Chief Technology Officer

Founding CTO | London (Hybrid) | £120k–£150k + Meaningful Equity They're building an agentic AI platform that automates complex, document-heavy operational workflows for large enterprises in a highly regulated sector. Their platform works on top of existing legacy systems rather than replacing them, and they're now moving from successful pilots into production deployments with some of the biggest names in their industry. The role This is a genuinely hands-on, founding-level leadership role. You'll own the technical direction and architecture, lead a small, high-calibre engineering team, and be the technical voice of the business in front of enterprise customers and investors. Expect a real split between building with the team and sitting in the room with senior customer stakeholders. What they're looking for

• Experience as a CTO, Head of Engineering or senior technical leader in an early-stage or high-growth start-up
• A track record of shipping and deploying software at scale in a regulated environment, such as financial services
• Javascript, Next.js, React, Tailwind, PostgreSQL
• Practical, hands-on expertise with LLMs and agentic systems, backed by strong (LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex or Ollama)
• Experience deploying into large enterprise environments, including security, compliance and integration work
• Strong communication skills and a low-ego, fast-moving approach Why it's worth a conversation
• A founding-level seat with meaningful equity
• Strong early traction with major enterprise customers
• A seasoned founding team with big-tech and successful start-up backgrounds
• Central role in an upcoming funding round Hybrid, London-based, three days a week in the office. If this sounds like you, or someone you know, message me directly for a confidential conversation at mmatysik@trg-uk.com