equity-only CTO role at Zentrais

Zentrust is building next-generation systems designed to restore trust in digital environments. We’re creating foundational infrastructure—not just applications—focused on high-integrity computation, resilient platforms, and long-horizon technical architecture.

We’re looking for a founding Chief Technology Officer to join at the earliest stage and co-build the company from the ground up.

This is an equity-only role. No salary or cash compensation at this time. This position is for builders motivated by ownership, category creation, and long-term value.
What You’ll Do

• Architect Zentrust’s core platform and long-term technical roadmap

• Design scalable, secure, and adversarial-resistant systems

• Lead engineering strategy across infrastructure, AI systems, and data pipelines

• Establish research-to-production workflows and evaluation frameworks

• Build and mentor the founding engineering team

• Own system reliability, security posture, and technical governance

• Partner with the CEO on fundraising, technical narrative, and product strategy
Who You Are

• Deep systems-level programming experience

• Strong background in distributed systems, backend platforms, or AI infrastructure

• Comfortable designing large-scale architectures from scratch

• Experienced in early-stage startups or zero-to-one builds

• Entrepreneurial mindset—you want founder-level ownership

• Obsessed with building durable, defensible technology
Why Zentrust

You’ll have founding-level influence over architecture, culture, and product direction. If successful, the systems you design won’t just power one company—they’ll become infrastructure others rely on.
• If you want to build something that actually changes how digital trust works, we should talk.

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