CTO - B2B Software Startup - Munich

Das ist der Job

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of background.

Darum lohnt es sich

What you'll own: • Long-term technical vision and technology strategy for the company • Scaling the engineering team from ~15 to 30-50 engineers while protecting culture and quality • Recruiting, mentoring and developing the next layer of technical leadership • Staying years ahead of the market on AI trends, emerging technology and competitive threats • Turning customer feedback into long-term product and technology direction, working closely with rollout and commercial teams • Acting as a true strategic thought partner to the founders on company, product and technology direction • Representing the company externally, at conferences, with customers, and within the developer community • Balancing execution speed with the rigour safety-critical software demands What they need from you: • Track record of scaling an engineering org from roughly 10 to 50 engineers, or a comparable growth stage • A builder's mindset, not a manager's.

We're working with a fast-scaling deep tech company building the infrastructure that lets humans and AI agents co-develop safety-critical software, auditable by construction, for industries where \"move fast and break things\" isn't an option.

The business today: 25 people, 17 enterprise customers, a genuinely strong open-source footprint, and a Series A targeted for mid-2027. They're hiring a CTO to build the engineering organisation behind an entirely new category, not simply manage what already exists.

High ownership and accountability • Strong technical credibility from respected startups or technology companies • Experience setting engineering strategy inside a fast-growing B2B software business • Comfort with ambiguity, hands-on when needed, genuinely excited to build from scratch • Based in Munich, or ready to relocate Nice to have: • Exposure to safety-critical domains (automotive, aerospace, rail, medical devices, industrial automation), • Familiarity with Rust or distributed systems, or experience with AI engineering platforms.

On offer: • Equity • The chance to help define a new category over the next 5-10 years • Working directly alongside the founders as a genuine partner rather than a hire brought in to manage headcount. Due to the high volume of applications, we are only able to respond directly to successful candidates.