Founding CTO / Head of Engineering at AI Startup (backed by a16z Speedrun, pre-seed) (Palo Alto)

SUN is an AI audio-learning app. A GenAI alternative to Audible and podcasts. We turn any topic, book, or idea into a high-quality audio course, with real-time Q&A while listening.

We just got into the a16z Speedrun SR006 program (0.5% acceptance rate), kicking off this January in San Francisco.

Were now looking for a Founding CTO, a Staff / Principal-level AI Engineer. Someone who is positive, slightly delusional (in the best founder way), a high-performer with high integrity, and genuinely smart.

If thats you, youll feel at home here.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and ship code daily across AI, web, mobile, and infra
• Lead and mentor team engineers
• Design and optimize our AI system : quality, speed, cost, evals, context, TTS, conversational agents
• Own the entire technical roadmap from 01 and beyond
• Recruit, hire, and build the early engineering team
• Establish engineering culture, velocity, and standards from day one
• Help define the DNA of the company

Qualifications

What we offer

If youre a Silicon Valley experienced AI Engineer who codes daily, ships, and dreams big, lets talk.