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.