Founding CTO (£50k + Equity) at Rufio

Job Title

Founding CTO (AI-Accelerated Builder)

Salary

£50k + Equity

Company Description

Rufio - Venture-backed pet-tech super-app

Job Description

As the Founding CTO, you will lead the technical vision and execution for a comprehensive pet care ecosystem. You will manage a distributed engineering team to launch a high-impact pet owner platform by March 2026, followed by a professional marketplace. This is a hands on leadership role combining strategic architecture with rapid, 0 to 1 product delivery.

Location

London, UK

Why this role is remarkable

• Lead the technical birth of a "super app" aiming to unify pet care-from records and routines to services-into a single digital ecosystem.
• Massive ownership and influence as a founding executive, shaping the engineering culture and product roadmap of a venture backed startup.
• Work at the intersection of consumer tech and marketplace dynamics, building complex booking and payment systems from the ground up.

What you will do

• Architect and ship the core pet owner platform and subsequent professional marketplace, ensuring scalable foundations and rapid feature deployment.
• Manage and mentor a fully distributed engineering team based in Venezuela, establishing high performance delivery standards and reliable release cycles.
• Collaborate directly with the London based CEO to translate business strategy into a robust technical roadmap and long term platform health.

The ideal candidate

• Bilingual leader fluent in English and Spanish with a proven track record of managing distributed technical teams in Latin America.
• Hands on technical expert with experience in 0 to 1 consumer startup launches, specifically within mobile, web, or marketplace products.
• Pragmatic architect who excels at balancing rapid shipping of high impact features with the management of technical debt in early stage environments.