Chief Technology Officer

CTO - MENA | AI Infrastructure & Enterprise Automation 🇦🇪

We're partnered with a global AI start-up that are expanding into the MENA region. We're helping them with their search for a Chief Technology Officer to lead that charge. This business has just announce a huge raise, with their next raise in the pipeline - extremely exciting time to join their journey 🚀

Our client is building AI-driven infrastructure that powers human-level support across chat, voice, and email. A mix of LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and multi-agent orchestration - all engineered for scale, speed, and security.

Now, as they expand into MENA, they’re looking for a hands-on technology leader to build from the ground up : the team, the architecture, the standards, and the local footprint.

You’ll sit at the intersection of engineering, AI, and enterprise integration , steering how major organisations adopt and scale applied AI.

This is greenfield, strategic, and execution-heavy . You’ll architect systems, guide enterprise discussions, and grow a high-performance technical culture across the region.

You'll get a slice of the pie too - with solid equity being offered as part of the package.

What You'll Do:

• Lead technical strategy and delivery across engineering, solutions, and customer onboarding
• Architect backend and infrastructure systems (Python, Go, Node.js, AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Oversee AI deployments - integrating LLMs , RAG , and vector search into production environments
• Define MENA-specific best practices around compliance, data governance, and uptime
• Build and mentor a local engineering and solutions team from scratch
• Partner closely with global ML and product teams to localise and optimise features for regional markets
• Act as the senior technical voice in enterprise conversations - guiding decision-makers and demonstrating the art of what’s possible

What You Bring:

• 8-12 years of software engineering and architecture experience in large-scale or distributed systems
• Proven leadership background in a technology-driven or AI-first company
• Founder mindset - previously working in successful start-ups / previous role as founder/co-founder is a big plus
• Deep understanding of Cloud Infrastructure, LLM integration & orchestration frameworks
• Fluent in Arabic and English , with strong communication and influencing ability.
• A builder’s mindset - comfortable operating in high-growth, zero-to-one environments