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BloomLex

Technical Co-founder (CTO) - AI Legal Front Desk

RemoteUnited States only
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Engineering Management
Experience
C-Level
Company size
Startup
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Technical co-founder/CTO to own product and engineering for an AI legal front desk venture. Needs production experience with LLM-powered voice systems, applied LLMs, real-time conversational AI, telephony, observability, secure multi-tenant SaaS, and reliability in trust-sensitive environments.

Core skills

LLMReal-time voiceConversational AI

Required skills

TelephonyHuman-in-the-loop workflowsObservabilitySecure multi-tenant SaaS

Optional skills

Self-hosted custom models

What you'll do

  • Write the first lines of production code, set the technical direction, and lead execution end-to-end.
  • Harden Ava's voice and workflow systems for in-production reliability.
  • Establish core architecture, observability, and audit-trail standards.
  • Build the internal infrastructure that lets the team configure, monitor, and optimize AI performance without scaling engineering headcount.
  • Own the trade-offs between AI quality and cost-per-call, and lock in unit economics within the $499/month pricing model.
  • Represent the company in front of lawyers, partners, and investors as the technical voice of the venture.
  • Convert pilots into paying customers, expand the AI staff beyond the front desk, and begin a path toward custom and self-hosted models where legal and privacy requirements demand it.
  • Recruit and lead the founding engineering team, and establish the cultural foundation of the company.

What they require

  • Shipped LLM-powered and voice systems into production environments where incorrect outputs carried real consequences.
  • Full-stack confidence across applied LLMs, real-time voice and conversational AI, telephony, human-in-the-loop workflows, observability, and secure multi-tenant SaaS.
  • Well-formed convictions about reliability engineering, edge-case management, and the trade-offs between AI quality and cost-per-call.
  • Experience building managed and service-heavy platforms, with the discipline to scale delivery without scaling engineering headcount.
  • Prepared to operate as a principal — including saying "this won't scale" or "this isn't ready" when the integrity of the product requires it.
  • Preferred: prior founder or early-stage technical leadership experience.
  • Preferred: background in legal tech, healthcare, or another trust-sensitive vertical.
  • Preferred: capability to self-host custom models to meet legal and privacy needs.
  • Please submit your resume, LinkedIn profile, and a brief note on why this venture aligns with your goals as a founder.

Benefits

  • Founder-level equity.
  • Founder-level authority with co-decision rights on product, technology, hiring, fundraising, and strategy.
  • A genuine partnership with the CEO on every material decision.

BloomLex is a managed AI staffing platform that delivers AI workers as fully-set-up hires — trained, monitored, and continuously improved by our team.

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