Co-Founder & CTO (gn) @ Agentic AI Cybersecurity Platform, Berlin

Atlantic Food Labs GmbH; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 125.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A technology startup in cybersecurity is seeking a Founding CTO to own the platform architecture and build the core product. This hands-on role requires significant backend engineering experience and a strong security mindset. The position offers co-founder equity, technical ownership, and the opportunity to make a direct impact in a fast-paced environment. Join us in Berlin, where you will lead a growing team to develop a next-generation identity and AI cybersecurity platform.

Leistungen

Co-founder equity

Fast-paced environment

Strong learning curve

Qualifikationen

• Significant experience in backend engineering and system architecture.
• Deep understanding of OAuth/OIDC and identity flows.
• Experience shipping complex distributed systems.

Aufgaben

• Own the full technical architecture across identity and AI agent systems.
• Write production-grade backend code.
• Hire, lead, and scale an in-house engineering team.

Kenntnisse

Backend Engineering

System Architecture

Security Mindset

Experience with AI/LLM

Terraform and Cloud Deployments

Tools

OAuth/OIDC

RBAC/ABAC

Kafka

Jobbeschreibung

About the Venture

We are building a next-generation Identity + AI Cybersecurity platform designed to secure how modern SaaS systems, users, and AI agents interact. Our platform combines identity modelling, real-time policy enforcement, and AI‑driven risk analysis to help enterprises manage access, trust, and security in an increasingly agent‑driven world.

Having just secured pre‑seed funding, we are now moving into build mode. You will join a technical CEO and early founding team in Berlin to architect, design, and ship the core platform from day one.

About the Role

We are looking for a deeply technical Founding CTO (or even a Founding Engineer) who will take full ownership of the platform architecture and build the first version of the product. This is a hands‑on role where you will spend meaningful time writing production code while defining the long‑term direction for engineering, security, infrastructure, and team growth.

Responsibilities

• Own the full technical architecture across identity, AI agent systems, and enforcement
• Design and implement identity models, permission graphs, token lifecycle, and SaaS risk flows
• Build the agent identity model, sandboxing framework, trust scoring, and behavior engine
• Write production‑grade backend code (4–6 hours/day in the early stage)
• Lead engineering execution across roadmap planning, sprints, and delivery
• Build core services including connectors, policy engine, risk engine, and real‑time enforcement
• Partner with the CEO on system design, product direction, and technical strategy
• Support enterprise customers with technical deep dives, PoCs, and security validation
• Maintain high standards of security, reliability, and architecture
• Define and establish the long‑term technology strategy and data infrastructure
• Hire, lead, and scale an in‑house engineering team
• Manage data privacy, secure storage, and analysis frameworks
• Contribute directly to building Europe’s most advanced cybersecurity platform

About You

We are looking for someone highly technical, hands‑on, and motivated by building complex distributed systems at the earliest stage. You might be a Founding Engineer, you might be a CTO – what matters is the work that you do here.

Requirements

• Significant experience in backend engineering and system architecture
• Ideally, exposure in technical leadership roles
• Experience shipping complex distributed systems
• Deep understanding of OAuth/OIDC, identity flows, API keys, tokens, scopes
• Knowledge of RBAC/ABAC or fine‑grained access systems
• Familiarity with Zero Trust principles and integration security
• Experience with AI/LLM systems or ability to learn fast
• Strong security mindset and understanding of modern attack surfaces
• Experience integrating with SaaS APIs
• Ability to move fast and operate independently
• Experience with Terraform and cloud deployments
• Prior startup experience and strong founder mentality

Nice to have

• Experience with agent orchestration or sandboxing
• Experience with event‑driven or streaming systems (Kafka, Pub/Sub)
• Knowledge of policy engines
• Experience with token analysis or credential hygiene
• Familiarity with cloud IAM (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Experience with risk scoring or anomaly detection
• Understanding of graph databases or unified identity graphs
• Prior cybersecurity or identity experience
• Product leadership or prior founder experience

Why should you join us?

This is a true founding opportunity where your architecture, code, and decisions define the entire platform. We have secured funding, operate in a fast‑growing cybersecurity market, and move quickly with a technical CEO. More specifically:

• Co‑founder equity with meaningful upside
• Full technical ownership
• Founding team influence and responsibility
• Fast‑paced environment with customer exposure and PoCs
• Cutting‑edge work across identity, SaaS security, and AI agent governance
• Strong learning curve and growth potential
• Berlin location with hybrid flexibility
• Direct impact on building Europe’s leading cyber platform