Title: Co-Founder & CTO (Equity-Only, Remote — EU)
Note: Fully remote across the EU/EEA. The location shows Ireland for admin; we're a remote-first company.
Compensation: Equity only until our pre-seed round closes; full-time salary begins after the raise. This is a true co-founder role.
Our Vision
Privaro exists to replace privacy theatre with engineering-grade trust. Platforms and regulators now demand evidence, not just intentions—and customers do too. We are building a global trust layer that embeds enforceable guardrails and portable proof into the data lifecycle, enabling companies to move swiftly without breaking rules.
Just as SSL standardised confidence for transport-layer security, Privaro is establishing trust standards for data permission and provenance. When trust is embedded, signals aren't blocked, analytics remain reliable, and AI programmes can scale responsibly. Compliance becomes a catalyst, not an obstacle.
Your Blueprint
* Translate the "SSL for Trust" vision into a technical strategy, a phased roadmap, and a resilient, multi-tenant platform (with AWS as the preferred option).
* Lead the hands-on, end-to-end build from MVP to production: core primitives, APIs, data flows, and guardrail layers.
* Establish a best-in-class security & compliance posture from day one (secure SDLC, privacy-by-design, ISO 27001/SOC 2 readiness).
* Recruit, lead, and mentor the founding engineering team; set the bar for quality, velocity, and security.
* Represent the technology and vision with investors, partners, and early customers; steward our core IP.
About you
• Security-first builder with 8–10+ yrs shipping/scaling B2B SaaS (cloud, multi-tenant, high availability).
• Can run a secure SDLC end-to-end (threat modelling, CI/CD, IaC, secrets/IAM, observability).
• Privacy-by-design in practice (purpose limitation, minimisation, retention, auditability) aligned to EU rules and major platform policies.
• Strong API/data platform chops (event pipelines, idempotency, rate-limiting, incident handling); pragmatic with TypeScript/Node or Go/Python.
• Founder mindset: hands-on (80%+ coding through MVP), scrappy, reliable executor who can hire and lead a small senior team.
• Based in the EU/EEA with the pre-existing legal right to work within the EU.
The Offer
* Significant co-founder equity.
* Full-time salary immediately upon closing our pre-seed round.
* A 100% remote-first role across the EU/EEA.
* The opportunity to establish a foundational trust infrastructure for the AI economy.