WORK WITH US
Train on real work, build a portfolio employers can verify, and be first in line when paid roles open.
Kindred Web Studio designs and runs websites for adult family homes and small businesses, plus a print & merch studio. We launched in October 2026, and we are building our team the way we build everything: train people well, and hire from them as we grow. Below are our training places, our per-project contractor lane, and the part-time and full-time roles we are screening for now. Just tell us your dream. We’ll build it.
How to apply: use the application form on this page (it goes straight to our team). We reply to every applicant.
Applications are open today — starting isn’t. Nobody signs or starts until our participant agreement has finished its attorney review. Apply now; when we reply, we’ll tell you the expected cohort start window plainly. Selected participants read and sign the agreement before any training activity begins.
Movement between tracks is by demonstrated work, not by time served.
For students in IT, computer science, or web coursework — and recent finishers. 12 weeks, ~8–12 hours a week around your classes, remote-first. You train on real studio work with a named supervisor reviewing everything. Leads to a certificate, a portfolio, a reference, and first in line for paid work.
For builders with proven skill who want project work. Every project is quoted in writing before it starts — scope, deliverable, price, payment timing. No quote, no work. Leads to repeat projects and priority for the part-time and full-time seats.
A paid W-2 role (~10–20 hrs/week), screening now. Trainee graduates and proven contractors are considered first — applying now puts you in the pool we hire from.
One senior generalist role — Full-Stack Developer & Digital Operations Lead. We screen now so the hire can start from a shortlist.
Twelve weeks, three phases, one standard: evidence over impressions. Academic calendars win conflicts — exam weeks and school breaks are respected, and pausing for exams is normal, not a black mark.
Weeks 1–4
How a production website is built and shipped: HTML/CSS/JS structure, mobile-first layout, accessibility (WCAG AA), and the studio’s testing discipline — full-path test runs from the customer’s front door, recording evidence instead of impressions.
Weeks 5–8
QA and rehearsal runs on live studio flows, demo site builds and content work, and supervised sections of real site builds — a section, a page, a component — always reviewed before anything ships.
Weeks 9–12
One complete small build taken end-to-end under supervision, portfolio assembly, a resume bullet-writing session, and your completion review, certificate, and verification record.
Training work is learning-first, and we police that line ourselves. Trainees never work solo on client-critical work, never touch payment configuration, prices, or client access, and never receive studio credentials. Trainee work complements the studio; it never displaces a paid worker.
If a piece of work crosses into ordinary productive work the studio would normally pay for, the supervisor pauses it and reclassifies it: it becomes a paid contractor engagement for that work, quoted in writing, or it doesn’t proceed. A trainee is never quietly used as an unpaid producer — that rule is written into the agreement you sign, so you can point at it too.
And when you move on, we back you up in writing: your completion letter states your track, dates, approximate hours, phases completed, and the skills you covered. There is no fee of any kind, ever — not for training, materials, the certificate, or verification letters.
Training places, contract work, and the part-time and full-time seats we are screening for now. Roles that aren’t open yet are labeled future openings — that means exactly what it says.
Remote, worldwide. All roles are remote and open worldwide — you work for Kindred Web Studio in the United States, from wherever you live. No visa sponsorship: this is remote work from your own country — we do not sponsor visas or relocation — and US law governs the engagement.
This is a training placement, not a job — and we won’t pretend otherwise. What you get: structured training with a named supervisor, a completion certificate, portfolio rights to your public work, a reference letter if earned, and a training record we will verify for future employers for three years. When a client project you materially helped with is finished and fully paid, the studio may pay a completion bonus — bonuses are discretionary and never guaranteed. Graduates are considered first when paid roles open. The full terms — including how compensation works during the studio’s founding phase — are set out plainly in the application and in the agreement you will read and sign before you start. Nothing is fine print.
Apply for this roleOn the form: your track (“Student Web Developer Trainee”), your school and program, and your weekly availability.
Training placement — certificate, portfolio, reference if earned, verification record, discretionary completion bonuses, and priority consideration for paid openings. Full plain-language agreement signed before you start.
Apply for this roleOn the form: track “Student QA & Content Assistant,” your school/program, and availability.
Each project is quoted in writing before you start: scope, deliverable, price, and payment timing. No quote, no work — that protects you as much as us. Invoices are recorded against the client project that funds them, and U.S. contractors receive a 1099-NEC for payments of $600+ in a year. Project-completion bonuses are possible on the same discretionary, revenue-collected basis as our program describes. We do not offer “exposure” work to contractors: if it’s a client deliverable, it’s a quoted project.
Apply for this roleOn the form: track “Junior Web Developer (Contract),” plus a link to your work.
Site builds and updates to our standard, QA/rehearsal runs, pooled changes through the launch windows, print-order support, and written reports the owner can act on.
A paid W-2 role through the studio’s payroll (Gusto). The pay rate will be stated in writing in the offer. What we can tell you now: program trainees and proven contractors are considered first, before this posting is worked publicly.
