Job Specifications
TECHNICAL CO-FOUNDER / CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (CTO)
About QUANTHRONEX
QUANTHRONEX is a Paris-based deep tech company developing breakthrough innovations across energy, financial infrastructure, and advanced computing.
Paris | Europe | International
Role Overview:
We invite you to join us as our founding CTO, where you'll lead the technical development of a pioneering solution with a filed patent and established market validation. We are in search of a forward-thinking technical leader who can drive execution and scale our growth.
Offer, Compensation & Benefits:
As our CTO, you'll have the chance to play a crucial role in shaping the company's future. Successfully managing technological endeavours will lead to:
Competitive Compensation: Attractive salaries and comprehensive compensation packages that exceed industry norms (initially equity-based; exceptional salary to be activated upon funding).
Performance Bonuses: Attractive, performance-based bonuses to acknowledge your contributions.
Equity Ownership: Become a key stakeholder in revolutionary ventures and share in the company’s success.
Global Opportunities: Travel across Europe, GCC, Asia, and North America to make an impact on international markets and build strategic partnerships.
Challenging Projects: Take part in stimulating projects that challenge and expand the frontiers of technology and innovation.
Health and Wellness: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans to support your well-being.
Generous Paid Time Off: Enjoy flexible time-off policies that promote a healthy work-life balance, with a minimum of 25 days annually to recharge and rejuvenate.
Research and Development Budget: Dedicated funding for attending conferences, publishing research, and ongoing learning to keep you at the forefront of your field.
Remote Work Options: Flexibility to work remotely, with periodic in-person collaboration to enhance team cohesion.
Your mission:
Architect and build the core platform from patent to product
Deliver MVP and first customer proof-of-concepts
Build and lead the founding engineering team
Establish technical processes, standards, and engineering culture
Lead technical strategy through seed funding and beyond
Represent QUANTHRONEX to investors, partners, and customers
Required Qualifications:
MUST-HAVE SKILLS
ML/AI Implementation & Causal AI
7-10 years hands-on experience building advanced ML systems in production with PyTorch or TensorFlow
Deep expertise in causal inference methodologies and techniques., probabilistic modelling, or Bayesian methods
Strong foundation in probabilistic graphical models and statistical inference
Optimization algorithms: Implementing numerical optimization methods (convex, gradient-based, or meta-heuristics)
Validation & testing: Rigorous performance measurement, benchmarking, and statistical validation frameworks
MLOps: model versioning, training pipelines, deployment, monitoring, GPU orchestration
Complex Domain Experience (Strongly Preferred)
Advanced forecasting systems or predictive modelling in complex operational domains (energy, finance, telecom, transportation, scientific computing)
ML acceleration for scientific computing: physics-informed ML, GNNs, neural ODE solvers, or simulation frameworks
Practical usage of DoWhy, CausalML, EconML, or equivalent
Academic research or publications involving causality or probabilistic methods
Platform & Cloud Architecture
8+ years building production backend systems in Python (NumPy, SciPy, Pandas) + C++ and/or Rust for performance-critical components
Data integration: Working with real-world operational data at scale (messy, streaming, high frequency)
Deep AWS or GCP expertise: multi-region architecture, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi), Kubernetes
Real-time data & streaming architecture: Designed platforms for 100k+ telemetry streams with sub-100ms latency; expertise in event-driven patterns, time-series analytics, and distributed state management
API design: REST, WebSocket, gRPC, OAuth 2.0, mTLS
Customer-Facing Technical Skills
Experience developing MVPs with early design partners: rapid iteration, technical co-development, customer feedback integration
Proven ability to conduct technical sales conversations with professionals from the energy and finance sectors, as well as engineering teams and C-level executives.
Track record building demos, POCs, and pilot architectures that convert prospects to signed customers
Background in regulated industry (energy, finance, telco) with enterprise security/compliance requirements
IP Execution & Technical Translation
Experience translating patent specifications, academic research, or complex technical designs into production systems
Ability to conduct technical gap analysis between theoretical claims and practical implementation
Track record building systems that validate novel technical approaches
Leadership & Execution
Engineering team leadership experience
Hands-on coder: 50%+
About the Company
At QUANTHRONEX, we're pioneering advancements that redefine industry standards through Technical Innovation. Our team of visionaries and experts is fueling Breakthrough Inventions that unlock new possibilities, which are then brought to life through Top-Priority Engineering. This synergy enables us to deliver a Unique Value Proposition that empowers our partners to achieve unparalleled success. We're harnessing the power of AI, quantum computing, photonics, and more to develop cutting-edge solutions that transform industries...
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