CTO (Co-founder)

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - Co-Founder

📍 New York, NY (On-site)

💰 Compensation: $141,000 – $150,000 + Equity

📈 Experience Required: 10+ Years

🎓 Education: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

About the Opportunity

We are supporting a funded early-stage startup building an AI-powered platform focused on transforming healthcare payment and revenue-cycle operations.

The company is developing intelligent solutions that automate complex healthcare financial workflows, improve operational efficiency, streamline payment processes, and deliver greater visibility across healthcare payment ecosystems.

This is a hands-on CTO Co-Founder opportunity for an entrepreneurial technology leader who can architect, build, and scale products from the ground up while establishing and leading a high-performing engineering organization.

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What You'll Do

• Define and execute the company's technology vision and engineering strategy
• Architect and build the initial product platform from concept to market
• Design scalable, secure, and reliable software systems
• Lead development of AI-enabled workflow automation capabilities
• Evaluate and select technology stack, infrastructure, and development practices
• Build integrations across healthcare, billing, claims, payment, and financial systems
• Recruit, mentor, and lead the engineering team
• Collaborate closely with leadership, investors, advisors, and customers
• Drive product execution from MVP through commercial scale

Preferred Areas of Experience

Experience in one or more of the following domains is highly desirable:

• Healthcare Technology
• Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)
• Claims Processing
• Healthcare Payments
• FinTech
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
• Workflow Automation
• Enterprise SaaS
• Data Infrastructure
• Healthcare Interoperability

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• Proven experience building products from zero-to-one
• Strong expertise in software architecture and system design
• Experience leading engineering teams and technical initiatives
• Ability to remain hands-on while managing technical strategy
• Strong product mindset and customer-focused approach
• Experience building scalable cloud-native applications
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous founder, co-founder, founding engineer, or early-stage startup experience
• Experience in high-growth technology environments
• Background in regulated, transaction-heavy, or data-intensive industries
• Experience developing AI-powered products or intelligent automation platforms
• Experience hiring and scaling engineering organizations

Ideal Candidate Profile

This role is best suited for candidates currently working as:

• CTO
• VP Engineering
• Head of Engineering
• Director of Engineering
• Founding Engineer
• Principal Engineer
• Technical Co-Founder

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with founder-level ownership, urgency, and execution capability.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

• No Visa Sponsorship Available
• No Relocation Assistance Available