CTO Technical Cofounder (Poste de cofondateur)

About the role

AI is moving from “assistants” to “teammates.” The next wave of companies won’t just use AI; they’ll build products where AI does meaningful work every day. That shift is happening fast, and it’s creating a rare window to build something category-defining.

SwarmForge AI is building AI coworkers that teams can actually rely on. Not a chatbot. Not a demo. A real digital teammate that can take work off your plate and deliver outcomes. If you want to build at the frontier, move fast, and turn cutting-edge tech into a product people depend on, you’ll enjoy this.

This is not an advisory role. You will build, hands-on.

What you will own

• Technical direction and execution: architecture decisions, stack evolution, engineering standards
• Agent reliability system: evaluation harness, regression prevention, error/failure taxonomy, monitoring/logging
• Production discipline: CI/CD, testing strategy, safe releases, incident readiness
• Platform foundations to scale: multi-tenant fundamentals, security posture, cost/latency controls
• Hiring plan and technical culture post-funding (you don’t need to hire now, but you set the bar)

Must-have requirements (non-negotiable)

• Hands-on builder with a track record of shipping and maintaining production systems
• Real agentic AI experience beyond prompting: A) tools/function calling, orchestration/state, reliability work, B) evals/regression control + operational monitoring, C) clear understanding of failure modes and how to contain them
• High-agency startup operator: fast, calm under pressure, accountable, low ego
• Uses AI aggressively in day-to-day engineering with quality controls (tests, review discipline, measurable outcomes)
• Equity-first now; no salary until funding. Able to commit ~3 hours/day now (or equivalent).

Preferred (negotiable)

• Deep SaaS architecture experience (multi-tenant at scale, security depth, billing/entitlements)
• Prior founder/CTO experience
• Strong product sense (translates outcomes into technical milestones)

Compensation

• Cofounder-level equity (vesting-based; depends on fit and commitment). For exceptional fit and commitment, equity can be up to ~30%.
• No salary until pre-seed; salary starts after funding.

Not a fit if

• You require a salary immediately
• You want an advisory/mentor role
• You’re not hands-on in code today