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Chief Financial Officer

Emergent · San Francisco · On-site

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About Emergent

AI app builder that turns your ideas into monetizable software. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

This is not a traditional finance role. As CFO, you will work directly with the founders and leadership team to shape company strategy, capital allocation, fundraising, operational planning, and long-term value creation.

What they're looking for

  • Experience helping scale a technology company from roughly $100M revenue toward $500M+ revenue
  • Proven success leading fundraising and investor relationships
  • Strong background in strategic finance, capital allocation, and business operations
  • Exceptional communication and executive presence
  • Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
  • High ownership, strong judgment, and deep curiosity about technology
More about this role

Emergent builds autonomous coding agents that replace traditional software development by generating, testing, and deploying production applications directly from plain-language intent. Our systems run in production at global scale and are used to build millions of real applications.

Since our public launch, we've crossed $130M in Annualised Revenue and grown to over 10M users across 190+ countries , who have built 12M+ applications on Emergent. We're backed by Creaegis, Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Lightspeed, Together, Y Combinator, Google, Claypond and Sentinel Global.

We're solving the hard part of AI-driven software creation: correctness, reliability, security, and scale in real production systems. The team is built by repeat founders, Olympiad medalists, IIT & IIM alumni, and leaders from Google, Amazon, and Dropbox.

We're hiring builders who want ownership, speed, and impact at global scale.

This is not a traditional finance role. As CFO, you will work directly with the founders and leadership team to shape company strategy, capital allocation, fundraising, operational planning, and long-term value creation. You will help build the financial and operational foundation for a...

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