Chief Technology Officer

Job Description

Job Description

Our client is looking for an exceptional CTO to lead technology, product architecture, and engineering execution for a new AI healthcare payments company.

This is a funded, early-stage venture built around a high-conviction thesis at the intersection of healthcare, payments, revenue cycle, and AI. The company is focused on improving complex financial workflows across the healthcare ecosystem, including provider-payer payment processes, claims workflows, revenue cycle operations, payment reconciliation, denials, and administrative automation.

They are looking for a hands-on technical leader who can build the product, architect the platform, recruit the early engineering team, and move quickly from MVP to scalable commercial product.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience building products from zero to one
• Former founder or early technical leadership experience (preferred)
• Structured technical training in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• Graduate of a top 10 school.
• Experience in top-tier engineering environments, high-growth startups, or complex technical organizations .
• Ability to personally build while also recruiting and leading an engineering team.
• Understanding of claims, payments, reimbursement workflows, financial operations, or other transaction-heavy regulated environments.
• Experience building AI-powered products, automation platforms, or intelligent workflow systems.
• Strong product instincts and comfort working with customers, commercial leaders, investors, and advisors.
• Interest or experience in healthcare, payments, fintech, revenue cycle, or healthcare infrastructure
• A strong bias toward action and comfort operating with ambiguity.
• Healthcare payments experience is strongly preferred.

JOB RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Own the technology vision, architecture, and engineering roadmap.
• Build and launch the initial product.
• Evaluate and select the technical stack.
• Design secure and scalable systems for healthcare payment workflows.
• Build AI-enabled workflow automation into the product from the beginning.
• Lead integrations with healthcare, claims, payment, billing, and data systems.
• Recruit and lead the early engineering team.
• Work directly with the CEO, investors, advisors, and early customers.
• Turn a validated thesis into a scalable commercial product and company.

JOB BENEFITS:

• Competitive base salary.
• 15–20% equity.
• Committed day-one capital.
• A focused healthcare AI thesis.
• Direct access to experienced operators, investors, advisors, and commercial resources.
• The ability to build a company with meaningful impact in healthcare.

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