Chief Technology Officer

Summary

Join Caring.ai, a venture-backed healthtech startup, as their Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead all technical strategy and execution. You will guide product development across voice agent infrastructure, applied NLP stack, and clinician-facing platforms. As a hands-on leader, you will scale early prototypes into production-ready systems, build and manage a high-performing technical team, and shape the company roadmap. The role involves overseeing internal and external development resources, collaborating with various stakeholders, and supporting grant applications and investor diligence. You will own and evolve Caring.ai’s technical architecture across voice, NLP, and web platforms, and lead the development of their voice-based cognitive screener and care manager copilot. This is a ground-floor opportunity to lead engineering at a category-defining company.

Requirements

• 7+ years of full-stack engineering experience, including 3+ years in a leadership or founding engineer role
• Proven experience applying NLP or LLMs in real-world products (e.g., intent classification, summarization, emotion detection)
• Experience building and scaling HIPAA-compliant cloud platforms (AWS or GCP preferred)
• Proficiency with modern development tools and stacks (e.g., Python, Node.js, MongoDB, Next.js)
• Experience working with speech technologies, voice agents, or conversational AI
• Strong architecture and systems thinking — ability to balance speed, scale, and maintainability
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with non-technical stakeholders
• Passion for healthcare innovation and improving the lives of dementia patients and caregivers

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Caring.ai’s technical architecture across voice, NLP, and web platforms
• Lead the development of our voice-based cognitive screener and care manager copilot
• Build and optimize NLP pipelines to: Extract cognitive assessment content from natural speech; Analyze sentiment and mood from conversations; Generate narrative care plans aligned with DSM-5 domains
• Ensure HIPAA compliance and security best practices across all systems and data
• Oversee internal and external development resources, including hiring and team management
• Collaborate with the CEO, care team, and advisors on product vision, clinical integration, and go-to-market strategy
• Support grant applications and investor diligence with technical documentation and planning

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DSM-5, cognitive scoring frameworks, or CPT billing codes (96116, 96132, CCM)
• Prior experience building clinician-facing diagnostic or care planning tools
• Previous startup or venture studio involvement
• Experience applying AI to healthcare operations or workflows

Benefits

• Competitive founding-level equity
• Flexible early-stage cash compensation, ramping with milestones and funding
• Opportunity to shape a mission-driven product from the ground up
• Remote-first team with flexible work hours