About the role
AI is moving from "assistants" to "teammates." The next wave of companies won't just use AI; they'll build products where AI does meaningful work every day. That shift is happening fast, and it's creating a rare window to build something category-defining. SwarmForge AI is building AI coworkers that teams can actually rely on. Not a chatbot. Not a demo. A real digital teammate that can take work off your plate and deliver outcomes. If you want to build at the frontier, move fast, and turn cutting-edge tech into a product people depend on, you'll enjoy this. This is not an advisory role. You will build, hands-on.
What you will own
* Technical direction and execution: architecture decisions, stack evolution, engineering standards
* Agent reliability system: evaluation harness, regression prevention, error/failure taxonomy, monitoring/logging
* Production discipline: CI/CD, testing strategy, safe releases, incident readiness
* Platform foundations to scale: multi-tenant fundamentals, security posture, cost/latency controls
* Hiring plan and technical culture post-funding (you don't need to hire now, but you set the bar)
Must-have requirements (non-negotiable)
* Hands-on builder with a track record of shipping and maintaining production systems
* Real agentic AI experience beyond prompting:
o A) tools/function calling, orchestration/state, reliability work
o B) evals/regression control + operational monitoring
o C) clear understanding of failure modes and how to contain them
* High-agency startup operator: fast, calm under pressure, accountable, low ego
* Uses AI aggressively in day-to-day engineering with quality controls (tests, review discipline, measurable outcomes)
* Equity-first now; no salary until funding. Able to commit ~3 hours/day now (or equivalent).
Preferred (negotiable)
* Deep SaaS architecture experience (multi-tenant at scale, security depth, billing/entitlements)
* Prior founder/CTO experience
* Strong product sense (translates outcomes into technical milestones)
Compensation
Cofounder-level equity (vesting-based; depends on fit and commitment). For exceptional fit and commitment, equity can be up to ~30%. No salary until pre-seed; salary starts after funding.
Not a fit
Not a fit if you require a salary immediately, you want an advisory/mentor role, or you are not hands-on in code today.
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