FOUNDING HEAD OF ENGINEERING / CTO

Location: Austin, SF Bay Area, London, or Cardiff (hybrid/flexible)
Compensation: Competitive salary + meaningful equity
Equal Teaching is reimagining how schools hire teachers for the school-choice era. With the rise of microschools, online schools, and AI-powered learning, the old models of teacher recruitment don’t work anymore. We’re already working with fast-growing alternative education providers — and now we’re building the platform to scale globally.
We’re looking for a Founding Head of Engineering / CTO to join our CEO (ex-teacher, product-first) in building an AI-native HRTech platform from the ground up.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS ROLE

• Build from 0 1 — architect and ship our core product
• Tackle one of education’s biggest challenges: teacher retention & mobility
• Embed AI, automation, and matching intelligence from day one
• Shape how credentials, skills, and experiences are captured and verified in new ways
• Join a mission-driven startup at the fastest-growing edge of K12 education

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Own the system architecture and core technical roadmap
• Lead development of a platform that scales with AI, automation, and security baked in
• Partner closely with the CEO to shape product vision and execution
• Build and grow a small but mighty engineering team