Founding CTO (£50k + Equity) at Rufio

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Job Title: Founding CTO (AI-Accelerated Builder)

Salary: £50k + Equity

Company Description: Rufio - Venture-backed pet-tech super-app

Job Description:
As the Founding CTO, you will lead the technical vision and execution for a comprehensive pet care ecosystem. You will manage a distributed engineering team to launch a high-impact pet owner platform by March 2026, followed by a professional marketplace. This is a hands-on leadership role combining strategic architecture with rapid, 0-to-1 product delivery.

Location: London, UK

Why this role is remarkable:

• Lead the technical birth of a "super-app" aiming to unify pet care—from records and routines to services—into a single digital ecosystem.

• Massive ownership and influence as a founding executive, shaping the engineering culture and product roadmap of a venture-backed startup.

• Work at the intersection of consumer tech and marketplace dynamics, building complex booking and payment systems from the ground up.

What you will do:

• Architect and ship the core pet owner platform and subsequent professional marketplace, ensuring scalable foundations and rapid feature deployment.

• Manage and mentor a fully distributed engineering team based in Venezuela, establishing high-performance delivery standards and reliable release cycles.

• Collaborate directly with the London-based CEO to translate business strategy into a robust technical roadmap and long-term platform health.

The ideal candidate:

• Bilingual leader fluent in English and Spanish with a proven track record of managing distributed technical teams in Latin America.

• Hands-on technical expert with experience in 0-to-1 consumer startup launches, specifically within mobile, web, or marketplace products.

• Pragmatic architect who excels at balancing rapid shipping of high-impact features with the management of technical debt in early-stage environments.

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