MassChallenge
Chief Technology Officer | Boston, MA
hn · Boston, MA · $180k-$200K
Jose has strong technical leadership experience as a founding engineer building 0→1 AI products at scale, demonstrating hands-on capability across full-stack, data, and AI systems. He has shipped production software infrastructure and led small teams, showing ability to own architecture and make build-vs-buy decisions. However, the CTO role at a nonprofit accelerator requires broader organizational leadership (hiring, fundraising support, board-level communication) and nonprofit/mission-driven context that isn't clearly reflected in his for-profit startup background.
Hook: Your founding engineer track record building real-time AI products end-to-end with proven infrastructure scaling and technical decision-making maps well onto owning MassChallenge's software, data, and AI stack.
Missing: nonprofit board relations and governance, nonprofit fundraising/grant management, HR/people operations at organizational scale, mission-driven organization strategy, IT compliance and security governance
Posting
MassChallenge | Chief Technology Officer | Boston, MA | HYBRID (2 days/week in office preferred) | Full-time | $180k-$200K + great benefits/WLB Hi HN! I'm posting my own backfill, as I'm leaving MassChallenge. It's a hands-on Product/Tech leadership role: you'd own software engineering, data, AI, and IT. MassChallenge is the Non-profit/no equity version of YC for mission driven companies. Comp is $180k-$200K with strong benefits and good work-life balance. You'd inherit a great team, some room for headcount growth, and a solid near-term roadmap, with flexibility to shape it once you're in. I'm not the hiring manager (this is my last week), but I may be involved in the interview process. Mention Hacker News when you apply. Current interview process: HR phone screen, technical screen, Exec team interview, CEO interview. Apply: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=ecf40970-4253-47dd-b9b5-c7ce3ca2c84c&ccId=19000101_000001&source=LI&lang=en_US&selectedMenuKey=CareerCenter&jobId=567759