Technical Co-founder – CTO, AI Legal Front Desk

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

Posted 8/4/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 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 establish foundational architecture in trust-sensitive environments.

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Full-Stack ExpertiseLLM-Powered SystemsReliability EngineeringTechnical LeadershipCustom Model Self-Hosting

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Hard Skills

LLM-Powered SystemsVoice SystemsReal-Time Conversational AIObservabilitySecure Multi-Tenant SaaSEdge-Case ManagementAI Quality ManagementManaged PlatformsService-Heavy PlatformsCost-Per-Call Trade-Offs

Soft Skills

LeadershipCultural Foundation EstablishmentCommunication

Tools & Technologies

AI Performance MonitoringInfrastructure Configuration

Industry Keywords

Legal TechHealthcareTrust-Sensitive Vertical

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 and lock in unit economics 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
Write the first lines of production code, set technical direction, and lead execution end-to-end

Requirements

What you’ll need

Shipped LLM-powered and voice systems into production environments where incorrect outputs carried real consequences
Full-stack expertise across applied LLMs, real-time voice and conversational AI, telephony, human-in-the-loop workflows, observability, and secure multi-tenant SaaS
Strong 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
Willingness to operate as a principal and challenge 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 for legal and privacy needs strongly preferred
Resume, LinkedIn profile, and a brief founder-alignment note required for application

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