Chief Technology Officer (Founding Team)

Chief Technology Officer (Founding Team)

Type of employment: Permanent, Full-time
Work model: Fully remote (United States or Canada)
Ideal experience: Executive Technology Leadership, AI Platforms, Distributed Systems, Engineering Organizations

Why join this opportunity?

Our client is an early-stage, well-funded AI startup building a next-generation consumer AI platform designed to help people automate everyday tasks, workflows, and errands through intelligent, real-world task execution.

This is a rare opportunity to join as a founding technology leader and shape both the company’s technical vision and engineering organization from the very beginning. You’ll work alongside an experienced leadership team in a fast-paced, high-trust environment where ownership, curiosity, and execution are highly valued.

What you’ll do

  • Define the long-term technical architecture across AI systems, infrastructure, developer platforms, and product engineering.
  • Guide key technical decisions involving distributed systems, model integration, data pipelines, APIs, and scalable cloud infrastructure.
  • Balance rapid product delivery with long-term architectural quality, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Build and grow a high-performing engineering organization by hiring, mentoring, and developing exceptional technical leaders.
  • Establish engineering standards, development practices, and a culture of technical excellence across the company.
  • Partner closely with product, machine learning, and research leadership to translate ambitious product goals into scalable technical execution.
  • Help engineering teams navigate complex technical trade-offs while maintaining a strong bias toward execution and product delivery.
  • Foster collaboration across globally distributed engineering teams while maintaining alignment on priorities and engineering quality.

What we’re looking for

  • Significant experience leading engineering organizations building large-scale software or AI products.
  • Strong hands-on background in software architecture, distributed systems, and modern cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience delivering production AI-powered products or platforms.
  • Demonstrated success building and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
  • Excellent technical judgment with the ability to balance speed, quality, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills with experience aligning technical and business priorities.
  • Comfortable operating in fast-moving startup environments with a builder’s mindset and strong sense of ownership.

Why this role?

  • Founding executive opportunity at a well-funded AI startup.
  • Define the long-term technical vision for a next-generation consumer AI platform.
  • Build and scale a world-class engineering organization from the ground up.
  • Work directly with the founders on product strategy, technical direction, and hiring.
  • Fully remote across the United States and Canada.
  • High-trust, flexible work environment.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) with employer match (U.S.).
  • Visa sponsorship available where applicable.
  • Opportunity to shape both the technology and engineering culture of the company from day one.
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