full description: hiring.focal.vc
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focal leads inception rounds in exceptional technical founders - often before the company is obvious, before consensus forms, before datasets show a trace.
We're now hiring a founding technical leader to build the software, data, and AI systems that help us see earlier, decide better, act faster, and compound what we learn across every opportunity and portfolio company.
This is NOT an internal AI tools role. This IS a founder role. You own the proprietary intelligence layer - the system that shapes how we source, decide, support, learn, and execute.
We're looking for someone we'd back as a technical founder, but whose obsession is building the machine behind many companies rather than just one.
Details: - Carry: In Fund II and every future fund you're part of. Startup equity is one bet on one outcome. Carry is participation in every company we back, across every fund, for as long as you're here. Grants layer over time and your upside compounds. Exact % shared with qualified finalists. - Cash comp: Commensurate with experience and impact (~$175k-$250k base) - Additional benefits: 100% paid healthcare, 401(k), 6 weeks PTO, 3 months paid parental leave - Budget: For tools, compute, office needs, and experimentation - Setup: High trust, low process. You have wide autonomy over how you work, we care first and foremost about impact.
Apply: Send hiring@focal.vc your LinkedIn (and X if you have it) along with the thing you've built in recent months you're most proud of and why. We look for evidence of taste, systems thinking, and judgment.
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