CTO at A1, guiding AI system architecture and engineering leadership. Leading team building across global hubs for seamless product integration and execution.
Responsibilities
Define the long-term architecture for A1’s AI systems, infrastructure, and developer platform.
Evaluate trade-offs between speed of iteration and long-term system design.
Ensure systems are designed for scalability, reliability, and long-term evolution.
Guide key decisions across model integration, data pipelines, distributed systems, and product architecture.
Work with engineers to translate product direction into clear technical execution.
Help structure engineering workstreams and keep teams aligned on priorities.
Maintain high engineering standards while keeping the team focused on shipping.
Establish engineering culture, development practices, and technical standards across the company.
Build and scale a world-class engineering team across key talent hubs including China and US.
Identify strong technical leaders and help build a high-quality engineering organization.
Define hiring standards and interview processes to maintain a high engineering bar.
Ensure technical workstreams move forward smoothly across teams and locations.
Help resolve cross-team technical and execution challenges.
Requirements
Strong technical foundation in system architecture, large-scale systems, distributed architecture.
Ability to reason clearly about complex systems and make pragmatic technical decisions.
Experience building or leading high-performing engineering teams.
Strong judgment on technical trade-offs and engineering priorities.
Comfortable operating in early-stage environments with high ambiguity.
Clear communication and ability to align teams.
Benefits
We operate as a small, senior, hands-on team.
Engineers own features end-to-end — from design discussion through production monitoring.
Code reviews and design reviews are expected for all meaningful changes.
We discuss architecture openly, make decisions quickly, and ship frequently.
Interview process will be conducted via virtual meetings and/or onsite.
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