1) Company Description
We are an early-stage AI-driven SaaS company building a platform that analyzes complex PDF documents and generates structured, decision-ready reports. The product combines LLMs, document processing, and payment-gated workflows. We are currently in active development and are preparing for deployment, stabilization, and scale.
2) Role Description
We are looking for a Founding / Hands-On CTO (Part-Time initially) to take ownership of the technical direction during a critical phase of the product.
This role is focused on reviewing existing developer work, guiding architecture decisions, and supporting deployment to production. The engagement will remain part-time until the product is fully deployed, stable, and running reliably in production, with the possibility of evolving into a longer-term CTO role if aligned.
Key responsibilities include:
- Reviewing and auditing existing backend, frontend, and AI-related development work
- Challenging architecture, security, and scalability decisions
- Supporting and overseeing deployment to production and post-deployment stability
- Owning backend architecture, APIs, and authentication flows
- Overseeing AI / LLM integrations with cost and reliability controls
- Reviewing PDF ingestion, OCR, and document analysis pipelines
- Owning payments, entitlements, and access-gating logic
- Ensuring secure cloud infrastructure, logging, and monitoring
- Acting as the final technical authority until the product is production-ready and stable
3) Qualifications
Required:
- Strong hands-on experience with backend development (Node.js or Python)
- Proven experience shipping SaaS products to production
- Experience integrating LLMs / AI APIs in real-world applications
- Solid experience with Stripe payments and webhook handling
- Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Comfortable reviewing, correcting, and guiding contractor-built systems
- Product-focused mindset with strong delivery ownership
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience with document-heavy systems (PDF processing, OCR, parsing)
- Early-stage startup or founding experience
- Exposure to investor or due-diligence technical reviews
