Field CTO, Taiwan

The role

The Field CTO for EDA and AI will architect solutions on the WEKA Data Platform for chip designers, foundries, and AI teams. You will act as a technical evangelist and collaborate with the CTO Office to translate customer requirements into architectures.

What you will do

• Connect WEKA's EDA and AI customers across APJ to the broader WEKA team.
• Partner with the GTM team to develop and deliver technical presentations, demonstrations, and customer workshops.
• Act as a trusted advisor to GTM teams and customers regarding WEKA technology.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing to align customer needs and product roadmap.
• Deliver advisory services to the field, working with presales and post-sales organizations.
• Provide oversight on large, complex EDA and AI customer engagements.
• Champion technical innovation across functions and assess emerging technologies.
• Cultivate partnerships with technology providers like EDA vendors, foundries, hyperscalers, and GPU vendors.
• Represent WEKA at industry events, conferences, and workshops.
• Identify emerging market trends to inform product development and go-to-market strategy.

Required qualifications

• 15+ years of technical experience in relevant industries

Nice to have

• Proven experience architecting AI infrastructure environments
• Hands-on experience with EDA (Electronic Design Automation) workflows and semiconductor design compute environments
• Proven track record deploying and utilizing multiple AI frameworks and technologies
• Excellent English and Chinese communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated experience and proven skills as a technical evangelist
• Comfortable with frequent travel across APJ including China
• Ability to translate technical terms into business value for varied audiences
• Experience building and maintaining strong relationships with customers and partners
• A collaborative, results-oriented mindset with a strong work ethic and genuine passion for staying ahead of the technology curve

About the company

WEKA is a pre-IPO, growth-stage company architecting a new approach to the enterprise data stack for the AI era. The WEKA Data Platform provides a cloud and AI-native software solution to transform legacy data silos into data pipelines.