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We are hiring a Founding Technical Lead, AI Systems and Engineering at GotBuilt, with a direct path to becoming CTO.
GotBuilt is being created to turn ambitious ideas into secure, reliable, operating products by combining strong human judgment with AI powered development systems.
Our first product and proving ground is Ida, which stands for “I Do Anything.”
Ida began as a personal AI assistant and is evolving into a personal operating system designed to understand a person’s conversations, projects, schedule, health, business, files, relationships, and priorities, then help that person make decisions and take supervised action.
This is not a prototype.
Ida already has a functioning product, separate Test and Production environments, voice, memory, projects, a personal Library, deployment controls, security boundaries, and an active development system.
We are looking for someone who can take real ownership of technical execution.
That means:
- Owning architecture, infrastructure, security, access control, integrations, reliability, and scalability
- Translating product vision into clear build plans and release sequencing
- Reviewing and improving production code personally
- Directing work across Claude Code, Codex, and other AI engineering systems
- Building supervised development workflows that reduce duplicated work, branch collisions, weak testing, and unclear ownership
- Leading engineers, contractors, technical operators, and AI builders
- Moving work safely from idea to Test to Production
This is not a ceremonial CTO role.
It is not for someone who wants to manage from a distance, create presentations, or outsource every meaningful technical decision.
The right person has built and shipped real software, can still work directly in the code, understands AI systems, knows how to challenge weak technical decisions, and can move quickly without becoming reckless.
You do not need the perfect résumé.
You do need demonstrated judgment, ownership, technical depth, product instinct, and the ability to operate inside a fast moving environment.
The initial mandate is straightforward:
Understand the real state of Ida, audit the technical system, identify what should stay, change, simplify, or disappear, take ownership of meaningful releases, direct human and AI builders, and measurably reduce my involvement in daily technical coordination.
The role is based in Jersey City or New York City preferred, although exceptional remote candidates will be considered.
Full time is preferred. Contract to hire or founding partner structures may also be considered. Compensation includes competitive cash compensation with meaningful equity potential based on experience, commitment, and demonstrated ownership.
To apply, send me:
- A product you personally helped take from idea to Production
- The exact technical responsibilities you owned
- An example of a serious technical or operational failure you handled
- How you currently use AI in software development
- How you would evaluate and safely operate AI generated code
- Why this level of ownership is attractive to you
This is a chance to help build both a category defining personal intelligence product and the company that will learn how to build many products like it.
Pay: $120,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Jersey City, NJ 07302
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Who's Hiring
- HCLTech35
- Google28
- JPMorganChase28
- Encore Global22E
- Booz Allen Hamilton17
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software82
- Consulting & Professional Services54
- Banking & Financial Services20
- Electronics & Hardware19
- Construction & Real Estate11
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in technical lead jobs.
- Five or more years of software engineering experience with at least two years in a lead or senior role
- Proficiency in one or more primary languages such as Java, Python, Go, or TypeScript
- Experience designing distributed systems, microservices architectures, or cloud-native platforms
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and drive technical standards
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes, and DevOps practices
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Technical Lead Job Search
Quantify your engineering leadership impact
Hiring managers expect numbers behind your technical decisions. Document team size, system reliability improvements, and delivery outcomes you drove. Vague claims about leading projects won't differentiate you from other senior engineers making the same move.
Separate individual contributor from leadership wins
Your resume needs two distinct signals: the technical depth that qualifies you and the cross-functional outcomes that prove you can lead. Blend them in the same bullets and neither reads clearly to a hiring committee evaluating you for a technical lead role.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists technical lead openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target architecture decisions in your cover letter
Technical lead hiring often stalls when candidates pitch themselves as senior engineers who manage people. Lead with a specific architecture or design decision you owned, the trade-offs you weighed, and the measurable outcome. That framing signals readiness for the role.
Prepare a systems design interview end to end
Most technical lead interviews include at least one open-ended design problem with no right answer. Practice narrating your reasoning aloud, scoping requirements, and defending trade-offs under follow-up questioning. Silence in a design round reads as uncertainty, not thought.
Negotiate scope before negotiating compensation
Before accepting an offer, clarify team size, reporting structure, and decision-making authority. Technical lead titles vary widely across companies, and the role's actual leverage matters more than the title. Misaligned expectations here create frustration within months of starting.
Technical Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most technical leads?
The companies hiring the most technical leads right now include HCLTech, Google, and JPMorganChase, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is especially concentrated in software, financial technology, and cloud infrastructure firms.
How many technical lead jobs are remote?
About 58% of technical lead openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, making it one of the more location-flexible senior roles in engineering. Backend platform, data infrastructure, and distributed systems sub-specializations tend to carry the highest share of fully remote postings.
How do you become a technical lead?
You typically progress from senior individual contributor by consistently owning complex projects end to end, mentoring junior engineers without being asked, and demonstrating sound architectural judgment under pressure. Building visibility through cross-team initiatives, documenting technical decisions, and leading incident reviews accelerates the transition more reliably than tenure alone.
Can you get hired as a technical lead with little leadership experience?
Yes, especially at startups or fast-scaling teams that value technical depth over formal title history. Focus your application on projects where you made key architectural calls, coordinated across teams, or drove delivery despite ambiguity. Framing those contributions clearly matters more than whether your previous title included the word lead.
What does the technical lead interview process look like?
Most processes include a recruiter screen, a technical phone interview covering systems design or coding, a virtual or onsite loop with multiple rounds assessing architecture, cross-functional communication, and engineering judgment, and a final conversation with hiring leadership. Expect at least one open-ended design problem where explaining your reasoning matters as much as the solution itself.
Where can I find and apply to technical lead jobs?
You can find and apply to technical lead jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the available roles, find the ones that fit your background and target team type, and apply directly to each listing from the page.
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