CTO - Perfume AI Startup

Job Description

The Mission

We are deconstructing complex sensory data to help consumers navigate this rich culture through a digital gateway that offers data-backed, confident discovery.

• Scent DNA Engine: A proprietary database mapping molecular fragrance preferences to personalized recommendations.
• AI Discovery Suite: An LLM-driven platform that converts complex olfactory notes into understandable consumer language.

• A Perfume Nerd: You actually care about fragrance. You understand why notes are hard to shop for online and want to fix that.
• Engineering-First: You are high-velocity and use tools like Claude Code to ship fast, but you have a proper tech background. You aren't just building wrappers; you know how to build real architecture.
• Data Scraper: You can build robust, scalable scraping infrastructure to ingest data from thousands of unstructured fragrance sources without getting blocked.
• Algorithmically Minded: You're comfortable building and iterating on multi-dimensional clustering algorithms to map user preferences against scent profiles.
• The 0→1 Mindset: You have prior startup experience and are comfortable building from scratch, prioritizing growth and monetization over pixel-perfection.

• The Recommendation Engine: Own the Scent DNA logic. Move us from basic LLM responses to a proprietary engine using clustering and vector embeddings.
• Scraping at Scale: Build and maintain the pipelines that keep our database of Middle Eastern and niche fragrances the most comprehensive in the region.
• Rapid Prototyping: Use AI-assisted coding to iterate on the discovery UI/UX daily.
• Infrastructure: Set up the backend, data privacy, and cloud architecture from scratch.

Why Join

You'll be joining a high-velocity founder (ex-Rocket Internet, ASOS) with deep distribution and domain knowledge. We have the data and the network; we need you to build the engine.