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CTO / Founding Engineer Wayd, NYC

Company Description

Wayd's mission is to make humans more human. In a world full of AI companions, AI friends, and AI everything, we believe the AI best use-case is not to substitute but enhance human connections. We are building the first social network app with autonomous social agents. to accelerate the next evolution of human connection and make humans more human.
We are backed & received offers by the same legendary investors of: SpaceX, OpenAI, Instagram, Pinterest, Notion, Stripe, ...
We are driven by ambitious goals, fast execution, and a strong sense of urgency. We are assembling the team to make our first "rocket" launch happen.
Wayd does not have recruiters. Every single application is reviewed directly by the CEO.
We want to work with exceptional people, and, to the extent that you excel, we want you to take on more responsibility and help all of us succeed. If this speaks to you, come join us.

About the Role

You will architect or backed infrastructure, AI engine and IOS app starting from a blank screen, using first principles thinking. Your role might involve coming up with novel ways for users to interact with social networks. We are looking for an a person that think of themselves as an inventor. Your work will be seen and used by millions of people. You'll be in the early founding team.

You'll flourish in this role if you:

• Have demonstrated evidence of excellence through prior projects or internships / work.

• You're known among your friend group to be the cracked 10x engineer.

• You have a strong point-of-view, without ego — You may occasionally pursue a hunch that not everyone on the team agrees with, but are relentless about testing, deleting, and learning from ideas which don’t work

• Possess a high-agency, generalist mindset, adaptable across diverse challenges.

• Question everything, and consider yourself an inventor.

• Passionate about exciting future through transformative technology.

Ideal Experience

• Having worked in extremely technical and complex projects

• Have apps on the App Store

• Evidence of being a great coder and general evidence of excellence

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Evidence of Excellence

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