About Depict

At Depict.ai, we are fundamentally disrupting how e-commerce operations have been conducted to date. We are building the intelligence engine for the future of retail, leveraging applied AI to transform product discovery, merchandising, and the overall shopper experience. We are not here to build a feature or a quick flip; our ambition is to build a generational, legacy company that redefines the global e-commerce software ecosystem.

We serve hundreds of millions of requests every month on some of the best brands and largest e-commerce sites in the world. We are backed by tier 1 investors, including Y Combinator, Initialized, Tiger Global and EQT Ventures.

The Role

We are looking for a rare, dual-threat executive to step into the combined role of CTO/CPO.

This is not a purely strategic, ivory-tower position. We need a commercially driven powerhouse who is highly opinionated about product, deeply technical, and utterly fearless when it comes to getting their hands dirty. You will own the entire product and technology lifecycle—from defining the overarching vision and architecture to driving daily execution and market fit. You will bridge the gap between complex applied AI capabilities and tangible, revenue-generating business value for our SaaS customers.

Key Responsibilities & Execution Roadmap

To ensure immediate impact, you will be expected to execute against the following high-level timeline, alongside your core leadership duties:

• Day 1 to 30: Audit, Assess & Align

  • Conduct a ruthless audit of the current technical architecture, applied AI models, and product roadmap. Identify immediate bottlenecks in scalability, security, or performance.

  • Deep-dive into the existing engineering, product, and data teams to assess talent, velocity, and culture.

  • Align intimately with Sales, Customer Success, and the CEO to understand exactly what features and AI capabilities are driving (or blocking) ARR and customer retention.

• Day 60: Strategize, Streamline & Set the Vision

  • Define and roll out a highly opinionated, market-defining product strategy and roadmap. Ruthlessly prioritize features that drive commercial outcomes and kill "tech for tech's sake" projects.

  • Implement rigorous, scalable engineering practices and agile workflows to increase shipping velocity and establish clear accountability across all teams.

  • Make critical decisions on architecture and infrastructure to ensure the platform can handle our ambitious scaling and performance requirements.

• Day 90: Execute, Ship & Drive ROI

  • The product and engineering engine is humming. You are actively shipping high-impact features that deliver immediate, measurable ROI to our e-commerce clients.

  • The gap between our complex AI research and tangible SaaS business value is completely bridged.

  • You have established a culture of high velocity and engineering excellence, stepping in to manage out underperformers and actively recruiting A-players to fill critical gaps.

Core Ongoing Responsibilities:

• Own the Product Vision: Lead with conviction, deciding what we build, why we build it, and how it disrupts current e-commerce workflows.

• Drive Technological Excellence: Oversee the technical foundation, ensuring scalability, security, and the practical, revenue-generating application of AI.

• Commercial Alignment: Partner closely with GTM teams to ensure product and tech decisions directly support pipeline generation and bottom-line growth.

• Lead & Scale Teams: Build, mentor, and manage high-performing product and engineering organizations. Establish a culture of high velocity, accountability, and engineering excellence.

• Be a "Doer": Lead by example. Whether it's whiteboarding system architecture or debugging a complex scaling issue, you dive into the trenches with your team.

What We're Looking For

• Unmatched Ambition: You have an elite work ethic and the drive to build a category-defining legacy company. You thrive in high-pressure, fast-paced environments where the goal is industry disruption.

• Domain Expertise: Deep experience in B2B SaaS, E-commerce, and Applied AI. You understand the mechanics of online retail, how modern e-commerce stacks operate, and how machine learning can be leveraged to solve real merchant pain points.

• Commercially Driven: You don't build tech for tech's sake. You have a profound understanding of business metrics, unit economics, and how product/tech decisions impact the bottom line.

• Highly Opinionated: You have strong, well-reasoned convictions about product design, user experience, and technical architecture, but you are empirical enough to pivot when the data demands it.

• Extensive Senior Leadership: Proven track record as a CPO, CTO, VP of Product, or VP of Engineering at a scaling, high-growth tech company.

• Exceptional Managerial Skills: You know how to hire A-players, manage out underperformers, and align diverse teams (engineers, data scientists, PMs, designers) behind a singular, cohesive vision.

Why Join Us?

• The opportunity to hold a massive impact role at a pivotal growth stage.

• The chance to work with cutting-edge applied AI and fundamentally change a multi-trillion-dollar industry.

• Highly competitive compensation package including significant equity—we want you to act and feel like a founder.
  

We look forward to hearing from you, and best of luck!