Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Role: Co-founder & CTO

Equity: 10% Non-Dilutable

Cash Compensation: $15,000/month ($180,000/year) — Triggers upon securing seed funding or reaching self-scaling profitability (whichever comes first).

Interim Stipend: $4,000/month bridge stipend (subject to runway or early revenue).

Location: Remote

About the Mission
We are building ISL to transform its market, and we need a world-class technical mind to prove our MVP model at scale. We are strictly looking for a Co-founder & CTO—we do not need a CEO or additional business executive; we need a builder, visionary, and partner who can own the product and engineering roadmap from day one.

Transparency: What Is Already Built
We believe in full transparency before you apply:

Core Architecture & Codebase: The baseline MVP framework is built, including [insert core tech stack, e.g., React/Node/Python backend, core database schema, primary API endpoints].

Current Stage: The core workflows and basic UX/UI logic are functional. We are transitioning from functional prototype to customer testing.

What Needs Building Next: Refining product performance, building robust data/integration pipelines, polishing the user interface, and scaling the infrastructure to handle pilot traffic.

Compensation & Equity Structure
We align incentives directly with real traction:

10% Non-Dilutable Equity: You receive a guaranteed 10% equity stake structured to remain non-dilutable through early financing rounds.

Fundraising & Compensation Model: Future salary payout ($180,000/year) is directly tied to measurable traction. We will fundraise or achieve self-sustainability based on real user activity and revenue metrics.

The Bridge: A $4,000/month bridge stipend is structured to support the role prior to full compensation unlocking via equity investment or organic cash flow.

Who You Are
Hands-on Engineer: You love writing clean code, architecting scalable systems, and shipping fast.

Data-Driven & Traction-Focused: You understand that technical decisions serve product metrics, customer adoption, and unit economics.

Resourceful Founder Mindset: You thrive in early-stage environments where speed, iteration, and pragmatism beat over-engineering.

Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end technical strategy, architecture, and execution of the ISL platform.

Polish and expand the existing MVP code to prepare for full-scale customer onboarding.

Establish DevOps, security practices, and continuous deployment pipelines.

Partner directly on customer feedback loops to iterate feature releases rapidly.

Participate as a key cofounder in investor and partner discussions as technical traction milestones are met.

Location: Remote - Anywhere

Skills required for this job:

• Chief technology officer
• Continuous deployment
• Data integration
• DevOps
• Scalable Systems
• Security
• Software development
• System architecture