CTO - Redbolt AI

InforCapital, partnership; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Core Ventures is seeking a Founding CTO for Redbolt AI, a security and reliability layer for in-production AI systems. You will define the initial product vision, recruit and lead the engineering team, and ship core features while deepening open-source contributions.

Partner with a CEO to align product with business goals and customer needs. You should be a deep technical expert in LLM security or ML infrastructure, with a track record of leading teams or starting a company, and a strong

Qualifications

• Deep technical expert in LLM security, ML engineering, or adjacent infrastructure.
• Proven track record in staff/principal engineer roles or founding a venture.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ability to build from ground up.

Responsibilities

• Define initial product vision for Redbolt AI and its security layer.
• Build and lead the engineering team to accelerate product velocity.
• Develop commercial features and architecture decisions with long-term impact.
• Recruit engineers and partner with the CEO on go-to-market and fund-raising strategy.

Skills

LLM security

ML engineering

engineering leadership

open-source

Tools

Garak

NVIDIA OSS tools

Job description

LocationRemote, United States## About This RoleJob Application for CTO - Redbolt AI at Open Core VenturesRedbolt AI is the security and reliability layer for in-production AI systems. It’s the commercial open core evolution of NVIDIA's open source red-teaming framework, garak , and NeMo Guardrails . Redbolt builds on trusted open source technology and adds the security layer that empowers users to deploy AI at scale.We're looking for a Founding CTO to build Redbolt into an era-defining AI technology. As the founding CTO, you’ll define initial product vision, build commercial features and an engineering team to accelerate product velocity, get closer to customers, and deepen open-source contributions to NVIDIA's Garak.The market for AI security is early but moving fast. The risks of unguarded AI systems are well-known but the infrastructure to protect against these risks don’t really exist yet.Redbolt starts with a meaningful foundation: NVIDIA's open-source tools already have community traction and credibility. Your job is to turn that into a product and company that enterprises depend on.If you've been looking for the right moment to build something that matters, this is it.Building the foundation. You're writing code, shipping product, and making architectural decisions that will compound for years.Hiring the team. You'll recruit and lead the engineers who build Redbolt alongside you.Partner with a CEO. Once there's traction, OCV will lead a search for a co-founder CEO to partner with you - someone to own go-to-market, fundraising, and business operations while you own product and engineering. You'll be deeply involved in selecting that person.You're a deep technical expert in LLM security, ML engineering, or adjacent infrastructure. You understand how these systems fail and how to prevent them.You've operated at a high level technically: staff/principal engineer, engineering lead, or founded something yourself.You're entrepreneurial. You've been waiting for the right opportunity to build something from the ground up, with real support and resources behind you.You have conviction about the AI security space. You've thought about what needs to exist and have opinions about how to build it."As software has eaten the world, open source is eating software." — Peter LevineCommercial open source software companies have captured hundreds of billions in enterprise value—yet this represents only a fraction of the trillions delivered by OSS today. We're still in the early innings.GitLab co-founder and executive chair Sid Sijbrandij started Open Core Ventures (OCV) to accelerate this opportunity. We start companies around promising open source projects—the same approach that took GitLab from OSS project to IPO in seven years.We recruit founders and help them reach escape velocity. We’ve sta...