Co-Founding CTO
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 24, 2026. Clera scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the Role
This is a co-founder role at a pre-seed AI-powered smart home intelligence platform, where you will own the full technical vision and architecture. You will work at the intersection of IoT, cloud, and AI/ML to build systems that help properties detect anomalies, optimize energy, and manage connected devices. Your decisions will shape the product and engineering culture from the ground up.
What You'll Do
Own and evolve the end-to-end technical architecture across IoT, cloud, and AI/ML layers.
Lead and grow the engineering team, including hiring and mentoring engineers.
Drive the technical side of the product roadmap, balancing innovation with practical execution.
Write production code and solve critical technical problems hands-on alongside your team.
Represent the technical vision to investors, partners, and external stakeholders.
What We're Looking For
10+ years of experience in software engineering or technical leadership, with 3+ years in senior technical leadership roles.
Proven 0-to-1 startup experience as a co-founder or early CTO, not a purely large-company background.
Strong IoT and embedded systems background with hands-on product shipping experience.
Cloud architecture expertise, ideally on AWS, with demonstrated ability to design and deploy scalable systems.
AI/ML product experience applied to real-world, production systems.
Experience building and leading an engineering team from scratch.
Hands-on coder who actively writes production code, not purely a manager.
Hardware and software crossover experience, with an understanding of embedded and software systems integration.
Familiarity with smart home, building tech, or energy management domains is a plus.
German or Spanish language skills are a plus.
Comfortable working with a stack that includes React, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Raspberry Pi, and IoT platforms.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range: 60,000 to 100,000 EUR annually, discussed case by case.
Co-founding equity up to 5% via an earn-in structure.
Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
This is a primarily on-site role based in Munich, Germany, with connections to Mallorca, Spain. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to the primary location.