Chief Technology Officer

Future_find; Remote; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Part time

Job summary

A dynamic tech startup is seeking a Co-Founder / Fractional Chief Technology Officer to take full ownership of an AI-native Talent Intelligence Platform. This remote role involves leading technical architecture, AI-driven systems, and cloud infrastructure. Candidates should have extensive experience in building scalable SaaS platforms, integrating LLM APIs, and strong leadership capabilities. The position offers equity and the opportunity to shape the product direction in an innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Senior-level engineer or technical founder with experience in SaaS platforms.
• Experience integrating LLM APIs and building AI-driven systems.
• Proven track record of building or scaling production systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture.
• Lead development of AI-driven scoring and ranking systems.
• Ensure platform security and GDPR compliance.

Skills

REST and/or GraphQL APIs

Python (FastAPI)

Node.js (TypeScript / NestJS)

multi-tenant system design

LLM APIs

scoring, ranking, and weighted evaluation systems

vector search

AWS-based SaaS platforms

Terraform

Job description

Title: Co-Founder / Fractional Chief Technology Officer

Location: Remote (UK / EU only)

Salary: Equity only (to start) - with vesting period

Platform: AI-Native Talent Intelligence Platform

Stage: Early product (working demo MVP) with live AWS infrastructure and AI workflows in place

The Role

We are recruiting for our sister business 'hdhnt', this is an AI-native Talent Acquisition platform designed around deep candidate analysis, structured evaluation, and intelligent matching. Our mission is to build a tool which allows hiring companies to successfully source candidates directly, and alleviate the need for external recruitment agencies.

The technical foundations already exist: cloud infrastructure, LLM pipelines, scoring logic, and multi-tenant architecture, these have been built through use of contractors to date. We are looking for a hands-on Technical Co-Founder / CTO to take full ownership of the platform’s technical direction, architecture, and execution as we scale from early product to category-defining system.

Core Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture across backend, AI systems, data, and infrastructure
• Lead development of AI-driven scoring, ranking, and decision systems
• Design and evolve advanced search and retrieval systems beyond keyword matching
• Build and scale API-first, multi-tenant backend services
• Lead development of video, voice, and interview analysis tooling within the platform
• Drive the transition from third-party LLM usage toward custom and fine-tuned models
• Ensure platform security, data protection, and GDPR-aligned system design
• Establish engineering standards, CI/CD workflows, and operational best practices
• Act as technical counterpart to product, commercial, and investor conversations
• Manage technical / dev responsibility for any contractor arrangements in place.

Technical Requirements

Backend & APIs

• Strong experience designing REST and/or GraphQL APIs for production SaaS platforms
• Advanced proficiency in Python (FastAPI) and/or Node.js (TypeScript / NestJS)
• Deep understanding of multi-tenant system design, permissions, and role-based workflows
• Event-driven architectures using webhooks, queues, and async processing

AI, Search & Data Systems

• Hands-on experience integrating LLM APIs (OpenAI-compatible or equivalent)
• Design and implementation of scoring, ranking, and weighted evaluation systems
• Experience with vector search, embeddings, and semantic retrieval
• Practical use of RAG architectures, prompt pipelines, and structured outputs
• Strong understanding of model evaluation, explainability, and output validation

Model Development

• Experience with fine-tuning or training models (open-source or proprietary)
• Understanding of model lifecycle management, data pipelines, and inference optimisation
• Familiarity with moving from API-based LLMs to self-hosted or private models

Video, Voice & Media Processing

• Experience working with video, audio, or real-time communication systems
• Familiarity with speech-to-text, audio processing, or conversational AI pipelines
• Comfort designing systems that support AI analysis of recorded interactions

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Strong experience with AWS-based SaaS platforms, including:
• ECS Fargate
• Application Load Balancers
• IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager
• CloudWatch logging and alerting
• Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform
• Secure, scalable deployment and environment management
• CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release workflows

Experience & Profile

• Senior-level engineer or technical founder with end-to-end ownership experience
• Proven track record building or scaling production SaaS platforms
• Comfortable operating across architecture, hands-on coding, and strategic decisions
• Strong product intuition with an ability to translate abstract requirements into systems
• Experience working in early-stage or high-ownership environments
• Clear communicator capable of partnering closely with a non-technical founder

Nice to Have

• Prior experience as a founder, early CTO, or lead architect
• Background in search, recommendation systems, or decision engines
• Experience with regulated or sensitive data environments
• Familiarity with recruitment, HR tech, or workflow-driven SaaS platforms
• Experience building internal admin tools and operational dashboards

There will be a multi-stage interview process including theoretical case study and technical assessment. If you would like to find out more, please apply below.

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, age or other experiences.