Entrepreneur in Residence - Technical Co-founder (CTO)
FutureSight · Chicago, IL · 1 wk ago
RemoteRemoteOTHR$100/hrFull-time
About the role
This is a co-founder partnership with founder-level equity and authority, not a salaried executive role. We are looking for someone who can take a vague problem, frame it clearly, design the right system, and turn it into something customers actually use and trust.
What you'll own
- Own problem framing, architecture, system design, and product judgment from day one, translating rough product intent into structure, context, and specs that both humans and AI systems can execute against
- Build — Use modern tools and frontier models to move fast without sacrificing quality or maintainability, designing agentic systems with first-principles thinking and knowing when orchestration adds genuine leverage versus when simplicity is the better call
- Customer & Market — Be the primary technical voice in early customer conversations, understanding real workflows and shaping the right product rather than just shipping quickly
- Traction Before Scale — Prove there is something worth scaling before thinking about scaling it, focusing on traction first and team-building second
- Capital — Contribute to fundraising, from investor conversations to due diligence
- Team — Recruit and grow a technical team when the time is right, and establish the cultural foundation of the company
Co-Founder Profile
- Proven track record of shipping AI products to real users under real-world constraints — not research, experiments, or prototypes
- Deep practical experience with frontier models, LLM-based systems, and agentic architectures, with strong system design instincts and a bias for simplicity and maintainability
- Rigorous about verification — feedback loops, evaluation, and systems that can be trusted
- Prior experience as a technical co-founder or early engineering leader, with fundraising experience a strong plus
- Founder at heart — energized by ambiguity, able to go far alone, and ready to commit fully
How to Apply
Please submit your resume, LinkedIn profile, and a brief note on why this venture aligns with your goals as a founder. We will move quickly for the right candidate.
FutureSight is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and experiences.