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ReApplic8 - Co-Founder & CTO

Bleiswijk, South Holland, Netherlands · Hybrid

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ReApplic8Co-Founder & CTO Equity co-founder · Netherlands (remote possible) · Part-time → full-time Most solutions to today's hardest problems already exist — somewhere else, in another industry. A data-center sensor is …

Skills: LLM Orchestration, RAG, Prompt Engineering, TypeScript, Node.js

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ReApplic8 - Co-Founder & CTO

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Bleiswijk, South Holland, Netherlands • Hybrid

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  • Co-founder level equity, Ownership of product and technology direction, Opportunity to build and lead the engineering team
  • Posted 10d ago
  • ~40 hrs/week

Responsibilities

The CTO will lead the technical architecture and product direction, specifically focusing on shipping and scaling the K8 AI voice agent. Responsibilities include writing code daily, managing the developer team, and ensuring the platform is multi-tenant and secure.

Requirements

Candidates must have a proven track record of shipping AI apps or SaaS products with hands-on experience in LLM orchestration and RAG. Strong judgment in backend architecture and a founder-mindset are essential, with a preference for candidates based in the Netherlands.

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ReApplic8Co-Founder & CTO

Equity co-founder · Netherlands (remote possible) · Part-time → full-time

Most solutions to today's hardest problems already exist — somewhere else, in another industry. A data-center sensor is exactly what a greenhouse grower needs. An aviation logistics model fixes a food cold-chain. ReApplic8 finds those connections and makes them happen.

We do it through K8, our AI voice agent and the linking pin between people, knowledge and ecosystems. K8 doesn't query a database — she has a real conversation, hears what someone is trying to build, and gets smarter with every call. That conversation data is our moat.


Where we stand

Two co-founders — Erik (COO, BD, tech (now)) and Desh (CEO, vision, commercial) — now building the third corner of the founding team. Live stack today: Vapi + Twilio (voice), Supabase (data), LLM orchestration across providers. We're validating direction in customer conversations right now — the mission and the re-application mechanic are fixed; the roadmap is co-created, including with you.

We start in Dutch horticulture, but the platform is sector-agnostic by design.

Traction is building through genuine interest from many ecosystem partners and companies such as: Yes!Delft, Delphy, Kas als Energiebron, Rabobank, Global Alliance for Horticulture regions, WUR, FME, Samenwerkingsverband Start-up Scale-up Zuid Holland, etc.

The ambition: 30,000 food-transition challenges connected to 300,000 solutions by 2030.


The role

A hands-on CTO co-founder at the intersection of building and commercial thinking. Not pure engineering, not pure management. You take over K8, write code daily, and own the technical architecture and product direction. As we grow you will build and manage the developer team as well.

What we are today: we don't train models (yet) — we orchestrate AI agents on top of commercial LLMs. The craft is agent design, prompt/context engineering, RAG, and making voice-first AI reliable in production. Not ML research.


Your first job is focused: ship a version of K8 that works and feels good, in real users' hands.

Then architect to grow into a platform:

  • Multi-tenant by design — isolated, access-controlled company knowledge layers.
  • Secure external-DB connections — organisations link private knowledge via encrypted APIs. GDPR-compliant, zero data leakage. Getting this demonstrably right is what unlocks enterprise.
  • White-label ready — from “Powered by K8” to fully white-labeled, and eventually custom AI personas organisations own. Early architecture decides feature vs. rebuild.
  • Voice-first economics — voice minutes cost real money; metering, session limits and conversion triggers are product features, not afterthoughts.

Later phase: a system that learns from every conversation. Don't build it day one — but architect so the door stays open. The roadmap is a direction, not a spec — you'll be in the customer conversations that shape it, and you'll help decide what we build, in which order.

Success in the first 6 months for us is shipping a version of K8 that works and inspires, feels good and shows user the potential of what we are building. The architecture of multi-tenant design is set and the first business customers are connected to our platform including a company knowledge layer.

What we're looking for

  • Proven track record shipping digital products — AI apps, SaaS, or marketplaces. We care what you've shipped, not your credentials.
  • Hands-on LLM product experience: agent orchestration, RAG and vector search, prompt/context engineering, OpenAI/Anthropic. Voice agents (Vapi, Twilio, ElevenLabs, Cartesia) a bonus.
  • Strong judgment in platform architecture, backend (TypeScript/Node or similar), and multi-tenant data design. Secure third-party integration, GDPR, or white-label experience a strong plus.
  • Concept → MVP → scalable platform, including the unglamorous parts: evals, reliability, CI/CD, unit economics.
  • Fluent in AI-native dev workflows — you ship faster with AI coding agents and expect your future team to.
  • Reads the business context yourself. Comfortable when assumptions still need validating and priorities shift fast.
  • Founder-minded, mission-driven, in it for the long-term upside. Netherlands-based preferred — we value meeting in person.

What you get

  • Meaningful true co-founder-level equity — you shape the company, not just the codebase.
  • No salary in the early phase, with an honest path to competitive comp as we grow.
  • Full ownership of product, technology and direction, plus the chance to build and lead the engineering team.
  • A founding team with strong ecosystem networks and commercial track record, backed by the HIC Venture Studio (venture building, business design, fundraising, partnerships).

Interested, or know someone who is? Show us something you've built — reach out directly.

www.ReApplic8.com

Related keywords

AI Voice AgentVapiTwilioSupabaseOpenAIAnthropicElevenLabsCartesiaVector SearchRAGMulti-tenancyWhite-labelGDPRSaaSMVPTypeScript

About HortiScience Innovation Center

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Provides an environment for developing and implementing groundbreaking innovations in sustainable greenhouse horticultur

Industry
Horticulture
Company size
2-10 employees
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Bleiswijk, South Holland
LinkedIn followers
1,406

HIC brings together experts, businesses, start-ups and academics to develop innovations for sustainable food production.

Offices: Violierenweg 1, Bleiswijk, South Holland 2665 MV, NL

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About HortiScience Innovation Center

LinkedInVisit site

Provides an environment for developing and implementing groundbreaking innovations in sustainable greenhouse horticultur

Industry
Horticulture
Company size
2-10 employees
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Bleiswijk, South Holland
LinkedIn followers
1,406

HIC brings together experts, businesses, start-ups and academics to develop innovations for sustainable food production.

Offices: Violierenweg 1, Bleiswijk, South Holland 2665 MV, NL

View all jobs at HortiScience Innovation Center

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