Founding CTO | OHO Group
About this role
Back to Job Search Founding CTO Reference: GG-59 Location London, UK Salary £100-200k Contract Type Permanent Work Arrangement In-Office (Full-Time) Skill Requirements CTO Roles Senior Leadership Roles AI Engineer Software Engineering Founding CTO | Stealth AI Start-Up | London Founding CTO required to join a stealth mode AI start-up building a next-generation platform for one of the world's largest and most operationally complex industries. Led by experienced founders, the business is at an early stage with a clear vision, significant ambition, and the opportunity to build a genuine category-defining product from the ground up. The platform combines AI, automation, knowledge management, and compliance workflows to solve problems that have historically been difficult to address with traditional software. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced technical leader who still enjoys building. You'll own technology strategy, architecture, AI systems, product development, and engineering execution from day one, helping shape both the platform and the company itself. You are: An experienced software engineer with approximately 10 years of experience building and delivering complex software products A hands-on technical leader capable of owning architecture, product delivery, and engineering execution end-to-end Experienced building AI-powered applications and production-grade AI systems Strong in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), knowledge retrieval systems, vector databases, and LLM application development Comfortable operating in highly ambiguous, fast-moving start-up environments where priorities evolve quickly Motivated by ownership, autonomy, and the challenge of building something from first principles Bonus points: Experience building compliance-focused RAG systems or AI products operating within regulated environments Experience within construction, construction technology, property technology, or adjacent industries Why join: Become the founding technical leader of a stealth mode AI venture from the earliest stage Significant influence over technology, product, hiring, and long-term company strategy Meaningful equity participation alongside a highly committed founding team Build a modern AI-native platform from scratch without legacy technology constraints Work on challenging problems spanning AI, automation, compliance, workflow orchestration, and knowledge systems Recruit and build a world-class engineering function as the company scales If you're a hands-on engineering leader who enjoys combining deep technical execution with company-building, and want to play a defining role in creating a venture from the ground up, I'd be interested in speaking with you. Founding CTO | Stealth AI Start-Up | London Apply Now Please fill in the form below to apply for this job. Apply Now Share this job Get in touch Guy Gabriel LinkedIn Email Profile Get in touch. oho connects the future to your hands. Let us know what we can do for you.
What this role is, and what else it is called
Employers in London advertise this kind of work as Engineering Manager, IT Manager, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Engineering too, so it is worth searching more than one wording. It is a head-of or director level IT Leadership & Management role in London, advertised as on-site.
About hiring at Oho
Oho has 4 other live technology roles on its careers page, across Software Engineering, IT Leadership & Management and QA & Software Testing. Of those, 0% are advertised as fully remote and 60% as hybrid. Where Oho states a salary, the median advertised ceiling is £125,000 across 4 roles. Elsewhere in its adverts Oho asks for Python, Java, JavaScript, Selenium and Cypress. We have been observing Oho hiring technology staff since June 2026. See all Oho roles, salaries and stack.
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