagi. In my mind, I was still the Android guy who only experimented with Flutter. As I thought about it more, the transition started to make sense.
I've always been an engineer who likes to build stuff. It's never been about the technology I use. Switching over to Flutter lets me tap into my interest of building products for a variety of platforms. This is a step in the right direction for growth in my career.
3. Remote + Async
Remote work is of great importance to me. As a wheelchair user, going to an office daily isn't feasible for me. Feasibility aside, I believe that I am most productive when working remotely and setting my own rhythm of work.
COVID-19 significantly increased remote working opportunities worldwide. However, that has since changed. More and more organizations are going back to being in-office, which is disheartening to see. Thankfully, Kagi isn't one of them. They continue to prioritize being globally distributed, remote, and asynchronous in how they operate. This works perfectly for me.
4. Building Something People Love
The greatest gift for a creator is having people who love using your creations. In my time as an engineer, this has happened only a handful of times. I want to experience this more.
Kagi's products are loved by users. Some of these users include Craig Mod, David Pierce, and John Gruber, who I have admired for years. Working at Kagi allows me a unique opportunity to build things for a passionate community of users.
If you're someone who hasn't heard of Kagi yet, check us out on kagi.com!
Kagi currently has two core products: Kagi Search, a fast, private search engine, and Orion Browser, a fast, private browser which doesn't track you. There's also a number of other initiatives (called 'treats') such as Small Web (my absolute favorite), News, Translate, Summarize, to name a few.
I'm geared up and excited for the years to come. I hope we're able to make an impact on people's lives in a meaningful way.
~
This post was typed out on a Cloudnine by Machina, hand-lubed Cherry MX Blacks on a Aluminium plate.