Join the XF track at Entrepreneurs First, a dedicated programme for experienced founders and high-level technical talent. You will be paired with a commercial cofounder and receive immediate capital upon team formation. This high-stakes environment moves you from architecture to deployment, scaling your vision through intensive phases in London and San Francisco.
Technical Cofounder / CTO at Entrepreneurs First
Are you an experienced founder or lead engineer ready for your next venture-scale play? Entrepreneurs First is recruiting for its elite XF programme, specifically designed for repeat founders and top-tier technical talent. Get matched with a high-caliber commercial cofounder, receive capital at the point of team formation, and scale your vision through a structured 24-week journey across London and San Francisco. This is your chance to build from zero with the backing of the world's leading talent investor and join a community of high-impact founders.
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Location
London, UK and San Francisco, United States
Compensation
Not Disclosed + Equity
Company
Entrepreneurs First
Role overview
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals51-200 employees
Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors.
Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2014, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent. The startups cofounded on our programs are now worth over $13B, and include Tractable, Magic Pony Technology, Cleo, La Vie, Aztec, Sonantic, and many more.
EF is backed by some of the world’s leading founders and investors, including Patrick and John Collison (Stripe); Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Tom Blomfield (GoCardless and Monzo), Sara Clemens (Whatnot and Twitch); Demis Hassabis (Google Deepmind); and Matt Mullenweg (Wordpress). We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t.
For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com
We’re hiring! Join our global team and experience firsthand the workings of a globally unique talent investor working with cutting edge entrepreneurs on world changing technologies: https://www.joinef.com/about/careers/
What you will do
- Partner with a hand-selected commercial cofounder to identify a venture-scale problem and architect a robust technical solution from zero.
- Own the entire technical stack, leading everything from initial MVP development and system architecture to full-scale deployment and scaling.
- Engage in the intensive FORM and LAUNCH phases, leveraging EF’s mentorship and network to accelerate your startup toward a venture-scale exit.
Who this is a fit for
- Demonstrated experience building products from scratch, either as a previous founder, an early-stage breakout engineer, or a leader of a profitable consultancy.
- Deep technical expertise across the full stack, with the ability to own architecture and deployment for a two-person founding team.
- Possesses “unfinished ambition” and a desire to build a venture-scale company rather than a bootstrapped or lifestyle business.
Why this role is remarkable
- Access a curated cohort of repeat founders and elite engineers, bypassing the friction of finding a high-caliber commercial partner alone.
- Receive capital immediately at the point of team formation, eliminating months of pitching and allowing for a singular focus on product.
- Benefit from a unique global structure: 12 weeks of formation in London followed by a 12-week launch phase in San Francisco.
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