As Founding CTO at silque, you will own the entire technical landscape from architecture to scaling the engineering team. Partnering with founders from elite finance and talent management backgrounds, you’ll build the software replacing manual workflows in the creator economy. This is a genuine co-founder role with significant equity and strategic influence from day one.
Founding CTO at silque
silque is building the critical infrastructure for the next evolution of the creator economy. Founded by an ex-Prosus investor and a top talent manager, the startup is replacing manual spreadsheets with software that powers long-term brand communities. With an MVP already tested by UK consumer giants and US celebrity brands like Kylie Jenner’s K2O, silque is looking for a Founding CTO to complete their leadership team. This is a genuine technical co-founder seat offering significant equity, strategic ownership, and the chance to build a world-class engineering organization from the ground up before our September raise.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
Not Disclosed + Equity
Company
silque
Role overview
the AI-powered professional network for creatives
What you will do
- Take full ownership of the technical architecture and end-to-end product development, evolving the existing MVP into a robust, scalable platform.
- Recruit, lead, and mentor a world-class engineering team as the company scales following its upcoming September funding round.
- Drive the technical roadmap and collaborate closely with co-founders to align product features with the needs of high-profile creators and global brands.
Who this is a fit for
- Holds a strong Computer Science degree from a top-tier institution like Imperial, Oxford, Cambridge, or an equivalent global university.
- Proven experience shipping production systems at scale, ideally having led zero-to-one initiatives at big tech firms like Google or high-growth startups.
- Possesses the entrepreneurial drive to build from zero, comfortable operating with autonomy in a pre-raise environment for meaningful long-term ownership.
Why this role is remarkable
- Join as a genuine co-founder with significant equity and a seat at the top table, shaping company strategy from the ground up alongside experienced commercial founders.
- Benefit from incredible early traction with an MVP already in use by leading UK consumer brands and celebrity labels like Kylie Jenner’s K2O.
- Build the infrastructure for a fundamental shift in marketing, moving a multi-billion dollar industry from manual spreadsheets to a scalable community-driven software platform.
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