Bjak - Chief Technology Officer

• Technical Direction • Technical Direction • Define the long-term architecture for A1’s AI systems, infrastructure, and developer platform • Evaluate trade-offs between speed of iteration and long-term system design • Ensure systems are designed for scalability, reliability, and long-term evolution • Guide key decisions across model integration, data pipelines, distributed systems, and product architecture • Engineering Leadership • Work with engineers to translate product direction into clear technical execution • Help structure engineering workstreams and keep teams aligned on priorities • Maintain high engineering standards while keeping the team focused on shipping • Establish engineering culture, development practices, and technical standards across the company • Building the Team • Building the Team • Build and scale a world-class engineering team across key talent hubs including China and US • Identify strong technical leaders and help build a high-quality engineering organization • Define hiring standards and interview processes to maintain a high engineering bar • Coordination and Execution • Work closely with product, research, and leadership teams • Ensure technical workstreams move forward smoothly across teams and locations • Help resolve cross-team technical and execution challenges • Strong technical foundation in system architecture, large-scale systems, distributed architecture. • Ability to reason clearly about complex systems and make pragmatic technical decisions • Experience building or leading high-performing engineering teams • Strong judgment on technical trade-offs and engineering priorities • Comfortable operating in early-stage environments with high ambiguity • Clear communication and ability to align teams • We are particularly interested in candidates who enjoy building teams, superior products and shaping engineering organisations. • How We Work • How We Work • We operate as a small, senior, hands-on team. Engineers own features end-to-end — from design discussion through production monitoring. • Code reviews and design reviews are expected for all meaningful changes. We discuss architecture openly, make decisions quickly, and ship frequently.