Technical Co-founder – CTO, AI Staffing Platform for Law Firms

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop the initial lines of production code, define the technical vision, and oversee execution from start to finish.

• Strengthen the reliability of Ava's voice and workflow systems for production use. Set key architecture, observability, and audit-trail standards.

• Create the internal framework that enables the team to configure, monitor, and enhance AI performance without increasing engineering headcount.

• Manage the balance between AI quality and cost-per-call, while ensuring unit economics align with the $499/month pricing structure.

• Serve as the technical representative of the company in discussions with lawyers, partners, and investors.

• Transform pilot programs into paying clients, broaden the AI capabilities beyond front desk operations, and initiate a transition towards custom and self-hosted models to address legal and privacy needs.

• Recruit and guide the founding engineering team, establishing the cultural foundations of the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in deploying LLM-powered and voice systems in production settings where incorrect outputs had significant consequences.

• Proficient in full-stack development encompassing applied LLMs, real-time voice and conversational AI, telephony, human-in-the-loop workflows, observability, and secure multi-tenant SaaS.

• Strong beliefs about reliability engineering, managing edge cases, and understanding trade-offs between AI quality and cost-per-call.

• History of building managed and service-intensive platforms, demonstrating the ability to scale delivery without increasing engineering personnel.

• Willing to operate as a principal — including voicing concerns such as "this won't scale" or "this isn't ready" when product integrity is at stake.

• Strongly preferred: prior experience as a founder or in early-stage technical leadership; background in legal tech, healthcare, or other trust-sensitive fields; ability to self-host custom models to fulfill legal and privacy requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package.

• Flexible working hours and remote work options.

• Opportunity to shape the future of AI and impact various industries.

• Supportive and innovative work environment.