CTO
US$160,000 – US$220,000 / yr base salary
Posted 27 May 2026
Advertised as “Founding CTO, AI Legal Tech (SF Bay Area)”
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- Expected experience
- 8+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Hybrid
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$160,000 – US$220,000 / yr |
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Lavendo partners with startups and high‑growth companies to help them hire top‑tier sales, GTM, and technical talent. This role is with one of our clients; we’ll share full details about the company and interview process as we get to know you and confirm mutual fit.
About the Company
Our client is an early-stage, San Francisco-based AI startup building the operating system for family law. Their platform automates the most time-intensive parts of legal practice — client intake, financial disclosures, document preparation, case management, and client collaboration — helping family law firms modernize and scale without adding headcount. Founded in 2025, the company is already working with real customers and actively closing a seed round, with $XM signed to date.
The Mission
To reduce the emotional and financial burden of divorce for millions of families — and empower the legal professionals who serve them — by transforming a fragmented, manual process into a guided, intelligent, AI-driven experience.
The Opportunity
This is a co-founder seat, not a hire.
You're joining at the inflection point: real product, real customers, seed round closing. As the first technical leader, you'll own the full stack — architecture, AI infrastructure, engineering culture, and execution velocity. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the founding team to define how AI reshapes one of the largest, most underserved verticals in legal services.
If you've been waiting for a founding opportunity where the market is real, the mission matters, and the equity is worth the bet — this is it.
What You'll Do
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Own and define end-to-end technical architecture of the platform
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Write and ship production code daily alongside the founding team
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Architect and scale AI agent infrastructure for legal workflows — billing, financial layers, document automation, collections, and client collaboration
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Build and scale the engineering team from scratch — hiring, mentoring, and establishing culture
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Partner with founders on product roadmap, fundraising narrative, and company strategy
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Ensure security, compliance, and scalability of a document-heavy, regulated-industry platform
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Drive rapid iteration cycles and maintain startup velocity through seed close and beyond