Co-Founding CTO — Build AI Lab & LMS for K-12 (Equity)

skillzy; Denver (CO); In loco; USD 85.000 - 100.000; Tempo pieno

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Equity: 10–15% founder equity

Descrizione del lavoro

Skillzy is seeking a Co-Founder & CTO to architect and ship the AI Lab MVP and grow it into a multi-tenant LMS for K-12 and beyond. This equity-based role offers 10–15% founder equity and the opportunity to lead the engineering culture from day one in Denver.

You will design the LLM layer, build classroom-scale lab environments, ensure FERPA/COPPA/privacy readiness, and drive technical due diligence with VCs while hiring our first engineers and setting the long‑term tech vision.

Competenze

• 8+ years in software, with at least one product shipped 0-to-1
• Hands-on full-stack depth on AWS; you can write production code in week one
• Real experience building with LLMs: RAG, agents, evals, cost control
• Strong security and privacy instincts
• Able to work equity-first for 12–18 months
• Bonus: EdTech/LMS experience, CTF or sandbox platforms, a past VC-backed startup

Mansioni

• Architect and ship the AI Lab MVP, then grow it into a multi-tenant LMS
• Design our LLM layer: tutoring agents, auto-generated challenges, adaptive difficulty, age-appropriate guardrails
• Build sandboxed, auto-reset lab environments at classroom scale and classroom budget
• Make privacy a feature: FERPA, COPPA, state student-privacy laws, SOC 2 readiness, WCAG 2.1 AA
• Integrate with Google Classroom, Clever, ClassLink, LTI 1.3 and SSO
• Hire and lead our first engineers and set the engineering culture
• Pitch alongside me to VCs and own technical due diligence

Descrizione del lavoro

Skillzy is seeking a Co-Founder & CTO to architect and ship the AI Lab MVP and grow it into a multi-tenant LMS for K-12 and beyond. This equity-based role offers 10–15% founder equity and the opportunity to lead the engineering culture from day one in Denver.

You will design the LLM layer, build classroom-scale lab environments, ensure FERPA/COPPA/privacy readiness, and drive technical due diligence with VCs while hiring our first engineers and setting the long‑term tech vision.