CTO / Head of Engineering - Los Angeles, United States - Vital

    Vital
    Vital Los Angeles, United States

    1 month ago

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    *About Vital: *

    Vital is a pre-seed, B2C startup with 150+ subscribers (paying $9.99 per month or $69.99 per year) who receive personalized meditation sessions generated for them in real-time. We're first to market with this AI-powered solution. We also have two B2B pilots underway, one with Siemens and one with Auburn University. Vital is co-founded by David Gull, Andrey Dimitrov, and Matt Monday who collectively have 35+ years experience in multimodal experience design, development, and scale. We've founded, failed, and exited startups. We've worked at the world's top brands like Apple and Disney.

    *Mission: *

    "Create groundbreaking technology that helps people live healthier, happier lives."

    *Vision: *

    In three years, billions of people will be speaking with an AI every day. We believe the AI you like best, is the one that cares for you the most. That's what we're building at Vital, a Wellbeing Coach for everyone. With 970 Million people suffering from stress, anxiety, depression and loneliness, Vital will be the most accessible and effective way to help people through life's challenges. By supporting you as a coach to get clear on your unique self, your values, and goals, Vital ultimately helps you to live your best life possible. Thriving in your community and enjoying life in flow.

    *Values: *

    Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Creativity, Growth

    *Why Vital: *

    Joining Vital means being at the forefront of innovation in the meditation and wellness tech space. The chosen candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the company's trajectory, working closely with passionate co-founders and making a meaningful impact on users' lives worldwide.

    Head of Engineering Responsibilities:

  • Platform Architecture: Actively work with the Co-founders (and part time engineer) to imagine, design and develop state of the art infrastructure for delivery best in class wellbeing solutions to billions of people.
  • Investor Relations: Serve as a "face" of the company during investor presentations, articulating the technological vision and strategy.
  • Software Engineering: We are looking for a player-coach who is excited to roll up their sleeves and build with the team at this early stage.
  • Team Leadership: Oversee and grow the engineering team, ensuring alignment with company objectives and values.

    Desired Qualities:

  • Technical Mastery: A deep understanding of AI, mobile app development, and scalable software architectures. Familiarity with Supabase and React Native is crucial, given their centrality to our product.
  • Innovative AI Experience: Given that we are exploring vector databases and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), an ideal candidate would have deep experience with the technology and concepts. For Vital, utilizing RAG can further refine our real-time meditation sessions, enabling ongoing, conversational style sessions with your meditation coach.
  • Audio Streaming Expertise: Considering the core of our product revolves around delivering high-quality audio experiences to users, prior experience in audio streaming is paramount. The candidate should be adept at managing challenges related to efficient audio delivery, both on mobile apps and web platforms, especially under resource constraints.
  • Leadership Acumen: Ability to motivate and guide a dynamic engineering team, fostering innovation and efficiency.
  • Entrepreneurial Spirit: Willingness to wear multiple hats, take ownership, and drive initiatives in a fast-paced startup environment.
  • Passion for Mission: A genuine resonance with Vital's mission and values.

    * A few details of what we (likely) need help with: *

    1. API Layer Integration
    2. In-memory Caching
    3. Database Indexing
    4. Asynchronous Operations
    5. Database Connection Pooling
    6. Optimizing Data Retrieval
    7. LLM Context Management
    8. Feedback Loops for Optimization
    9. Database Proximity and CDNs
    10. Redundancy & Failover architecture and implementation

      * Funding Status: *

    11. Vital has kicked off a pre-seed fundraise, after utilizing the friends and family round of $136,000 to build and launch the initial prototype.
    12. The company will require the candidate to work for equity until the pre-seed raise is complete, targeting late Q

      * Compensation Range: *

    13. Equity: 15% - 30% (will impact salary)
    14. Salary Pre-Fundraise of $500k: $0
    15. Salary Post-Fundraise of $500k - $2M: $100k - $250k

      Vital focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Health and Wellness, Digital Health, and Consumer. Their company has offices in Los Angeles. They have a small team that's between 1-10 employees.
      You can view their website at or find them on Twitter and LinkedIn.