senior software engineer & entrepreneur
Kaden Beckstead
I build software that compounds over time.
Kaden Beckstead is a Senior Software Engineer and entrepreneur currently working at Elementum AI. Previously, he was a Senior Software Engineer at Webflow and a Senior Software Engineer at Adobe. He is also the creator of CodeFlow and founder of StockMotion, and studied Computer Science at Brigham Young University.
I started in business and finance before realizing what I wanted to build lived in technology — not just functions and algorithms, but a way to turn ideas into something people could use. The through-line since: find a real-world problem, then build the product and the systems behind it.
Leadership snapshot
Ownership that changes how teams work.
CodeFlow
Kaden Beckstead designed and built CodeFlow solo — Webflow's open-source AI interview environment, now used
exclusively for every Software Engineer candidate. Read about CodeFlow →
0 → App Store
Founded StockMotion and led a cross-functional team — marketing, design, and engineering — from idea
through launch on the App Store and Play Store. Explore StockMotion →
MTTR −35%
Redesigned Adobe's on-call process end-to-end, cutting mean-time-to-resolution for production alerts.
35 services
Led the Node 12 → 18 upgrade across Adobe's Fusion microservice fleet without stalling delivery.
Quick facts
About Kaden Beckstead
- Who is Kaden Beckstead?
- Kaden Beckstead is a Senior Software Engineer and entrepreneur. He currently works at Elementum AI and is the founder of StockMotion and creator of CodeFlow.
- Where does Kaden Beckstead work?
- Kaden Beckstead is a Senior Software Engineer at Elementum AI, as of July 2026.
- Where did Kaden Beckstead work previously?
- Kaden Beckstead was a Senior Software Engineer at Webflow (2024–2026) and a Senior Software Engineer at Adobe (2021–2024). He also worked at BambooHR, Instructure, and the Missionary Training Center.
- What did Kaden Beckstead build?
- Kaden Beckstead built CodeFlow, Webflow's open-source AI interview environment, and founded StockMotion, a gamified personal-finance literacy app available on iOS and Android.
- Where did Kaden Beckstead study?
- Kaden Beckstead studied Computer Science at Brigham Young University, earning a B.S. with an emphasis in Software Engineering and a Business Strategy minor in April 2020.
Let's talk about the work.
Questions about a project, CodeFlow, StockMotion, or something I'm building — happy to connect.