Quotacom
Founding Engineer / CTO
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Founding Engineer / CTO
Founding Engineer / CTO – AI & Industry Intelligence (Substantial Equity Stake)
Location: Global / Remote (with international travel) Engagement: Flexible Part-Time to Full-Time (Tiered Arrangement)
The Opportunity: Ground Zero
Are you an elite backend engineer who's tired of building someone else's dream? Are you seeking true ownership, a seat at the co-founding table, and a multi-year journey to disrupt a massive, opaque global industry?
We’ve partnered with a disruptive pre-seed intelligence platform that will bring transparency, AI-driven decision-making, and automation to an industry ripe for revolution. The foundational MVP is built. The vision is clear—but we need a technical co-founder to:
- Harden the architecture
- Scale the product
- Co-lead the company through upcoming funding rounds
This isn’t a traditional corporate CTO role. For the first 12–16 months, you’ll be the sole technical powerhouse, writing code and architecting the backend. Later, you’ll transition into leadership—hiring and directing your own high-performing engineering team.
What You Will Do
- Architect & Build: Own the backend from the ground up using Python and FastAPI. You’ll design infrastructure, data pipelines, and API architecture.
- AI Integration: Craft and implement the core AI/ML features that power the platform’s intelligence layer.
- Scale & Drive: Collaborate directly with the founder to evolve the MVP into a hardened, enterprise-ready product ready for public release.
- Investor Relations: Be the technical face of the company—key to investor conversations and funding rounds.
- Build the Team: From months 16–24, scale, hire, and mentor your future engineering team.
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Technical Profile Required
We want a finisher—someone who ships high-quality production code, not just an abstract planner. Ideal candidates will have:
✅ Python & Backend Mastery
- Proven REST API and microservices expertise using FastAPI and Python
- Experience building at scale
✅ AI/ML Implementation
- Hands-on experience with LLMs, data pipelines, and data-heavy product features
✅ Cloud Architecture
- Production-level experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure in hosting, deployment, and cost management
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✅ Database Expertise
- Strong grasp of relational and NoSQL databases, optimised for high-performance, large-scale workloads
✅ Startup DNA
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment with minimal oversight
🔹 Advantageous Extras
- Experience with data-heavy industry intelligence platforms
- Frontend skills (React) or previous technical co-founder experience
Who You Are
- Highly entrepreneurial, committed to a multi-year commitment—not an 18-month exit strategy.
- Direct, transparent, and ego-free—focused on the team’s success, not personal credit.
- Willing to travel internationally (early rollout in the UK, followed by the US and Western Europe).
How to Apply
📩 Apply directly via LinkedIn with a copy of your up-to-date CV.
Important Note
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