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.

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