Payload

Developer-First Headless CMS and Application Framework

Y CombinatorSummer 2022AcquiredB2BEngineering, Product and DesignDeveloper ToolsOpen SourceAPI

What they do

Problem

Developers lack a flexible, efficient CMS option for building and managing content backends and admin panels across different products.

Solution

Payload provides a developer-first headless CMS and application framework to build customizable backends and admin interfaces in clean, well-structured code.

Who it's for

Developers and engineering teams building websites, apps, ecommerce, SaaS, and other content-driven products.

Founders

James Mikrut

Founder

James Mikrut is the founder and CEO of Payload CMS. He plays a leading role in shaping the future and vision of Payload, and is responsible for product design, marketing initiatives, and user experience design. He has been a full-stack engineer for over a decade, and has also founded the digital design agency TRBL, where he leads a team of user experience designers and full-stack TypeScript developers.

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Elliot DeNolf

Founder

Elliot DeNolf is founder and CTO of Payload CMS. He has worked extensively in design, development, and delivery of large, distributed, back-end services. His specializations include resilient, high-availability web services, containerization technologies, and CI/CD pipelines.

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Dan Ribbens

Founder

Dan Ribbens is founder and COO of Payload CMS, the best TypeScript CMS for developers. He has focused on database engineering and developer experience. While at Payload and throughout his career Dan has served as a senior developer, team lead, and architect for dozens of software teams. Dan earned his Masters in Computer Science at GVSU in 2013 and worked as a freelance consultant prior to Payload.

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