CTO - Co-Founder

CTO Co-Founder ($140K - $150K base Salary) Healthcare Payments AI Startup New York, NY | In-Person Our client is looking for an exceptional CTO (This is not an advisory CTO role, but hands‑on) to lead technology, product architecture, and engineering execution for a new AI healthcare payments company. This is a funded, early‑stage venture built around a high‑conviction thesis at the intersection of healthcare, payments, revenue cycle, and AI. The company is focused on improving complex financial workflows across the healthcare ecosystem, including provider‑payer payment processes, claims workflows, revenue cycle operations, payment reconciliation, denials, and administrative automation. We are looking for a hands‑on technical leader who can build the product, architect the platform, recruit the early engineering team, and move quickly from MVP to scalable commercial product. What We’re Building The company is developing an AI‑enabled healthcare payments application designed to improve how healthcare organizations manage payment, claims, and revenue‑cycle workflows. The platform will use AI, workflow automation, data integrations, and secure infrastructure to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, accelerate payment processes, and create better visibility across healthcare financial operations. Areas of Focus May Include Claims and payment workflow automation Provider‑payer financial operations Revenue cycle and reimbursement workflows Denials, reconciliation, and payment exceptions Healthcare data ingestion and normalization Secure integrations with healthcare, billing, claims, and payment systems AI‑assisted decisioning, workflow routing, and operational intelligence What We’re Looking For We are looking for a CTO Co‑Founder who combines strong technical depth with founder‑level urgency. Ideal Candidates Will Have Experience building products from zero to one Former founder or early technical leadership experience (Not Required) Structured technical training in computer science, engineering, or a related field Graduate of a top‑10 school (examples given: Penn, Columbia, UChicago, etc.) Experience in top‑tier engineering environments, high‑growth startups, or complex technical organizations (think 1‑2 years with Palantir in a health‑tech role) Ability to personally build while also recruiting and leading an engineering team Strong product instincts and comfort working with customers, commercial leaders, investors, and advisors Interest or experience in healthcare, payments, fintech, revenue cycle, or healthcare infrastructure A strong bias toward action and comfort operating with ambiguity Healthcare payments experience is strongly preferred, but not required if the candidate has strong technical leadership experience in a regulated, data‑heavy, workflow‑heavy, or transaction‑oriented environment. Relevant Backgrounds Healthcare technology Revenue cycle management Claims technology Payments / fintech AI workflow automation B2B SaaS Enterprise software Data infrastructure Healthcare interoperability Provider, payer, billing, or financial operations platforms What You’ll Do Own the technology vision, architecture, and engineering roadmap Build and launch the initial product Evaluate and select the technical stack Design secure, scalable systems for healthcare payment workflows Build AI‑enabled workflow automation into the product from the beginning Lead integrations with healthcare, claims, payment, billing, and data systems Recruit and lead the early engineering team Work directly with the CEO, investors, advisors, and early customers Turn a validated thesis into a scalable commercial product and company #J-18808-Ljbffr