Founding CTO — Build Scalable Tech & Team

Huzzle; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Significant equity stake

Work onsite

True ownership over product

Collaboration with founders and investors

Opportunity to build and lead a world-class engineering organization

Job summary

A pioneering startup in San Francisco is seeking a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) / Founding Engineer to lead the technical strategy, architecture, and execution from zero to scale. This rare opportunity involves shaping the product and engineering organization, collaborating with founders and investors, and building an exceptional engineering team. Candidates should have 6–10+ years of software engineering experience, proven startup success, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of experience in software engineering with leadership experience.
• Proven track record of building and scaling products in startup environments.
• Strong full-stack expertise with the ability to remain hands-on when needed.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the company’s technical vision, architecture, and roadmap.
• Build and scale the engineering team, including hiring and mentoring top talent.
• Ensure scalability, security, and reliability of all systems.

Skills

Software engineering

Leadership

Full-stack expertise

System architecture

Cloud infrastructure

Excellent communication

Tools

TypeScript

JavaScript

React

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Docker

Job description

A pioneering startup in San Francisco is seeking a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) / Founding Engineer to lead the technical strategy, architecture, and execution from zero to scale. This rare opportunity involves shaping the product and engineering organization, collaborating with founders and investors, and building an exceptional engineering team. Candidates should have 6–10+ years of software engineering experience, proven startup success, and strong communication skills.