About the Role
This is a co-founder-level CTO role at an early-stage startup building an AI-powered smart home intelligence platform. You will own the full technical vision, from IoT and embedded systems through to cloud and AI/ML layers, and your decisions will directly shape how connected properties detect anomalies, optimize energy, and manage their systems at scale.
What You'll Do
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Own and evolve the end-to-end technical architecture across IoT, cloud, and AI/ML layers.
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Build and grow the engineering team, including hiring and mentoring engineers from the ground up.
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Drive the technical side of the product roadmap, balancing innovation with practical execution.
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Write production code and solve critical technical problems hands-on alongside your team.
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Represent the technical vision to investors, partners, and other key stakeholders.
What We're Looking For
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10+ years of experience in software engineering or technical leadership, with 3+ years in senior technical leadership roles.
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Proven 0-to-1 startup experience as a co-founder or early CTO, not a big-company-only background.
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Strong IoT and embedded systems background with hands-on experience shipping IoT products or systems.
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Hardware and software crossover experience, with solid understanding of embedded and software systems integration.
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Cloud architecture expertise, AWS preferred, with a track record of designing and deploying scalable systems.
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AI/ML product experience applied to real-world, production environments.
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Hands-on coding ability; you actively write production code, not purely a manager.
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Experience with technologies such as React, Docker, Kubernetes, Raspberry Pi, and IoT platforms.
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Domain knowledge in smart home, building tech, or energy management is a strong plus.
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German or Spanish language proficiency is a plus.
Compensation & Benefits
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Salary range: 60,000 to 100,000 EUR annually, discussed case by case.
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Co-founding equity up to 5% via an earn-in structure.
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Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
This is a primarily on-site role based in Mallorca, Spain, with strong ties to Munich, Germany. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to Mallorca.
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