Founding Engineer

Building the AI-Native Recruitment Operating System

About Select TMS

Select TMS is redefining how talent is identified, engaged, and delivered across the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. We operate at the intersection of human judgment and machine intelligence, embedding deeply into our clients' hiring processes while delivering measurable cost savings, speed, and quality.

We are now building the digital backbone of this model: a proprietary, AI-native recruitment platform designed by recruiters, for recruiters and purpose-built for the clean energy and infrastructure ecosystem.

This is not another ATS.

This is a recruitment operating system.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Founding Engineer / CTO to architect and build the Select TMS platform from the ground up.

You will own the technical vision and execution of a fully integrated system that combines:

• ATS + CRM
• Deep LinkedIn and sourcing workflow integration
• AI-driven candidate discovery, matching, and prioritisation
• Real-time reporting and hiring intelligence
• A living, constantly updated proprietary talent database
• Interfaces for recruiters, employers, and candidates to interact seamlessly

Our ambition is to own the AI recruitment ecosystem for clean energy and infrastructure, delivering a platform that feels intuitive, powerful, and human, rather than automated and cold.

What You'll Build

You will lead the design and development of a platform that includes:

• A proprietary ATS + CRM, tailored specifically to recruiter workflows
• Deep LinkedIn and sourcing tool integrations (search, outreach, pipeline management)
• AI-assisted candidate discovery, ranking, and shortlisting, augmenting recruiter judgment, not replacing it
• A clean, intuitive UX that makes finding and engaging candidates faster and more natural than ever
• A living talent database, the most targeted renewable energy and infrastructure candidate ecosystem globally
• Advanced reporting and analytics for clients (time-to-hire, pipeline health, source performance, diversity metrics, cost efficiency)
• Secure, role-based access for clients as an add-on service
• Candidate-facing interfaces that allow jobseekers and employers to interact meaningfully
• A scalable architecture that can grow into adjacent sectors beyond clean energy

Your Role

As Founding Engineer / CTO, you will:

• Own the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap
• Design and build the platform end-to-end (initially hands-on, later leading a team)
• Make key decisions around tech stack, data architecture, AI models, and integrations
• Translate recruiter workflows and human decision-making into intuitive digital systems
• Ensure the product balances AI capability with human usability
• Build with security, scalability, and compliance in mind from day one
• Recruit and lead the future engineering team as the platform scales
• Partner directly with the founder on product direction, prioritisation, and long-term strategy

Who We're Looking For

This role is for a builder, someone who wants to create something category-defining, not maintain legacy systems.

You might be a great fit if you have:

• Strong experience as a software engineer / technical founder / early-stage CTO
• A track record of building complex, data-driven platforms from scratch
• Experience with AI/ML integration, recommendation systems, or intelligent workflows
• Deep understanding of product architecture and user experience, not just code
• Comfort owning decisions across backend, frontend, data, and infrastructure
• Strong opinions, loosely held, and the ability to think several moves ahead
• An interest in recruitment, marketplaces, SaaS platforms, or workflow tools (ATS/CRM experience is a plus, not a requirement)
• A desire to work closely with users and build software around real human behaviour

Tech Stack (Flexible, But Opinionated)

We are open to your recommendations, but expect experience across:

• Modern backend frameworks (e.g. Node, Python, Go)
• Scalable frontend architectures (React, Vue, etc.)
• Cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Data pipelines, APIs, and integrations
• AI/ML tooling (LLMs, embeddings, search, ranking, automation)
• Secure, multi-tenant SaaS systems

Why This Is Different

• You're not joining a finished company, you're founding the platform
• You'll shape the product, the team, and the ecosystem
• You'll work directly with recruiters and clients to build something they actually want
• You'll own meaningful equity and long-term upside
• You'll build software that sits at the centre of a multi-billion-dollar energy transition

Compensation

• Competitive salary (aligned with stage)
• Meaningful equity, this is a core leadership role
• Long-term opportunity to lead the technical organisation

How to Apply

If this resonates, I'd love to have a conversation. We're less interested in polished CVs and more interested in how you think, what you've built, and what you want to create next.