CO-FOUNDER : VOICE AI ENGINEER / ARCHITECT

ABOUT US

bCatalyst Labs is building an end-to-end Voice AI platform for the BFSI domain. Our platform enables financial institutions to build, deploy, manage, monitor, and test AI-powered conversational voice agents that handle customer support, KYC verification, loan processing, fraud detection, and claims processing at scale.

We are at an exciting inflection point — we’ve validated the market need, have early customers interested, and now we are assembling the technical founding team to scale this vision.

We are seeking an exceptionally talented Voice AI Engineer / Architect to join us as Co-Founder and lead our technical development. Location : Chennai, India (Remote-friendly for the right co-founder).

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The Ideal Candidate - You are a Voice AI engineer or architect who has :

• Built and deployed AI voice agents end-to-end, or have deep exposure to the entire voice AI pipeline (ASR → NLU / Intent Recognition → Dialogue Management → TTS)
• Shipped voice AI products in production that handle real user interactions at scale
• Hands-on experience with the full stack of voice technology : speech recognition, natural language understanding, dialogue systems, text-to-speech, and voice biometrics
• Worked in the BFSI / Financial Services domain (banking, insurance, lending) — OR strong desire to quickly master financial services compliance and use cases
• Proven ability to make architectural decisions about voice AI platforms, including technology stack choices, performance optimization, and production deployment
• Entrepreneurial mindset — you’ve either founded a startup before, or you are deeply eager to build and scale something from the ground up

Your Experience Includes :

Your Personality :

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Your First 30 Days :

First 3-6 Months :

Long-Term :

WHAT MAKES THIS ROLE DIFFERENT

You are not joining as an employee — you are building this company with us.

NICE-TO-HAVES (But Not Required)

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN YOUR BACKGROUND

You’ve shipped at least one of these :

OR you’ve deep-dived into voice AI as part of a larger team and want to lead now.

We care less about years of experience and more about POTENTIAL - Can you architect complex AI systems? - Do you understand the full voice pipeline? - Can you make trade-off decisions between speed, accuracy, and cost? - Do you have a track record of shipping and iterating?

WHY NOW? WHY THIS? WHY US?

Market Timing : BFSI institutions are actively investing in customer experience automation. Voice AI is becoming a competitive necessity.

Technology Readiness : LLMs, multimodal models, and open-source voice tech have matured to the point where building production voice AI is now feasible.

Opportunity : The BFSI + Voice AI opportunity is huge. Early movers have massive opportunity. The Founding Team has deep connects within the BFSI domain to seize this opportunity. To confirm that you have the attention to detail skills that we believe are essential – please include the following on the file name when you send or attach your resume - bclabs.

Problem We are Solving : Banks and insurers today either use legacy IVR systems or pay huge amounts to AI agencies. We are building software that lets them own and control their voice AI.

A FEW REAL TALKING POINTS

Early-stage means : You’ll wear many hats (architecture, some DevOps, customer conversations). You are not only coding, you are building a company.

Equity is real : For the right candidate, we will be providing meaningful equity. We are currently bootstrapped and planning to raise our first round by Q3 2026.

The market is real : We have early customers ready to pilot. You are not betting on hypothetical demand.

You should know : We are also hiring a Co-founder for Go-to-Market / Sales who will be primarily focusing on sales, GTM strategy, and fundraising to guarantee our success.

Our 2-Year Goal : In 24 months, we want to be known as the best-in-class Voice AI platform for BFSI in India, and expanding globally.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

We are looking to close on a Co-founder within the next 2-4 weeks . This is urgent but not rushed — we want to get it right.

If you are interested, apply through LinkedIn. We’d love to chat about what you’ve built, what excites you about voice AI, and whether this mission aligns with where you want to spend the next 3-5 years of your career.

Please include the following details in your profile :

We will then have a technical conversation with you where we dive into :

We’ll move fast — we want to get to “yes” or “no” quickly and respectfully. If you have what we are looking for and you want to be part of the AI revolution, reach out to us.