Validisory | UK / Europe | Equity-Based | Early-Stage SaaS

About Us

We are Validisory: an emerging venture builder focused on transforming promising ideas into scalable, high-growth businesses. We help entrepreneurs, startups, and innovators make better-informed decisions before committing significant time, capital, and resources to building their businesses.

Our mission is to become the go-to venture validation ecosystem for startups, starting in Europe and expanding globally, by combining structured validation frameworks, AI-powered insights, market intelligence, and founder support into one scalable platform.

Our MVP has already been developed, and we are now preparing for the next phase: transforming the platform into a scalable, production-ready SaaS product ahead of commercial launch and expansion across Europe. • * We are looking for a visionary, hands-on CTO Co-Founder to take ownership of the technical journey and help build Validisory into a successful, scalable business.**

Your Mission

As CTO and Co-Founder, you will lead the transition from MVP to a fully production-ready platform.

You will work closely with the founder to strengthen the technology, optimize scalability, improve the product experience, and prepare the platform for commercial launch.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a combination of technical expertise, strategic thinking, an entrepreneurial mindset, and strong execution capabilities.

Beyond leading development, you will actively contribute to product strategy, technical decision-making, and shaping the long-term direction of the business.

Job Responsibilities • Lead the technical vision and long-term product architecture. • Take hands-on responsibility for software development, technical implementation, and deployment. • Transform the current MVP into a scalable, production-grade platform. • Collaborate closely with the founder on product strategy, technical brainstorming, implementation decisions, and development priorities. • Improve platform performance, reliability, and security. • Design, build, and optimize scalable backend systems, APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure. • Develop and integrate advanced AI-powered validation capabilities. • Establish development workflows, engineering standards, and a technical roadmap. • Ensure consistent progress, clear communication, and accountability toward agreed development milestones. • Build and lead the future engineering team as the company grows.

What We’re Looking For • Strong hands-on full-stack engineering experience, with a proven ability to independently build, launch, and scale SaaS products. • Strong understanding of software architecture, cloud infrastructure, databases, APIs, security, LLMs, and modern development practices. • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess technical risks, evaluate alternatives, and make informed decisions. • Product-minded technical leader with strong commercial awareness and the ability to align technology decisions with business objectives and customer needs. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive approach to brainstorming, technical discussions, and working with founders, engineers, investors, and customers. • Ability to research and evaluate emerging technologies, market trends, and innovative solutions that create competitive advantages. • Entrepreneurial mindset with genuine ownership, accountability, resilience, and commitment to execution. • Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, early-stage environments, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. • Comfortable taking on co-founder responsibilities, contributing to business strategy, fundraising, and long-term company development. • Passion for startups, innovation, and building technology-driven businesses.

Bonus Points • Previous experience as a CTO or Technical Co-Founder. • Experience taking SaaS products from MVP to production and commercial launch. • Experience with AI-native or AI-powered products, LLM integrations, and designing intelligent workflows. • Strong AI prompt engineering, evaluation, and LLM orchestration experience. • Experience with React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Docker, and AWS.

What We Offer • Equity-based CTO Co-Founder opportunity (no salary at this stage). • High ownership and strategic influence from day one. • Opportunity to build a category-defining European startup.

Location & Commitment • Location: UK / Europe — remote-first, with availability to collaborate during UK working hours. • Commitment: This role requires substantial and consistent involvement, active communication, and ownership of agreed development milestones. The expected time commitment will be discussed and agreed before joining. • Start Date: As soon as possible.

For more information, contact us at m@validisory