Chief Technology Officer (AI)

TL;DR

Chief Technology Officer (AI): Leading the engineering organization and technical strategy for an AI-driven chat application with an accent on system architecture, model integration, and distributed systems. Focus on building a world-class engineering team, ensuring scalability and reliability of complex workflows, and shaping the long-term technical vision in an early-stage environment.

Location: Must be based in or able to commute to Palo Alto, California

Company

hirify.global is an AI startup building a proactive chat application designed for real-world task completion and persistent, reliable context.

What you will do

• Define long-term architecture for AI systems, infrastructure, and developer platforms.
• Guide technical decisions regarding model integration, data pipelines, and product architecture.
• Build and scale a global engineering organization across talent hubs in the US and China.
• Establish engineering culture, hiring standards, and development practices.
• Align engineering workstreams with product and research goals.
• Resolve complex cross-team technical execution challenges.

Requirements

• Strong foundation in system architecture, large-scale systems, and distributed architecture.
• Proven experience building or leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Ability to reason clearly about complex systems and make pragmatic technical trade-offs.
• Comfortable operating in early-stage environments with high ambiguity.
• Strong judgment on engineering priorities and technical direction.
• Clear communication skills and ability to align diverse teams.

Culture & Benefits

• High talent density, hands-on environment.
• Collective decision-making process.
• Rapid execution and learning-focused culture.
• Opportunity to shape a founding technical team from the ground up.

Hiring process

• Evaluation by technical team members.
• 3 to 4 interviews conducted via virtual meetings or onsite.
• Emphasis on transparency and prompt decision-making.