Location
Pune, Maharashtra, IN
About the Role
We're Hiring a Founding CTO | AI Voice Agent Startup (Remote with Equity)
At JobTalk.ai, we're building the future of recruiting with AI voice agents that make 100s of intelligent, real-time calls every day — sourcing, screening, and scheduling without human intervention.
We're looking for a CTO who's not just looking for a job, but a co-founder seat at the table.
Must-Have Skills:
• 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience
• Strong Python skills for building and scaling AI voice agents
• Deep understanding of TTS/STT (e.g., ElevenLabs, Cartesia)
• Real-time audio processing, latency optimization, interruption handling
• Caching strategies for cost-effective TTS (e.g., Redis/RAG-based retrieval)
• Experience scaling to 100s of simultaneous calls
• Expertise in WebRTC, peer-to-peer voice systems
• Knowledge of function calling, live agent transfers, automated SMS/Email/WhatsApp
• Experience with SaaS architecture, multi-tenant design, Docker
Bonus Points:
• Previous startup or founding team experience
• Knowledge of answering machine detection
• Experience deploying LLMs + prompt engineering
• ex-CTOs of failed startups — we welcome you!
Offer:
• Competitive compensation
• Up to 10% equity
• Remote work, with occasional travel to Pune to meet real users
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