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ID #54956450
State California
City San francisco bay area
Full-time
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source California
Showed 2025-12-13
Date 2025-12-13
Deadline 2026-02-11
Category Software/QA/DBA/etc
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CTO (Co-Founder / Founding Engineer Role)

California, San francisco bay area 00000 San francisco bay area USA
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Tired of fighting enterprise on LinkedIn, so giving good old CL a try! This is an opportunity that would be fair to call hybrid between co-founder networking and full-time employment, as there is salary available from Day 1.

Offering $100 referral fee to anyone that sources a candidate we take an interview with and $2,000 for sourcing anyone we hire. ID/profiles can be provided as part of the trust and/or verification process, we won't waste your time if you don't waste ours!

Thanks in advance to any direct candidates or referrals. We are not interested in speaking to recruiters. Job description below:

Location: San Francisco or Bay Area, CA (Hybrid)

Role: CTO & Co-Founder

Company Stage: Pre-Seed Startup (funded)

Category: AI, SaaS, Analytics, Fintech

About The Company

2x Founder with a Successful Exit

$500K in committed funding

Advisory Team available from brand name firms like Uber, Doordash, ServiceNow & Square

3+ committed customers

About You

Mindset

You are entrepreneurial and have big goals; you are also practical

You are confident and ready to take on the CTO position

Big challenges get you motivated—you see solutions where others see problems

You are highly technical and ready to be hands on with no outside support (tools only, no contractors or direct report eng hires in first 1-2 years)

You are accountable and understand the importance of teamwork

Core Requirements

Mindset (above)

Full stack software engineer

2+ years at a growth stage tech company (Series A – Series E)

4+ years total work experience

Bonus Points, Not All Required

Additional experience at big tech, related experience

Entrepreneurship or similar experience

Top-tier education

Experience managing people, working within medium to large teams

AI engineer, or mindful of the potential to build and deploy AI

Interest in or experience in verticals we are working on

The Role

You are going to build this from the ground up; there is some leeway on tech stack, it is helpful if you are coming in with a perspective on what tools you like to use and why

Be a full partner and decision maker with respect to product development

Be a thought partner on investment into technical workstreams with a mind for short and long-term ROI (MVP, A-level, B-level)

Runway to grow into more business-side responsibilities based on your preferences over time

Compensation

Equity: You will get a full and equal co-founder stake on a 4-year vest, with valuation built-in based on existing funding

Cash: Below market, but liveable wages while initial equity is vesting. Nevertheless, based on funding there is an opportunity to get something from Day 1 and to see that grow within the first 4 years. Market salary thereafter.

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