About PSL Startup Studio and Venture Fund:
PSL is a startup studio and venture fund, based in Seattle, WA. Over the last decade, PSL has spun out 42 venture-backed technology companies. PSL’s team consists of both investors and builders, including AI engineers (many of whom are former CTOs of startups) and AI designers, who collectively act as a "Swiss army knife" for startup creation. The firm's core value lies in quickly validating new ideas, building world-class teams around them, funding them, and leveraging its network in the Seattle region to support growth. PSL also has a corporate innovation program where they co-create ventures with corporate partners that our studio founders often uniquely benefit from.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a dynamic CTO to lead NewCo from its nascent stage to a thriving, venture-backed company. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of workflows by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence. The CTO will be responsible for building the team and contributing code. You will work closely with the CEO and team at PSL, leveraging their deep experience in building and scaling AI-focused technology companies.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a thought leader and strategy driver for the company in tandem with the CEO
- Work with customers, business, development, design, and brokerage teams to understand and influence product vision and requirements
- Develop and own all technical aspects of StealthCo’s strategy
- Translate our strategy into an achievable roadmap and action plan
- Help assess the specific skills and qualities needed for a world-class engineering team and the task at hand
- Lead by example by being hands-on and actively involved in the development process, including the ability and willingness to write and review production-level code as needed
- Budget for, hire and manage a team of developers
- Act as a champion for our inclusive values and as a source of mentorship and growth
- Provide management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
- Cultivate a sense of customer empathy to continue building an exceptional product
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
- 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience (including LLM prompting, production SAAS products, distributed cloud services, and exposure to machine learning).
- Experience in the following is a plus:
- AI engineering
- Generative AI product development experience
- Context engineering e.g. retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Familiarity with the current AI foundation model landscape
- AI Vision models
- Multi-modal data extraction & enrichment
- 5+ years of team management experience
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Ability and experience scaling a company
Top Skills
What We Do
Pioneer Square Labs is a Seattle-based studio that creates and launches technology startups. We are funded by 14 VCs and 50 angel investors from Seattle, Silicon Valley, Colorado and other parts of the country.
Companies created:
- LumaTax (http://lumatax.com) allows small business owners to file their sales tax with ease.
- Ad Lightning (http://adlightning.com) has a complete set of Ad Quality tools to save time, improve page performance and eliminate costly user experience problems for Publishers and Ad Platforms.
- JetClosing (http://jetclosing.com) uses technology to create a better, more human, real estate title and settlement experience.
- Boundless (http://boundless.com) is a new technology company providing immigrants with the tools, information, and personalized support to navigate their immigration journey with confidence.
