About Us

We’re building a next-generation career-transition platform designed for the jobs of the future.

We’re seeking a CTO / Technical Co-Founder who wants to build something meaningful from the ground up. This role is sweat-equity only in the early stages, with significant ownership potential.

The Opportunity

As the CTO / Co-Founder, you will:

  • Lead the end-to-end technical vision for an AI-powered recruitment and training ecosystem.
  • Architect and build the MVP platform: website, AI system, and backend infrastructure.
  • Shape the product roadmap, technical strategy, and future engineering team.
  • Work closely with the founder(s) to validate market demand, iterate product features, and prepare for investment rounds.
  • Build scalable technology that integrates AI

You will have full autonomy over the technical stack and core engineering decisions.

What You’ll Be Building

  • A modern, responsive, AI-powered career-transition website
  • User profiles and skill-based matching logic
  • Employer/training provider dashboards
  • Recommendation engine for jobs, courses, apprenticeships
  • Integrations with AI models for ranking, matching, and content generation
  • Clean UX/UI with a simple, modern interface for first-job seekers

Technical Skills & Experience

Core Engineering Skills

  • Strong full-stack development background
  • Experience shipping production-ready web applications
  • Experience designing clean UX/UI or collaborating with designers

Frontend (any modern stack)

  • React.js / Next.js
  • Vue.js or Svelte (optional)
  • HTML, CSS, Tailwind, TypeScript

Backend

  • Node.js, Python, or Go
  • REST APIs and/or GraphQL
  • Authentication systems (OAuth, JWT)
  • Database design & management (SQL or NoSQL)

AI & Machine Learning

  • Experience with LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama, etc.)
  • Knowledge of:
    • Fine-tuning or embedding-based retrieval
    • Recommender systems
    • Vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, or similar)
    • Prompt engineering & system design for LLM-driven features
  • Experience building:
    • Matching algorithms
    • Ranking models
    • Skill-based recommendation engines

DevOps / Infrastructure

  • Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, or DigitalOcean)
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Containerisation (Docker)
  • Scalability architecture for future growth

Who You Are

  • A builder with an entrepreneurial mindset
  • Excited by sweat-equity opportunities with long-term potential
  • Passionate about AI, education, skills training, and social impact
  • Comfortable working autonomously and creating structure from scratch
  • Eager to grow into a long-term leadership role with significant ownership

What We Offer

  • Co-founder equity
  • Full autonomy over the tech stack and architecture
  • A chance to build a product with the potential to become a major player in future-skills tech
  • A mission-driven role that directly impacts young people and career-switchers
  • Future salary after funding

How to Apply

If you’re excited about using AI to transform how people access the jobs of the future, let’s talk.

Apply with:

  • Your CV and background
  • Projects or products you’ve built / Portfolio
  • Why this mission matters to you

About Centre for the Future of Work

The Future of Work starts now.

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