Technical Co-Founder / CTO
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Position Overview & Specifications
Dunetrace is looking for a Technical Co-Founder / CTO to join us in building the infrastructure layer for reliable AI agents.
AI agents are rapidly moving from prototypes into production. As they become more autonomous, companies need new infrastructure to understand what agents are doing, detect failures, enforce policies, and automatically recover from problems.
Dunetrace is a VC-backed, Berlin-based, open-source startup focused on runtime reliability, and control for AI agents. We’re building technology that helps developers detect, understand, prevent, and fix agent failures in production.
The Role
As Technical Co-Founder / CTO, you will be a core technical leader of Dunetrace and will have significant ownership over our technology, architecture, product, and engineering direction.
This is a hands-on founding role. We’re looking for someone who wants to build the product and the engineering organization from the ground up.
You will work closely with the founder and customers to determine what we build, how we build it, and where Dunetrace can establish a significant technical advantage.
Tasks- Own the overall technical vision and architecture of Dunetrace
- Build and ship core product and infrastructure
- Design scalable systems for AI agent reliability, and runtime control
- Work on areas including agent execution, telemetry, evaluation, detection, policies, and automated remediation
- Make key decisions around architecture, infrastructure, APIs, developer experience, and security
- Work closely with early customers and translate their problems into product and technical solutions
- Help shape the open-source project and developer community
- Recruit and build the engineering team as the company grows
- Help define Dunetrace's long-term technical strategy and roadmap
- Strong software engineering background with experience building production systems
- Deep understanding of backend systems, distributed systems, APIs, and infrastructure
- Strong coding ability and a willingness to remain hands-on
- Experience taking products from early-stage development to production
- Strong technical judgment and ability to make pragmatic architecture decisions
- High ownership and comfort operating in an early-stage startup environment
- Genuine interest in AI agents and the rapidly evolving AI infrastructure ecosystem
Candidates should be based in Germany or willing to relocate to Germany. Previous founder/co-founder or early-stage startup experience is strongly preferred.
Experience with one or more of the following is a strong plus:
- AI agents and agentic frameworks
- AI/LLM observability
- Distributed systems and developer infrastructure
- OpenTelemetry or related observability technologies
- Significant co-founder equity with vesting
- Competitive salary, based on experience
- Full ownership of technical direction
- Remote-first working environment in Germany
If you're excited about building the infrastructure that makes AI agents reliable in production, we'd love to hear from you.
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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United States Work Authorization & Sponsorship Guide
Under United States immigration law (INA § 101(a)(15)(H)), foreign nationals seeking full-time professional positions typically navigate either non-immigrant specialty occupation classifications or immigrant visa sponsorship:
Requires a relevant Bachelor's degree or higher. Employers must file an approved Labor Condition Application (LCA) with the US Department of Labor confirming the prevailing wage rate.
Canadian and Mexican citizens qualify under USMCA (TN status). F-1 STEM graduates benefit from 36-month aggregate work authorization through E-Verify enrolled employers.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Technology
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Technical Co-Founder / CTO roles across Dunetrace's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Technology.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked Salary Disclosed on Application bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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