Job Description

Chief Financial Officer

San Francisco

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 public launch, Emergent has crossed $100M in ARR and grown to over 10M users across 190+ countries. We're backed by Khosla Ventures, SoftBank, Google, Lightspeed, Prosus, Together, and Y Combinator.

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.

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. You will help build the financial and operational foundation for a company operating at exceptional scale and speed, answering some of the most important questions facing the business: how to invest capital to maximize long-term growth, how to scale from $100M ARR to billions in revenue, how AI infrastructure economics evolve over time, and what a public-company-ready operating system looks like. Also, scope of the role will be aligned as per the interview feedback and overall fitment.

What You'll Own:

• Partner directly with the founders on company strategy and long-range planning, leading company-wide financial planning, forecasting, and resource allocation.
• Develop frameworks for evaluating investments across product, infrastructure, growth, and enterprise, and help drive key decisions around pricing, monetization, and expansion.
• Lead future financing activities across venture capital, growth equity, strategic capital, and debt, building relationships with investors, financial institutions, and strategic partners.
• Partner closely with the founders on board management and investor communications, and help prepare the company for eventual public market readiness.
• Own forecasting, KPI management, and operating reviews across the company, partnering with Product and Engineering on infrastructure investment decisions.
• Develop frameworks around model costs, compute efficiency, gross margins, and capital efficiency.
• Build and scale a world-class finance organization, overseeing accounting, tax, treasury, audit, compliance, and risk management.
• Establish systems, controls, and processes capable of supporting global scale.

What We'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.

Nice to Have:

• AI, developer tools, infrastructure software, cloud, or SaaS experience.
• Background in investment banking, growth equity, venture capital, or corporate development.
• Experience preparing a company for IPO or large-scale liquidity events.
• Experience working closely with founder-led organizations.

Why Join Us:

• Help shape the strategy, economics, and long-term trajectory of a company defining a new category of software.
• Build a generational technology company from hypergrowth to global scale.
• Work directly with founders and leadership at the center of the shift from human-written to AI-generated software.
• Real ownership, meaningful equity, and global impact.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Competitive salary and performance incentives
• Meaningful equity ownership
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Unlimited Paid Time Off: take the time you need to recharge and come back refreshed
• Flexible Working Hours: work arrangements that fit your life and commitments

Let's build the future of software together.

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