FOUND · 1 week ago
Chief Technology Officer
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
10+ years expFOUND is seeking a Builder-CTO, a deeply hands-on technical leader responsible for designing systems, writing and reviewing production code, and scaling platforms. This role involves owning the full technical stack and partnering closely with executive and product leadership on roadmap and execution.
Staffing & Recruiting
Hiring Manager
Franchesca Mueller
Responsibilities
Architect a scalable, fault-tolerant platform for ingesting and processing high-volume, real-time data
Design event-driven and batch data pipelines for modeling, analytics, and reporting
Own backend system design including APIs, services, and internal tooling
Define data models and storage strategies using relational databases and complementary data stores as needed
Ensure correctness, performance, reliability, and observability across distributed systems
Write, review, and maintain production code across backend and frontend systems
Set engineering standards for modern, type-safe backend services and component-based web interfaces
Lead architectural reviews, refactors, and technical debt reduction initiatives
Establish testing strategies (unit, integration, load) and CI/CD pipelines
Own cloud architecture and production deployments
Design scalable infrastructure for ingestion, processing, analytics, and reporting workloads
Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and cost-optimization strategies
Ensure security best practices, data privacy, and access controls across systems
Build and evolve data modeling and analytics pipelines
Ensure data accuracy, reproducibility, and trust across internal and external reporting
Support internal dashboards and customer-facing analytics surfaces
Partner with business teams to translate raw data into meaningful, decision-ready metrics
Build and lead a small, high-leverage engineering team
Hire senior engineers capable of owning large system components end-to-end
Mentor engineers through code reviews, design sessions, and architecture planning
Balance speed and quality in an early-stage environment
Create lightweight processes that enable rapid iteration without sacrificing reliability
Translate business requirements into technical architecture and execution plans
Partner with Product, Sales, and Operations to support enterprise customers, integrations, and reporting needs
Contribute to company-level strategy, technical due diligence, and investor conversations
Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions and third-party integrations
Qualification
Required
10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time building and scaling production systems
Prior experience as a technical founder, CTO, or senior engineering leader in a startup or high-growth environment
Deep expertise in modern backend and web architectures
Strong systems design experience (APIs, services, data pipelines)
Advanced knowledge of relational databases and data modeling
Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems
Strong understanding of analytics, performance optimization, and reliability
Proven ability to stay hands-on while leading teams and making architectural decisions
Preferred
Experience with real-time data ingestion or data-intensive platforms
Background in advertising, marketplaces, or analytics-driven products
Experience scaling platforms from MVP to enterprise-grade systems
Familiarity with privacy, compliance, and enterprise data requirements
Company
FOUND
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2-10 employees
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