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CTO – AI-First Engineering
Location
Europe
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$10K - $15K / month
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
CTO – AI-First Engineering
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• Take end-to-end technical ownership of the mobile application, web platform, backend services, and infrastructure. • Review the existing architecture, codebase, engineering processes, and technical risks. • Design and implement an AI-first software development workflow. • Introduce effective practices for AI-assisted development, code review, automated testing, documentation, and quality control. • Ensure that AI-generated and AI-assisted code meets production standards for maintainability, security, reliability, and performance. • Manage the relationship with the current outsourced engineering agency. • Help the agency adapt to the new development model or recommend a different team structure where necessary. • Define the appropriate balance between AI agents, internal engineers, and external development partners. • Improve automated test coverage and release confidence. • Establish engineering standards, technical governance, and automated quality gates. • Ensure predictable deployments, production stability, monitoring, and incident prevention. • Contribute directly to architecture, technical problem-solving, code review, and implementation when required.
Job Requirements
- Strong experience as a hands-on CTO, Head of Engineering, Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, Engineering Lead, or senior Technical Lead.
- A strong software engineering background and the ability to review production code and architecture in depth.
- Recent hands-on involvement in software development, architecture, or technical delivery.
- Practical and systematic experience with AI-assisted software development and coding agents.
- A clear understanding of where AI can increase engineering productivity and where human review and technical controls remain essential.
- Experience building or operating web, mobile, or subscription-based products.
- Familiarity with modern JavaScript or TypeScript ecosystems, ideally including React, React Native, Node.js, or comparable technologies.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, monitoring, and automated testing.
- Experience working with outsourced, distributed, or external engineering teams.
- Ability to assess an existing engineering setup and make pragmatic decisions about architecture, team structure, tooling, and delivery processes.
- Professional English sufficient for regular communication with the founders and external partners.
- A high level of ownership and comfort operating without a predefined engineering playbook.
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