SnapLens - Founding CTO Opportunity

ATHENA TEAM CLEANING SERVICES PTE. LTD.; Singapore; Remote; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering visual commerce platform is seeking a Founding CTO to drive technical vision and product architecture. This is a co-founder position requiring hands-on commitment and expertise in AI/ML, computer vision, and full-stack product development. The ideal candidate will have experience in building scalable systems and leading tech teams, motivated by the challenge of defining a global platform. Exceptional foreign candidates may receive relocation assistance.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with advanced object detection and segmentation models.
• Ability to build scalable image search engines and deploy AI solutions.
• Experience with GDPR and privacy-by-design practices.

Responsibilities

• Drive SnapLens’s technical vision and product architecture.
• Build and scale the technical team from the ground up.
• Deliver strong technical and business impact from day one.

Skills

Computer Vision & Deep Learning

Visual Search Systems

AI/ML Platform Engineering

Full Stack Product Development

E-Commerce Integration

Data, Security, and Privacy

Job description

Location: Singapore (Remote considered for outstanding candidates)
Compensation: Significant founder equity; salary commences with funding/milestones
Commitment: Full-time, early-stage co-founder; sweat equity (no salary at inception)

About SnapLens

SnapLens is building a global visual commerce platform—transforming every image into an instant, multi-merchant shopping opportunity. We’re pioneering a new standard for how the world buys, discovers, and monetizes products through visual content, reaching well beyond today’s social or e-commerce apps.

The Role

We’re searching for a Founding CTO ready to fully own and drive SnapLens’s technical vision and product architecture from day one. This is a true co-founder position demanding deep commitment, relentless execution, and personal investment for substantial long-term equity. Early on, there is no guaranteed salary; your success is tied to the technical and business impact you deliver.

Core Technical Skills Required

Computer Vision & Deep Learning:

• Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art object detection and multi-object segmentation (YOLO family, Mask RCNN, EfficientDet, Detectron2, segmentation models)
• Model training, fine-tuning, and optimization for accuracy and inference speed
• Understanding of data annotation, active learning, and model validation

Visual Search Systems:

• Building scalable product/image search engines using image embeddings, similarity search (FAISS/Annoy)
• Scene parsing (detecting multiple products in a single image and matching each to live catalogs)

AI/ML Platform Engineering:

• Deploying and maintaining AI on both cloud and mobile/edge environments
• ML pipeline design, CI/CD for AI, versioning, and performance monitoring

Full Stack Product Development:

• Web/mobile (iOS/Android) application development; integration of AI inference endpoints
• RESTful API/websocket design and integration with external merchant/affiliate APIs
• Experience with scalable architectures, authentication, and analytics

E-Commerce Integration:

• Ingesting/cataloging millions of SKUs from external sources (marketplaces, brand feeds, Shopify, etc.)
• Designing robust, real-time product ingestion, management, and matching APIs

Data, Security, and Privacy:

• Experience with GDPR, PDPA, and strong privacy-by-design practices for user and product data
• Secure payment redirection and basic fraud protection principles

Bonus:

• Prior startup, MVP, or zero-to-one build experience
• Familiarity with creator/affiliate systems or analytics dashboards
• Experience hiring and leading high-performing tech teams

Additional Qualities

• Builder’s mindset: Proven history of building, shipping, and iterating products hands-on, under constraints.
• Ownership mentality: Willing to work intensively (pre-salary) to create both technical and company value.
• Team builder: Ready to recruit, manage, and motivate a world-class engineering organization.
• Candor and adaptability: Comfort with direct feedback, fast pivots, and ambiguity.
• Mission alignment: Motivated by the challenge of defining and scaling a global platform, not just a job or prestige.

Accommodations Provided:
We welcome applications from both Singaporeans and foreign candidates. For exceptional foreign hires, SnapLens can assist with relocation and provide support for housing/accommodation needs. If you’re relocating to Singapore, we’ll help you get settled so you can focus on building with the team. Local candidates are just as welcome, if housing or transition support is needed for you, let us know and we’ll discuss available arrangements.

To Apply

Please share:

• Specific links/examples of platforms, AI/ML systems, or computer vision applications you’ve built or led
• Your role and key contributions for each project
• The most difficult technical or team challenge you’ve solved, and what you learned
• Why a sweat equity, co-founder role at SnapLens appeals to you

Contact: [e-mail]

SnapLens is for founders ready to shape the future of global commerce, those who see beyond limitations and are prepared for the ownership, resilience, and drive a landmark startup demands. If you’re energized by high stakes and real impact, let’s connect.