FlavorScale is looking for aFounding CTOwho ships fast, loves food, and wants to turn an already‑proven MVP intotheGen Z food discovery platform across Northwestern Europe. The app is live on Firebase, we’ve run a pre‑pilot with our biggest success in foodie‑city Copenhagen, and now we’re levelling up for abigger, louder, more impactful pilot in a major European foodie citywhile transforming into anAI‑driven, data‑generating machine.
FlavorScale is where Gen Z goes to decidewhereto eat,whatto try, andwhichspots actually match their taste – not just what’s trending. Think food discovery, community and deals in one place, with AI at the core and data fuelling everything we do.
Our MVP is built onGoogle Firebase, already tested with real users, and now we’re ready to scale, personalize, and own the food discovery space for a new generation.
Your role as Founding CTO
You’re not “just” joining a startup. You’re stepping in asco‑architect of the product and company.
* Own thetech vision and architectureas we grow from scrappy MVP to a scalable consumer platform.
* Take over and level up ourFirebase‑based stack(Firestore, Cloud Functions, Auth, Storage, security rules, CI/CD) and shape our next‑gen setup on Google Cloud.
* Design and buildAI/ML‑powered features: recommendation engine, discovery feeds, search/ranking, and personalised food journeys.
* Be thetechnical face of FlavorScale: sit at the table for product decisions, investor conversations and our first official funding round planned for 2026 Q3.
You’ll start with meaningfulequity as a true co‑founder, then move into a startup salary after the round.
Technical must‑haves
You’re abuilder first, with opinions and battle scars.
* ~5+ years ofhands‑on development, with shipped web or mobile products that real people use.
* Strong experience withFirebase & Google Cloud:
o Firestore data modelling and queries
o Cloud Functions
o Auth & security rules
o Storage and deployment/CI workflows
* Comfortable across the stack: at least onefrontend framework(React / React Native / Flutter) and onebackend language(TypeScript/Node or Python preferred).
* Solid inAPI design and integration, performance tuning, and making pragmatic trade‑offs between speed, cost and robustness.
AI, data and architecture mindset
FlavorScale is becoming adata and AI company. You’ll help make that real.
* PracticalAI/ML product experience: you’ve integrated recommendation systems, smart ranking, or LLM‑based features into real products, not just hackathon demos.
* Strongdata mindset: event tracking, analytics, A/B testing basics, and turning behaviour into product decisions and experiments.
* Able to design ascalable architecturefor a consumer app: modular, evolvable, and ready to handle growth without constant rewrites.
* Familiar withprivacy and security basicsfor consumer data in an EU context.
Leadership, team and social skills
You’re technical, but you’re also the person others want to build with.
* Provenhands‑on leadership: led a small team, a squad, or complex projects end‑to‑end; you’re comfortable planning, executing and iterating.
* Strong communicator who can explain tech clearly to non‑technical people and confidently represent FlavorScale with investors, partners and communities.
* Team builder: excited to hire, onboard and mentor early engineers, set engineering standards, and shape a healthy, ambitious culture from day one.
* Highownership and initiative: you spot problems early, propose solutions, and are comfortable making decisions under uncertainty.
Who you are (vibes)
* A realfoodie. You care about restaurants, food culture and Gen Z behaviour in cities like Amsterdam, Paris, London, Copenhagen, Berlin, etc.
* You enjoyworking closely with the founding team: jam sessions, whiteboards, pilot‑city trips, visiting partners, and being out in the community. Not just behind a screen.
* Experience infoodtech, marketplaces or SaaS/platform productsis a big plus.
Location, language and commitment
* Ideally based close toAmsterdam/Rotterdamor elsewhere inNorthwestern Europe, with openness to spend serious in‑person time in the Netherlands after the 2026 Q2 funding round.
* Fluent inEnglishand at leastone other languagerelevant to the region (Dutch, German, a Scandinavian language, French, etc.).
* Ready to join now on anequity‑firstpackage, transitioning to an agreedstartup salary post‑investment, with long‑term upside as a core founder.
If your perfect week looks likeshipping features, playing with data, shaping product with the CEO, and celebrating wins over amazing food in great cities, this is your cue.
Send a short intro, links to things you’ve built, and your currentfavourite food city and why. Let’s see if we’re building the future of food discovery together.
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