CTO / Founding Engineer - Trigger (Computational Creativity)
BuildersRotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Posted January 10, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Builders is an entrepreneurial venture studio focused on turning bold ideas into groundbreaking enterprise software and AI companies. With a founder-first approach and experienced teams, Builders accelerates startups from concept to market leadership through rapid validation, strategic partnerships, and tailored funding solutions.
Job Description
We're looking for a Founding Technical Leader to architect and build Trigger's cognitive engine, a multimodal system that turns creative behavior into understanding. The role involves designing and building the core architecture of Trigger's AI + product stack, implementing ingestion pipelines, embeddings, reasoning workflows, and APIs, and developing the early Context Graph connecting creative assets, signals, and outcomes.
Requirements
- Built and shipped end-to-end AI products (web + AI layer)
- Strong across backend and AI systems
- Experience with multimodal models is a strong plus
- Deep familiarity with RAG, vector DBs, graph thinking, semantics
- Strong systems thinking: data pipelines, embeddings, infra, orchestration
- Love for quick iteration, shipping, and problem-solving
- Interest in storytelling, design, and human behavior
- Founder-level ownership; comfortable in early-stage chaos
Benefits
- Immediate impact: direct access to top-tier design partners
- Upside: early equity + genuine ownership (including co-founder equity for the right person)
