Technical Co-founder – CTO, AI Legal Front Desk

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Technical co-founder building BloomLex’s managed AI legal front-desk platform. Owning production reliability, RaaS infrastructure, unit economics, roadmap, and founding engineering team.

Posted 8/4/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and optimizing AI systems, with a focus on reliability engineering, observability, and cost management. Proven ability to lead technical teams and navigate trust-sensitive environments such as legal tech and healthcare.

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LLM-Powered SystemsVoice And Conversational AIReliability EngineeringTechnical LeadershipCustom Model Self-Hosting

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Hard Skills

Full-Stack DevelopmentReal-Time Voice SystemsObservability StandardsAI Quality ManagementCost-Per-Call OptimizationHuman-In-The-Loop WorkflowsSecure Multi-Tenant SaaSEdge-Case ManagementManaged PlatformsService-Heavy Platforms

Soft Skills

LeadershipCultural Foundation EstablishmentStakeholder Representation

Industry Keywords

Legal TechHealthcareTrust-Sensitive VerticalAI Performance OptimizationEngineering Headcount Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Harden Ava's voice and workflow systems for in-production reliability
Establish core architecture, observability, and audit-trail standards
Build internal infrastructure for configuring, monitoring, and optimizing AI performance without scaling engineering headcount
Own trade-offs between AI quality and cost-per-call within the $499/month pricing model
Represent the company to lawyers, partners, and investors as the technical voice of the venture
Convert pilots into paying customers
Expand AI staff beyond the front desk
Begin a path toward custom and self-hosted models where legal and privacy requirements demand it
Recruit and lead the founding engineering team
Establish the company's cultural foundation

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 AI quality versus cost-per-call trade-offs
Experience building managed and service-heavy platforms while scaling delivery without scaling engineering headcount
Prepared to operate as a principal and challenge scalability or product readiness when integrity requires it
Prior founder or early-stage technical leadership experience strongly preferred
Background in legal tech, healthcare, or another trust-sensitive vertical strongly preferred
Capability to self-host custom models to meet legal and privacy needs strongly preferred
Submit a resume, LinkedIn profile, and brief note explaining alignment with the venture as a founder

Benefits

Comp & perks

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