At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead AI projects, engage with customers, and build a local tech team.
- Company: Fast-growing applied AI company transforming enterprise solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, dynamic work environment, and leadership opportunities.
- Other info: Hands-on role with significant growth potential and leadership responsibilities.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of AI innovation and make a real impact.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in software engineering and experience with AI systems.
A fast-growing applied AI company that builds production AI systems for enterprise customers is hiring a senior technical leader to represent them in Australia - equal parts sales engineer, delivery lead, and the voice of local customers back to the global product team. This is a hands-on mandate, not a figurehead role. You'll sit in early sales conversations, run demos, and shape architecture and security discussions — then roll up your sleeves to actually build and ship the integrations that get customers live.
You'll build the local technical team around you as you go, spanning engineering, integration, and pre-sales. Once customers are live, you're the one they call: owning escalations, partnerships, and turning what you're hearing on the ground into input the global product org actually acts on.
What they're looking for:
- 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience — you've shipped things that are actually in production, not just architected them.
- Experience with AI systems.
- A track record in pre-sales, solution architecture, or complex technical implementations, ideally from a Field CTO, Solutions Architect, or Deployed Engineer background.
- Real leadership range — Director, VP, or Founder-level experience.
- Have been a Technical co-founder during career.
- Comfort building from a blank page — the plan, the team, and the system, with no existing playbook to follow.
- Scale up experience where speed and ownership mattered more than title.
Field CTO in Sydney employer: Hyphen Partners
Join a dynamic and innovative applied AI company that values hands-on leadership and offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of enterprise AI solutions in Australia. With a strong focus on employee growth, you'll have the chance to build and lead a local technical team while directly influencing product development based on customer feedback. Our collaborative work culture fosters creativity and agility, making it an exciting place for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the tech landscape.
