About United Effects Venture Studios (UEV)

United Effects^® Ventures (UEV) is aPhilly-based startup studio and incubator established by provenB2B technology leaders to offer origination-stage investment and support that de-risks the earliest startup efforts, assuring young B2B technology companies start faster and go further.

We’re blending west coast tech-savvy ambition with east coast investment discipline, years of real “been there done that” founder experience, and a “get it done” attitude to give founders a practical path to success. Clear milestones and no romanticized founder hype.

Why This Role Exists

UEV is ready to bring on a CTO in Residence to be thehands-on technical leader, advisor, and builder-in-chief across our venturestudio. This isn’t a traditional CTO gig. You’ll help guide portfolio founders,shape internal studio ventures, and help launch a dedicated AI lab within UEV focused on rapid ideation, prototyping, and commercialization of new products.

If you’ve been a founder, startup CTO, or tech leader who thrives in fast-paced environments—and you’re itching to build many things, notjust one—this could be the most fun you’ve had in years.

The CTO in Residence Role

You’ll wear multiple hats, often on the same day. From supporting early-stage founders, to pressure-testing ideas, to prototyping MVPs, to setting up our AI lab’s infrastructure—this role is abouthigh-leverage impact. You’ll work directly with:

• Portfolio startup teams
• Internal UEV leadership
• Product and design partners
• External dev and AI vendors

You’ll be the steady hand, the bold thinker, and the empathetic coach that helps get things moving—fast.

What You'll Do

• Guide technical strategy and product architecture for early-stage UEV-backed startups
• Roll up your sleeves and prototype MVPs orhigh-risk product concepts
• Help startups with proven MVPs transition to scalable architectures for growth
• Design and lead the development of our AI lab infrastructure and process framework
• Context switch with grace across multiple initiatives without losing velocity
• Evaluate technical co-founder candidates and advise on early hiring plans
• Partner with design and product teams to validate and iterate on new ideas
• Mentor technical founders and help them grow into leadership roles
• Surface and pitch new in-studio ideas for potential spin-out

Who You Are

• A former startup CTO, technical co-founder, or hands-on senior product engineer
• Deeply technical but relentlessly product-minded
• Experienced in AI/ML product experimentation and commercialization
• Comfortable moving between code, architecture, and high-level business decisions
• Fast context switcher who loves variety
• Naturally collaborative, low-ego, and founder-first in attitude
• Skilled at mentoring, coaching, and leveling up those around you
• Excited by the idea of spinning something out yourself one day

Tech You Know (or Can Learn Fast)

We’re not religious about stacks, but here’s the kind of experience that will set you up to move fast:

1. Proficiency in modern AI/ML tools and frameworks (e.g., OpenAI, LangChain, Pinecone, Hugging Face, Weaviate)
2. Experience with vector databases and RAG architectures
3. Cloud-native chops (e.g., AWS, GCP, Vercel, Firebase, Supabase)
4. Familiarity with modern web and backend stacks (e.g., Node.js, TypeScript, Python, Java, Golang, Rust, React, Next.js, Flask/FastAPI)
5. DevOps mindset—automating, monitoring, and deploying with ease (e.g., Docker, GitHub Actions, Terraform)
6. Experience architecting enterprise-grade solutions—microservices, distributed systems, big data pipelines, eventual consistency, etc.
7. Bonus: startup stack pragmatism—knowing when to ship scrappy vs. scale smart

What You’ll Get

• Contract-to-hire role (part-time or full-time considered)
• Equity in UEV + significant upside in AI lab spinouts
• Unparalleled exposure to a portfolio of B2B SaaS startups
• A chance to shape not just companies—but the studio itself

Why UEV

If you're done with hype and ready to actually build, if you’re obsessed with helping founders win, and if you’re excited by working across a high-potential portfolio while shaping the next wave of AI-native B2B companies—let’s talk.

Philadelphia-based is a plus, but not a requirement.

Let’s build.

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