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Founding CTO ($250K–$400K + Equity) at a $2B Agentic AI Company
A $2B Agentic AI company is hiring a Founding CTO in Seoul, South Korea, with a salary of $350K plus equity. The company has raised $286M in total funding and has a B2B customer-service AI agent platform deployed across enterprises in 30+ countries. The Founding CTO will work directly with the European HQ's C-level to design and build the Asia market from the ground up. This role is the closest thing to founding, with the leadership mandate to match. The company is looking for someone to lead the technical side of sales, act as a hands-on engineering lead, and build and lead a high-performing technical team. The ideal candidate has 7-8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, a proven track record in pre-sales, solution architecture, or complex technical implementations, and strong leadership DNA. The role offers a unique opportunity to build an entire country's business from the ground up, with a global Top-tier compensation package and a next-gen unicorn founding-member equity package. The company values flexibility, with flexible remote work and world-class wellness benefits. Responsibilities - Lead the technical side of sales: join early-stage conversations, present demos, and guide architecture and security discussions. - Act as hands-on engineering lead — shipping code, building integrations, and setting high quality standards. - Build and lead a high-performing technical team across engineering, integration, and pre-sales. - Drive customer integrations end to end, from scoping to deployment of AI agents, ensuring production accuracy. - Gather customer feedback, localize the product, and represent regional needs directly to the global Product team. - Serve as the local technical point of contact, building partnerships and handling escalations. Requirements & Qualifications - 7–8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience. - Proven track record in pre-sales, solution architecture, or complex technical implementations. - Customer-facing background in roles like Field CTO, Solutions Architect, or Deployed Engineer. - Strong leadership DNA, ideally with experience at Director, VP, or Founder level. - Excellent English (written and spoken) plus fluency in Korean. - Comfortable operating independently in a zero-to-one environment. Benefits - Global Top-tier compensation plus a next-gen unicorn founding-member equity package. - Global stage: Korea-based, with regular exchange with the European global HQ and direct collaboration with C-level. - Flexible remote work and world-class wellness benefits. - A rare scale-up experience: opening an entire market at the frontier of enterprise AI adoption. 2. Have a casual conversation with Harper and tell them where you are now and what kind of opportunity you're looking for next. 3. Based on the real context Harper extracts from that conversation, if you're analyzed to be a perfect fit for this position, Harper will recommend you to the client company right away. However, since the source explicitly states that applications must go through Harper, the correct final step is: Click the Apply button below to submit your application is not correct in this case. Instead: Talk to Harper to start the application process.