Technical Co-Founder / CTO

Stealth AI Platform for Technical Workflows
About the venture

We are building a stealth AI-native platform for expert professionals working with complex technical, engineering, regulatory, and legal information.

The product sits at the intersection of technical document intelligence, structured drafting, workflow automation, and secure enterprise deployment. The first market is a highly regulated technical sector where accuracy, confidentiality, and workflow integration matter from day one.

We are looking for a technical co-founder / CTO-level founding engineer to lead the product from concept to working MVP, pilots, and pre-seed scale-up.

The role

This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will not merely manage engineers. You will personally design, build, and ship the first version of the platform.

You will work directly with the founders to convert a domain-specific product vision into a robust, usable, secure software product.

What you will own

You will own:

Technical architecture
MVP build and delivery
Engineering roadmap
Product infrastructure
AI system architecture
Document ingestion and retrieval architecture
Security model
On-premise / enterprise deployment strategy
Engineering hiring plan
Technical investor diligence
Build-versus-buy decisions
Early technical partnerships
What you will build

The first product will include:

Secure user workspace
Technical document upload and parsing
Search and retrieval across documents
AI-assisted classification and structured generation
Human-in-the-loop review
Editable technical work product
Source-grounded outputs
Audit trail
Export functionality
Enterprise/security-ready architecture

Future product modules will involve live technical input capture, structured workflows, regulated data handling, and enterprise integrations.

Required experience

You should have strong experience in:

Full-stack software engineering
Python and/or TypeScript
React / Next.js or similar frontend frameworks
Backend architecture using FastAPI, Node.js, Django, or similar
PostgreSQL or equivalent relational databases
API design
Cloud deployment
Secure file handling
LLM application development
RAG pipelines
Search/retrieval systems
Building MVPs quickly and pragmatically
Early-stage product development
Highly valuable experience

Experience in any of the following would be highly valuable:

Legaltech
Regtech
Defence, aerospace, engineering, or industrial software
Document automation
Knowledge-management systems
CAD, design tools, or technical drawing software
Secure enterprise SaaS
On-premise or air-gapped deployments
SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / GDPR-aligned product architecture
Patent, IP, compliance, or regulated workflow tools
Who you are

You are likely to be a strong fit if you are:

A builder first
Comfortable with ambiguity
Able to work without a large team
Commercially minded
Security-conscious
Fast, pragmatic, and rigorous
Willing to challenge product assumptions
Able to translate complex workflows into simple software
Interested in building a category-defining product, not just another AI wrapper
What we are not looking for

We are not looking for:

A non-coding CTO
A pure advisor
A large-company engineering manager who no longer builds
A pure AI researcher who cannot ship product
A consultant looking only for cash fees
Someone who wants a large team before building anything
Compensation

This is an early-stage founding role.

Compensation will be structured around:

Significant equity
Milestone-based compensation where appropriate
Future salary once funded or revenue-backed

The exact structure will be discussed with shortlisted candidates.

Application
Please send:
A short note explaining why this opportunity interests you
Links to GitHub, products, previous startups, or technical work
Examples of AI, document, SaaS, workflow, or enterprise products you have built
Your preferred working arrangement and availability

Confidential details will be shared after an initial discussion and NDA where appropriate.