Lavendo - Founding CTO – AI Legal Tech (SF Bay Area)
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Requirements
• Must-Haves: • 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3–5+ years in technical leadership • Deeply hands-on — you still write and ship production code regularly • Proven experience building AI-native, workflow-heavy, or document-centric SaaS products • Proficiency with modern AI/ML stacks: LLMs, RAG, and agentic frameworks (LangChain/LangGraph, OpenAI/Claude APIs) • Strong backend and cloud infrastructure expertise (GCP/AWS, Python, Node.js, Kubernetes) • Experience building engineering teams in a 0→1 environment • Based in the SF Bay Area or willing to relocate • Financially comfortable with a founder salary model during the build phase — equity is the upside • Nice-to-Haves: • Exposure to legal tech, compliance-heavy, or regulated-industry products • Experience with document automation platforms • Prior founding experience or early employee (1–50 person company) • Background at Big Tech or high-growth SaaS • Genuine interest in access to justice and modernizing legal services • Key Success Drivers • Key Success Drivers • Builder-first — you ship fast, don't wait for perfect conditions, and take pride in what you launch • Builder-first • Full ownership — you treat the product and team like they're yours, because they will be • Full ownership • Systems thinker — you design for agentic workflows and automation, not just feature lists • Systems thinker • Ambiguity-tolerant — you thrive in 0→1 environments without a defined playbook • Ambiguity-tolerant • Mission-aligned — you're genuinely excited about AI's role in transforming legal services • Mission-aligned • Speed over perfection — you iterate fast, learn faster, and course-correct in real time • Speed over perfection
Responsibilities
• Own and define end-to-end technical architecture of the platform • Write and ship production code daily alongside the founding team • Architect and scale AI agent infrastructure for legal workflows — billing, financial layers, document automation, collections, and client collaboration • Build and scale the engineering team from scratch — hiring, mentoring, and establishing culture • Partner with founders on product roadmap, fundraising narrative, and company strategy • Ensure security, compliance, and scalability of a document-heavy, regulated-industry platform • Drive rapid iteration cycles and maintain startup velocity through seed close and beyond
Benefits
• 7-10% founder-level equity — significantly above market, reflecting a true founding relationship • Base salary: ~$4,000/month during the pre-seed phase, with a clear normalization trigger post-seed close • Upside is entirely equity-driven, structured for long-term wealth creation • What Makes This Rare: • Co-founder title and seat — not a VP/Director scope with imposed constraints • Real product traction and paying customers before you join • Seed round in progress: $XM already signed • Recognized by TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield and Stanford CodeX FutureLaw • Greenfield opportunity to define the technical foundation of a category-creating company • Interviewing Process • Level 1 — Technical Deep-Dive • Level 2 — Take-Home or Live Build Exercise • Level 3 — In-Person Co-Founder Day (half day, SF) • Reference Checks + Offer • We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
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