Chief Technology Officer

Future Engineering Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A disruptive AI start-up is seeking a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead their innovative crop intelligence platform. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping the technological strategy, mentoring teams, and ensuring deployment effectiveness, while aligning with a mission-driven focus on technology that benefits ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Proficient in deploying production-grade AI in edge environments (Jetson/NVIDIA).
• Experience leading AI projects from conception to field deployment.
• Detail-oriented, mission-aligned, willing to travel outside the UK.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve technical strategy across hardware and software.
• Lead and mentor the engineering team.
• Ensure reliability across embedded AI systems.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

OpenCV

ONNX

TorchScript/TensorRT

Job description

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

North Yorkshire / Remote

40,000- 60,000 (Increasing after funding round) + Equity + Package + 'IMMEDIATE START'

My client, a disruptive AI start-up, seeks a highly motivated CTO to join their team. Specialising in producing a cutting-edge crop intelligence platform that sees what others miss. They diagnose disease early, mapping yield with precision, and empowering growers in some of the world's most vital ecosystems. Their technology fuses multispectral imaging, causal AI, and satellite data to deliver actionable insights to farmers and supply chains alike.

With field trials in Latin America, blue-chip clients already onboard, and real-world impact in motion, They're ready to scale and they're looking for a Chief Technology Officer to take them there.
As CTO, you'll shape and lead the evolution of the platform from Jetson-based edge devices in tropical farms to scalable AI inference pipelines and global cloud infrastructure. This CTO role is a hands-on leadership role. You'll work closely with the founder and CEO to drive strategy and execution while also rolling up your sleeves when the system needs to stand up in the field.

Your role as CTO will include:

• Own and evolve the technical strategy across hardware and software
• Lead, grow, and mentor the engineering team
• Ensure reliability and performance across embedded AI systems and cloud platforms
• Oversee deployment of models (classification, object detection, causal inference)
• Partnering with: ESA, EO data providers, hardware partners, client field teams

The Successful CTO will have:

• Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, OpenCV, ONNX, TorchScript/TensorRT
• Experience deploying production-grade AI in edge environments (Jetson/NVIDIA)
• Comfortable leading projects from concept to field deployment
• Detail-oriented and execution-driven
• Mission-aligned: You care about technology that serves people and ecosystems
• Willingness to travel outside of UK - EMEA / LATAM

To discuss this opportunity in further detail please call James on (phone number removed).