Emergent builds autonomous coding agents that replace traditional software development by generating, testing, and deploying production applications directly from plain-language intent. Our systems run in production at global scale and are used to build millions of real applications.
Since public launch, Emergent has crossed $100M in ARR and grown to over 10M users across 190+ countries. We're backed by Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Google, Lightspeed, Prosus, Together, and Y Combinator.
We're solving the hard part of AI-driven software creation: correctness, reliability, security, and scale in real production systems. The team is built by repeat founders, Olympiad medalists, IIT & IIM alumni, and leaders from Google, Amazon, and Dropbox.
We're hiring builders who want ownership, speed, and impact at global scale.
The Role
This is not a traditional finance role. As CFO, you will work directly with the founders and leadership team to shape company strategy, capital allocation, fundraising, operational planning, and long-term value creation. You will help build the financial and operational foundation for a company operating at exceptional scale and speed, answering some of the most important questions facing the business: how to invest capital to maximize long-term growth, how to scale from $100M ARR to billions in revenue, how AI infrastructure economics evolve over time, and what a public-company-ready operating system looks like. Also, scope of the role will be aligned as per the interview feedback and overall fitment.
What You'll Own:
- Partner directly with the founders on company strategy and long-range planning, leading company-wide financial planning, forecasting, and resource allocation.
- Develop frameworks for evaluating investments across product, infrastructure, growth, and enterprise, and help drive key decisions around pricing, monetization, and expansion.
- Lead future financing activities across venture capital, growth equity, strategic capital, and debt, building relationships with investors, financial institutions, and strategic partners.
- Partner closely with the founders on board management and investor communications, and help prepare the company for eventual public market readiness.
- Own forecasting, KPI management, and operating reviews across the company, partnering with Product and Engineering on infrastructure investment decisions.
- Develop frameworks around model costs, compute efficiency, gross margins, and capital efficiency.
- Build and scale a world-class finance organization, overseeing accounting, tax, treasury, audit, compliance, and risk management.
- Establish systems, controls, and processes capable of supporting global scale.
What We're Looking For:
- Experience helping scale a technology company from roughly $100M revenue toward $500M+ revenue.
- Proven success leading fundraising and investor relationships.
- Strong background in strategic finance, capital allocation, and business operations.
- Exceptional communication and executive presence.
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- High ownership, strong judgment, and deep curiosity about technology.
Nice to Have:
- AI, developer tools, infrastructure software, cloud, or SaaS experience.
- Background in investment banking, growth equity, venture capital, or corporate development.
- Experience preparing a company for IPO or large-scale liquidity events.
- Experience working closely with founder-led organizations.
Why Join Us:
- Help shape the strategy, economics, and long-term trajectory of a company defining a new category of software.
- Build a generational technology company from hypergrowth to global scale.
- Work directly with founders and leadership at the center of the shift from human-written to AI-generated software.
- Real ownership, meaningful equity, and global impact.
Compensation and Benefits:
- Competitive salary and performance incentives
- Meaningful equity ownership
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k)
- Unlimited Paid Time Off: take the time you need to recharge and come back refreshed
- Flexible Working Hours: work arrangements that fit your life and commitments
Let's build the future of software together.
Skills Required
- Experience scaling a technology company from roughly $100M toward $500M+ revenue
- Proven success leading fundraising and investor relationships
- Strong background in strategic finance, capital allocation, and business operations
- Experience building and scaling finance functions: accounting, tax, treasury, audit, compliance, risk management
- Exceptional communication and executive presence
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
- High ownership, strong judgment, and deep curiosity about technology
- AI, developer tools, infrastructure software, cloud, or SaaS experience
- Background in investment banking, growth equity, venture capital, or corporate development
- Experience preparing a company for IPO or large-scale liquidity events
- Experience working closely with founder-led organizations
What We Do
Backed by Lightspeed, Y Combinator, Together Fund, and Prosus, Emergent is reimagining how software gets built. Our vision is to democratize development, enabling anyone with an idea to become a creator and making software accessible to a billion people worldwide. Our autonomous coding agents turn plain-language ideas into fully functional applications, tested, version-controlled, and deployable in minutes. What once took weeks now happens with a single click. Enterprises use Emergent to write, maintain, and test millions of lines of code autonomously, cutting development cycles from months to days. Headquartered in San Francisco, we’re led by repeat entrepreneurs with a proven track record of building successful startups, joined by a world-class team of Olympiad medalists, IIT & IIM alumni, and veterans from Google, Amazon, and Dropbox. Together, we’re building at the frontier of AI and systems engineering—shipping daily and setting new standards for AI-driven development. In just 90 days, we scaled to $15M ARR, making us one of the fastest-growing AI startups in the world, with users across 180+ countries. Join us in shaping the future of software development.
