Founding Technical Co-Founder / CTO

Company Description Deinfluential Limited is focused on connecting businesses, products, and customers to unlock meaningful market opportunities. The company helps organizations better understand and reach their audiences through data-informed insights and strategic experimentation. By combining digital publishing and community-building, Deinfluential explores new ways to challenge conventional marketing and influence models. Prospective team members can gain more context about the company’s thinking and projects via its Substack presence.

• Role Description

Here’s a concise LinkedIn-ready version that emphasizes the equity-only founding opportunity without making Deinfluential sound like a conventional unpaid job.

Founding Technical Co-Founder / CTO

Deinfluential Limited | Remote / Nigeria | "Equity-based"

Deinfluential Limited is building a technology platform for the creator and influencer economy, connecting brands and creators through a scalable digital platform.

We are looking for a Technical Co-Founder / Founding CTO to join the founding team and take ownership of the technology, product development and technical direction of the business.

This is an equity-only opportunity at the current stage, with no initial salary. We are looking for someone who is excited by the opportunity to build alongside the founder and share in the long-term potential of the company.

Responsibilities

- Lead the technical strategy and architecture for Deinfluential

- Build, develop and improve the platform

- Translate business and product requirements into technical solutions

- Select appropriate technologies, tools and infrastructure

- Develop scalable, secure and reliable systems

- Integrate APIs, AI and other relevant technologies

- Establish software development and deployment processes

- Help shape the product roadmap alongside the founder

- Eventually recruit and lead additional technical team members

Requirements

- Strong full-stack software development experience

- Experience building and deploying web applications or platforms

- Strong knowledge of backend, frontend, databases and APIs

- Understanding of cloud infrastructure and security

- Experience with Git/GitHub and modern development practices

- Ability to work independently and take technical ownership

- Entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to work in an early-stage environment

Experience with SaaS, marketplaces, creator platforms, fintech, AI or social platforms would be an advantage.

What we offer

- Founding-level equity

- Opportunity to become the company's technical leader

- Significant influence over product and technology decisions

- Opportunity to build the platform from an early stage

- Direct partnership with the founder

- Potential for paid compensation as the business develops

We're looking for someone who doesn't just want to write code, but wants to help build a company.

• If you're an experienced developer, CTO, technical founder or ambitious engineer interested in building Deinfluential with us, we'd like to hear from you.