Apply for this roleOn the form: track “Web Developer (Part-Time — future opening).” Applying now puts you in the pool we hire from.
(Summary — full description in the studio’s hire model, shared with finalists.)
Paid W-2 through Gusto. The role is planned at the strong mid-level generalist band for this market (U.S. full-stack base salaries cluster at $105K–$160K, median ≈ $120K); the exact band for the funded opening is shared in writing with finalists before any offer. Screening includes a timed practical take-home that mirrors the real work.
Apply for this roleOn the form: track “Full-Stack Developer & Digital Operations Lead (Full-Time — future opening),” with links to shipped work.
The things people actually ask before they apply — answered the same way we answer them in person.
No — and we won’t call it one. The student track is a 12-week training placement, about 8–12 hours a week, scheduled around your classes. It is designed to lead toward jobs — ours or someone else’s — and you leave with proof you can take to any employer. Contract projects are paid work, and the part-time and full-time roles are paid jobs that open later.
No. There are no wages during training, and the agreement you read and sign before starting says so in plain words. The one exception: when a project you materially helped on is finished and the client has paid, the studio may pay a completion bonus out of that collected revenue. Bonuses are discretionary and never guaranteed — we don’t promise money we don’t have.
Yes — that’s a written commitment, not a favour. When you finish, you receive a completion verification letter: your track, start and end dates, approximate hours, phases completed, skill areas, and the kinds of projects you contributed to. After that, any future employer, school, or background-check firm can email Afhwebstudios@hotmail.com with your written consent, and we confirm the record — answered within 5 business days, for 3 years after your end date.
A reference letter is different from verification: verification is facts, and it’s automatic. A reference is our judgment of your work — and it’s earned. And this applies wherever in the world you trained from.
Yes. Every role is fully remote and open worldwide — you work for Kindred Web Studio in the United States, from wherever you live. We do not sponsor visas or relocation; this is remote work from your own country. US law governs the engagement, and when paid roles open, international team members are engaged as contractors, paid through international payment rails — the details are in the written agreement you sign before starting.
The same honesty applies everywhere: we are a brand-new business with no revenue yet, so every role starts as volunteer/training, wherever you live.
Today, honestly: nothing is paid — every role starts as volunteer/training because the business has no revenue yet. When revenue supports paid roles, compensation is set in written contractor terms before work starts; international team members are paid through international payment rails, and taxes are each contractor’s own responsibility in their own country. US-based paid roles follow the terms in the written offer. We never promise amounts or dates we can’t stand behind.
Yes. Kindred Web Studio is operated by Kindred Web Studio LLC, formed and filed with the State of Washington, and based in Puyallup. We do this by the book: everything is in a plain-language written agreement that you read and sign before anyone starts, and that agreement gets an attorney review before the first cohort signs. There are no fees of any kind, ever — not for applying, training, certificates, or verification letters — and we never ask for banking details during an application.
Coursework in IT or web development is the baseline for the student track — the rest is what the training is for. There’s a short practical exercise when you apply, so we can place you at the right level. You’ll learn the studio standard with a supervisor reviewing everything you make.
Yes, if you’re enrolled in school and a parent or legal guardian co-signs the agreement. Your hours are coordinated with your school calendar, and whichever is stricter — the program’s limits or Washington’s teen-work rules — is the one that governs. Under 16 isn’t eligible.
Exams win — pause, no penalty, and pick back up after. Either side can also end the placement at any time, by email, with no hard feelings. Your record simply states what you completed, and verification covers exactly that portion.
Real skills, shipped to a professional standard. Portfolio rights to the public work you did. A completion certificate. A reference letter if you earn one. And a verification record we stand behind for three years. If a project you helped on gets paid along the way, possibly a completion bonus too.
When collected revenue funds them. We run a written hiring model with real revenue thresholds, and a paid seat opens only when the business can carry it, sustained — not before. We won’t name a date we can’t stand behind. What we can promise: trainees and proven contractors are considered first, before we ever look outside.
Test real websites on your phone the way a customer would, and write up what you find. Build demo sites. Build supervised sections of real client sites. Finish with a capstone project. Everything you make is reviewed by a supervisor — and you’ll never be thrown at a client alone.
One form for every track. It goes straight to our team, and we reply to every applicant.
Applications are open today — starting isn’t. Nobody signs or starts until our participant agreement has finished its attorney review. Apply now; when we reply, we’ll tell you the expected cohort start window plainly. Selected participants read and sign the agreement before any training activity begins.
Your application is with our team now, and we reply to every applicant by email.
Two honest notes: applications are open today, but nobody signs or starts until our participant agreement finishes its attorney review — our reply will tell you the expected start window plainly. And if you applied for the student training track: it is unpaid training, and the agreement you’ll read and sign before starting says exactly that.
Questions in the meantime: Afhwebstudios@hotmail.com or (253) 447-5915.
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