Tech Lead — Latency-Critical AI Voice Platform

Leaping AI; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 250.000 - 350.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Leaping AI in San Francisco seeks a hands-on CTO to lead an engineering team building voice and SMS AI agents for home-improvement customers. You will review code, shape the architecture, and mentor a small team while delivering performant systems.

The role emphasizes latency under 1 second for millions of monthly calls, hiring 10+ engineers next year, and collaborating closely with founders to align tech with business goals.

Qualifikationen

• Led a team of 4+ engineers at a fast-growing startup.
• Owns architecture and system bottlenecks, improves delivery.
• Mentors engineers and sets engineering processes.
• Aligns engineering work with business goals.

Aufgaben

• Lead the engineering team, review code, own team output.
• Make architectural decisions for latency-critical distributed system.
• Set up engineering best practices and processes, mentoring.
• Task prioritization to support business objectives.
• Contribute to the codebase yourself (20-30% time).
• Hire >10 engineers over the next 12 months.

Kenntnisse

People leadership

Architectural design

Latency optimization

Code reviews

Mentoring

Strategic planning

Tools

Python

Next.js

Postgres

Azure

Inngest

Twilio

Telnyx

Jobbeschreibung

Leaping AI in San Francisco seeks a hands-on CTO to lead an engineering team building voice and SMS AI agents for home-improvement customers. You will review code, shape the architecture, and mentor a small team while delivering performant systems.

The role emphasizes latency under 1 second for millions of monthly calls, hiring 10+ engineers next year, and collaborating closely with founders to align tech with business goals.