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# Chief Technology Officer

- **Company:** RIFT TECH LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Radio-Frequency Identification, Signal Processing, Software Engineering
- **Published:** July 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b25141cad7e1305f

## About the Role

A technical co-founder who is genuinely comfortable across both software and hardware - this is a rare combination, but it's exactly what the problem demands:

 * Strong software engineering background with real AI/ML experience (from research through to production systems)
 * Hardware fluency across sensors, RF systems, and motion/tracking technologies
 * Experience in aviation, UAV/drone systems, or related aerospace fields is a strong plus
 * Comfortable operating at the systems level - where perception, signal processing, and physical hardware all have to work together
 * Founder mentality: ownership, resourcefulness, and the ability to move fast without sacrificing rigor

## Description

* A true co-founder role - equity and salary
 * Initial funding already secured
 * Patented core technology as a defensible foundation
 * Existing commercial relationships with UAV manufacturers
 * Established relationships within government
 * The chance to build the technical foundation of the company from a position of real traction, not from zero


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