Bjak is hiring a Chief Technology Officer to join the founding team. You will be responsible for building the engineering organization from the ground up, defining the long-term technical architecture for AI systems, and scaling a world-class team.
What You'll Do
- Define the long-term architecture for AI systems, infrastructure, and developer platform.
- Evaluate trade-offs between speed of iteration and long-term system design.
- Ensure systems are designed for scalability, reliability, and long-term evolution.
- Guide key decisions across model integration, data pipelines, distributed systems, and product architecture.
- Work with engineers to translate product direction into clear technical execution.
- Help structure engineering workstreams and keep teams aligned on priorities.
- Maintain high engineering standards while keeping the team focused on shipping.
- Establish engineering culture, development practices, and technical standards across the company.
- Build and scale a world-class engineering team across key talent hubs including China and US.
- Identify strong technical leaders and help build a high-quality engineering organization.
- Define hiring standards and interview processes to maintain a high engineering bar.
- Work closely with product, research, and leadership teams.
- Ensure technical workstreams move forward smoothly across teams and locations.
- Help resolve cross-team technical and execution challenges.
What We're Looking For
- Strong technical foundation in system architecture, large-scale systems, and distributed architecture.
- Ability to reason clearly about complex systems and make pragmatic technical decisions.
- Experience building or leading high-performing engineering teams.
- Strong judgment on technical trade-offs and engineering priorities.
- Comfortable operating in early-stage environments with high ambiguity.
- Clear communication and ability to align teams.
Team & Environment
We operate as a small, senior, hands-on team. Engineers own features end-to-end — from design discussion through production monitoring. Code reviews and design reviews are expected for all meaningful changes. We discuss architecture openly, make decisions quickly, and ship frequently.
Work Mode
This is a global position.
