Founding CTO (Equity) at silque

**This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers.** She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. **Job Title** Founding CTO **Salary** Not Disclosed Equity **Company Description** silque is a London-based startup building the infrastructure for the next phase of the creator economy, moving brands from manual spreadsheets to long-term community software. Co-founded by a former Prosus growth investor and a premier talent manager, silque already counts high-profile UK brands and Kylie Jenner's K2O among its early partners. **Job Description** As Founding CTO at silque, you will own the entire technical landscape from architecture to scaling the engineering team. Partnering with founders from elite finance and talent management backgrounds, you'll build the software replacing manual workflows in the creator economy. This is a genuine co-founder role with significant equity and strategic influence from day one. **Location** London, UK **Why this role is remarkable** * Join as a genuine co-founder with significant equity and a seat at the top table, shaping company strategy from the ground up alongside experienced commercial founders. * Benefit from incredible early traction with an MVP already in use by leading UK consumer brands and celebrity labels like Kylie Jenner's K2O. * Build the infrastructure for a fundamental shift in marketing, moving a multi-billion dollar industry from manual spreadsheets to a scalable community-driven software platform. **What You Will Do** * Take full ownership of the technical architecture and end-to-end product development, evolving the existing MVP into a robust, scalable platform. * Recruit, lead, and mentor a world-class engineering team as the company scales following its upcoming September funding round. * Drive the technical roadmap and collaborate closely with co-founders to align product features with the needs of high-profile creators and global brands. **The ideal candidate** * Holds a strong Computer Science degree from a top-tier institution like Imperial, Oxford, Cambridge, or an equivalent global university. * Proven experience shipping production systems at scale, ideally having led zero-to-one initiatives at big tech firms like Google or high-growth startups. * Possesses the entrepreneurial drive to build from zero, comfortable operating with autonomy in a pre-raise environment for meaningful long-term ownership. **Who are Jack \& Jill?** Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. **How does this work?** * Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you. * Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network. * If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives. **We never post fake jobs** This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.