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# Chief Technology Officer

- **Company:** Stealth Startup
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Databases, Data Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Agentic-AI
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25304_59b80a00f068054389a960591e77a3ad

## About the Role

* 7+ years of professional technology experience, with significant experience in senior technical leadership.
 * Proven track record of building and scaling products from zero to one and one to many.
 * Experience as a CTO, VP Engineering, founding engineer, technical founder, or similar senior technical leadership role.
 * Strong software engineering and system architecture fundamentals.
 * Experience designing and building AI-powered products, AI agents, automation systems, or data-intensive applications.
 * Strong understanding of modern cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, APIs, databases, and software architecture.
 * Demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, and lead high-performing technical teams.
 * Strong product sense and the ability to connect technical decisions with business outcomes.
 * Comfortable being hands-on when necessary while also operating strategically at the executive level.
 * Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers, founders, investors, and non-technical stakeholders.
 * Strong ownership mentality, high agency, and the ability to thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments., The ideal candidate is a builder at heart who enjoys operating at the intersection of technology, product, and business.

You should be comfortable moving between a strategy discussion with founders, an architecture review with engineers, and hands-on technical problem-solving when needed.

You'll thrive in this role if you:

 * Think strategically but execute quickly.
 * Have strong technical depth and excellent product judgment.
 * Enjoy building teams and developing future technical leaders.
 * Are comfortable with ambiguity and changing priorities.
 * Have a strong bias toward action and ownership.
 * Can identify opportunities where technology and AI can create meaningful business advantages.
 * Enjoy building products and companies from the earliest stages through scale.

## Description

* Define and execute a unified technology strategy across the incubator and its portfolio companies.
 * Partner closely with founders on product strategy, technical architecture, technology roadmaps, and early-stage technical hiring.
 * Design and architect shared systems, data infrastructure, internal tools, and technology platforms used across operating companies.
 * Lead the development of AI agents, automation workflows, and vertical AI solutions for real-world businesses.
 * Translate business and customer needs into scalable technical solutions.
 * Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing cross-functional organization spanning Software Engineering, AI/ML, Data, and Product.
 * Establish engineering best practices around architecture, development, testing, deployment, security, and scalability.
 * Make high-impact technical decisions while balancing speed, quality, and long-term scalability.
 * Work directly with founders, operators, and leadership teams to identify opportunities where technology can create significant business leverage.
 * Help early-stage ventures move rapidly from prototype to production and scale., * Have significant influence over architecture, product direction, hiring, and engineering culture.
 * Work in an environment that combines venture building, technology, and hands-on company creation.
 * Help turn ambitious ideas into category-defining companies.