Founding Engineer & CTO
About WealthyMinds AI
WealthyMinds AI is an early-stage startup on a mission to transform wealth management through artificial intelligence. We are building AI-native products that empower financial advisors, RIAs, TAMPs, and private banks to serve their clients with unprecedented intelligence and efficiency.
Backed by investors who believe in the intersection of AI and financial services, we are assembling a founding team of exceptional builders who want to shape the future of an industry managing trillions of dollars in assets.
The Role
We are looking for a Founding Engineer & CTO to be the technical cornerstone of WealthyMinds AI. This is not a management-only role. You will write code, architect systems, and build the team around you. As a co-builder from day one, you will have an outsized impact on the product, the culture, and the company's trajectory.
You will report directly to the CEO and work closely with the founding team to translate our product vision into scalable, production-grade AI systems.
What You Will Do
• Define and own the end-to-end technical architecture for WealthyMinds AI's platform, from data pipelines to LLM orchestration to client-facing applications.
• Build and ship production AI/ML systems, including Gen AI features powered by large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic workflows.
• Establish engineering best practices, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and infrastructure-as-code from the ground up.
• Recruit, hire, and mentor the founding engineering team, fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
• Partner with the CEO and product leads to set the technology roadmap and make build-vs-buy decisions.
• Ensure security, compliance, and data privacy standards appropriate for the financial services industry (SOC 2, encryption, audit trails).
• Evaluate and integrate third-party APIs, data providers, and cloud services to accelerate time-to-market.
• Represent the company's technical vision to investors, partners, and prospective hires.
What We Are Looking For
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or staff-level technical leadership role.
• Deep hands-on experience with modern AI/ML stacks: LLMs (GPT-4, Claude, open-source models), vector databases, embeddings, fine-tuning, and prompt engineering.
• Strong backend engineering skills in Python, TypeScript, or Go, with production experience in cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Proven ability to take products from zero to one: you have built and shipped software that real users depend on.
• Experience hiring and leading engineering teams of 5+ people, with a track record of attracting top talent.
• Excellent communication skills: you can articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and investors.
• A bias toward action, intellectual curiosity, and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-moving startup environment.
Nice to Have
• Domain experience in wealth management, financial planning, asset management, or fintech.
• Familiarity with financial data standards (FIX, custodial feeds, portfolio accounting systems).
• Prior founding or C-level experience at a venture-backed startup.
• Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects or published research.
• Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms serving enterprise clients.
What We Offer
Meaningful Equity
Significant founding equity stake reflecting your role as a technical co-builder.
Competitive Salary
Competitive base salary commensurate with experience and Bay Area cost of living.
Benefits & Wellness
Health, dental, and vision insurance. Flexible PTO and a culture that values work-life balance.
Growth & Impact
Shape the technical DNA of a company from the ground floor. Direct access to leadership and investors.
How to Apply
If you are excited about building AI-powered products that will redefine wealth management, we want to hear from you. Send your resume, a brief note on why this role excites you, and any relevant links (GitHub, portfolio, publications) to our founding team.
Email: careers@wealthyminds.ai
WealthyMinds AI is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.