App looking to eradicate loneliness seeks CTO

Hi all,

Surf, an app that helps you make new friends based on mutual interests, is looking for a CTO.

A word on the product - on Surf, users open the platform and type in a desired outcome (e.g. "I want to find a partner in London for a Kilimanjaro climbing trip."). We match them with someone who wants to achieve the same outcome. They chat. They become friends. That’s it. Elegant. Simple. Life-changing. We want to use it to eradicate loneliness from the world.

A word on who we’re looking for - we need someone with considerable NLP and ML pedigree (prod level experience mandatory) and experience with OpenCV is a plus. Hands on experience in creating simple native apps with MERN and Expo stacks will be required. We need someone who loves the early stage challenges of startup life and is ready to wear different technical hats. Someone so enthused about the idea of eliminating loneliness from the world and finding a friend for everyone that they would happily work on this for a year+ pre-funding.

In terms of existing assets, we’ve already got lots of proprietary technology incl. key algorithms, and an app that’s 70-80% finished. Our waiting list has seen uptake in over 40 countries and we’re in promising talks with universities over pilot schemes. We already have one advisor (with prior exp. at Google) onboard and are actively seeking others to make near-term fundraising more straightforward. Any CTO coming into this project will be well-set-up for success, and in a field with unlimited TAM and growth potential.

Early stage - equity only, but we’ll be pursuing funding immediately after launch.

The ideal candidate would be in London, UK but fundamentally we don’t care where you live, especially if you’re the next Aaron Swartz/Tarun Mathur/Mira Murati.

Get in touch here, or by emailing us at team@imsurf.in with the subject line “Surf CTO Position”