kuerion
Acting CTO & Technical Partner
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Acting CTO & Technical Partner
Location
London, UK / Hybrid
Company
Kuerion Ltd
Role Status
Equity-First CTO / Executive Technical Partner Track
Remuneration
Equity-only until the first institutional funding round; base salary thereafter
Right to Work
Unrestricted UK right to work required; visa sponsorship is not available.
About Kuerion & The DNA
Kuerion is an ambitious B2B platform built to replace slow commercial discovery, disjointed collaboration, and rigid contract execution between enterprise entities. Moving beyond traditional back-office tools, kuerion provides a modern network to connect, streamline, and organize global business relationships — fundamentally transforming how transactions between organizations are executed.
The founder has comprehensively defined kuerion's long-term vision and B2B market strategy, alongside a technical architecture blueprint, platform ecosystem and process specifications, a defined design system, and an established brand identity.
The kuerion DNA: If you are driven to challenge the status quo, transform global industries, and build an extraordinary tech company from zero to one; if you are an out-of-the-box thinker who combines big-picture strategic ambition with disciplined, hands-on technical execution — you belong here.
The Partnership & Technical Leadership
Kuerion is seeking its technical counterpart and technical partner. This is an invitation for a senior technologist to shape the platform architecture from the ground up, lead hands-on development, and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Founder across both technical and commercial domains.
Core Responsibilities & System Architecture
- Foundational Architecture & Build: Personally architect, build, and deploy kuerion’s core platform architecture. Ensure foundational components — including dynamic database schemas, secure multi-tenant data isolation, collaborative workspaces, and scalable intelligence engines — are designed for high-performance scale.
- Co-Creator Mindset & Technical Ownership: Partner directly with the Founder as a true co-creator to own the technical product roadmap, continuously driving innovation and expanding kuerion’s ecosystem capabilities.
- Hands-On Code & Future Engineering Leadership: Possess the deep engineering mastery to write pristine, scalable code today, combined with the executive presence and authority to recruit, vet, and manage an elite engineering organization post-funding.
- Strategic Roadmap Design: Translate an expansive market vision into an elegant, un-bloated technical roadmap — knowing exactly what to prioritize for initial deployment versus what to architect for future expansion.
- Investor & Commercial Presence: Function as one of the two core faces of the business. Co-author technical whitepapers and actively participate in venture capital fundraising pitches, translating technical architecture and proprietary moats into compelling investor narratives.
- Security & System Integrity: Embed zero-trust enterprise data isolation, high-throughput performance, and robust API connectivity into the platform’s underlying DNA.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Candidate Profile
This role is explicitly structured for a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Lead System Architect, or Engineering Lead capable of combining raw engineering execution with commercial maturity:
- Architectural Pedigree: Proven track record of architecting complex web platforms, multi-tenant B2B systems, or real-time collaborative applications using modern ecosystems (e.g., React/Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js/Python/Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, cloud infrastructure).
- Venture Drive & Hands-On Focus: The personal bandwidth and determination to invest intensive sweat equity into building a high-impact enterprise platform, with full comfort rolling up your sleeves for direct technical build work during Year 1.
- Commercial Acumen: An executive mindset that articulates complex technical vision clearly — both conceptually and visually — to investors, enterprise clients, and future team members.
- Domain Awareness: Conceptual understanding of the RFx domain, enterprise procurement, or B2B commercial marketplaces is advantageous, but secondary to exceptional engineering leadership.
- Values & Personal Alignment: Uncompromising personal integrity, high ethical standards, and a commitment to trust and mutual respect. An executive technical partnership requires deep chemistry, shared principles, and strategic trust.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Compensation & Partnership Structure (Unpaid Pre-Funding / Equity-First)
Kuerion is operating prior to outside institutional capital, so there is no base salary initially. That being said, this is an Equity-First Track designed for a partner who wants true Executive Technical ownership from Day 1.
- Equity Allocation: The incoming technical partner will receive a meaningful partner-level ordinary-share equity stake, granted in full on Day 1, ensuring true alignment rather than options or phantom equity.
- Protection & Vesting: These shares are held under a formal share restriction and vesting agreement. Rather than standard time-based vesting, shares vest in discrete tranches tied to clear, externally verifiable milestones — spanning key platform delivery and financing stages — with customary leaver provisions protecting both parties and the company's long-term value.
- Remuneration Transition: A base salary will commence upon the closing of the company's first institutional financing round, scaling in defined stages with each subsequent round towards full executive-level compensation.
- Acting CTO Partner Evolution: The position initiates as Acting CTO & Technical Partner to allow both sides a structured, mutual evaluation period under real startup conditions. Evolution into permanent CTO status and formal Board representation is tied directly to shared operational alignment, platform execution, and milestone delivery.
- Working Model: This is a hybrid role with a strong in-person component. Given the close founder–CTO partnership at this stage, candidates should be based in or within easy reach of London. An initial period of predominantly in-person work is expected to support onboarding and knowledge transfer, with the flexibility to evolve thereafter.
(Note: kuerion is operating in partial stealth. Architectural documentation and detailed product mechanics will be shared selectively under NDA as candidate discussions progress.)
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Location