About ByteFuture
ByteFuture is a technology company building at the intersection of artificial intelligence, operating systems, and open source software, including our flagship personal cloud OS product. We are looking for a world-class technical leader to own our engineering vision and take our products to the next level.
The Role
We are seeking an exceptional Chief Technology Officer - a true master of their craft across AI, operating systems, and open source software - to lead ByteFuture's technology strategy and engineering organization. This is a rare opportunity for a seasoned technologist to shape the architecture, culture, and long-term technical direction of a company building ambitious, deeply technical products at the OS and AI layer.
You will report directly to the CEO/founders and sit on the leadership team, translating company strategy into a coherent, executable technology roadmap while personally staying close to the hardest engineering problems.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own ByteFuture's overall technology strategy, architecture, and long-term technical roadmap across AI, operating systems, and infrastructure.
- Lead, scale, and mentor the engineering organization, hiring and developing top-tier engineering talent across AI, systems, and platform teams.
- Drive the design and evolution of our core operating system and platform architecture, ensuring performance, security, scalability, and reliability at every layer.
- Guide the integration of AI/ML capabilities into core products, staying ahead of the frontier of applied AI and large model infrastructure.
- Champion and steer our open source strategy - community engagement, licensing, contribution workflows, and open source project governance.
- Partner closely with product, design, and business leadership to translate company vision into technical execution.
- Establish engineering best practices, including code quality, CI/CD, security, and development velocity standards.
- Represent ByteFuture externally as a technical thought leader with the open source and developer community, partners, and investors.
- Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions, emerging technologies, and strategic technical partnerships.
- Manage technical risk, system reliability, and engineering budget/resourcing.
Requirements
- 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including significant experience in senior technical leadership roles (CTO, VP Engineering, Chief Architect, or equivalent).
- Deep, demonstrable expertise in at least two of the following domains, with working knowledge across all three: artificial intelligence / machine learning systems, operating systems (kernel, distributed systems, or platform-level engineering), and open source software development and community governance.
- Proven track record of architecting and shipping complex, large-scale software systems from the ground up.
- Experience building and leading high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, mentorship, and organizational design.
- Strong grasp of modern AI/LLM infrastructure, model deployment, and applied AI product development.
- Active contributor to, or maintainer of, open source projects strongly preferred understanding of open source licensing and community dynamics.
- Excellent communication skills, able to operate comfortably with both deeply technical teams and non-technical stakeholders/investors.
- Entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable operating in a fast-moving startup environment with high ownership and ambiguity.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree a plus, not required in lieu of equivalent experience).
- Based in or willing to relocate to Singapore.
Preferred / Nice to Have
- Prior experience building personal cloud, edge computing, or consumer OS products.
- Experience scaling engineering teams in a startup from early stage through growth.
- Track record of public speaking, technical writing, or open source community leadership.
- Fluency in English Mandarin proficiency a plus given regional team and partner base.
What We Offer
- A senior leadership role with real ownership over technology direction and company strategy.
- Competitive monthly salary of SGD 12,000 - 15,000, commensurate with experience.
- The opportunity to shape a technology company at the frontier of AI, operating systems, and open source innovation.
- A collaborative, technically ambitious team and culture.
