Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

As part of the Executive Leadership Team, the CTO will play a pivotal role in aligning technology with business goals, fostering innovation, and building high-performance engineering teams to deliver cutting-edge solutions.

Key Responsibilities

· Define and execute the company’s technology vision, innovation strategy, and product development roadmap.

· Oversee design, architecture, and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performing software solutions.

· Drive AI/ML adoption across products and services to enhance business value.

· Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to maintain a competitive edge.

· Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of product development, from ideation to launch, commercialization, and scaling.

· Collaborate with Product, Marketing, and Business Development teams to ensure successful product-market fit.

· Build, mentor, and lead cross-functional engineering and R&D teams.

· Foster a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous improvement.

· Implement best practices for software development, DevOps, and agile methodologies.

· Ensure robust technology infrastructure, security, and compliance across all digital platforms.

· Manage technology budgets, vendor relationships, and resource planning.

· Establish KPIs to measure technology and product performance.

Required Qualifications

· Education: BS in Computer Science / Software Engineering (MS preferred).

· Experience: 10–12 years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in managing software development team.

· Proven track record of leading AI/ML-driven projects, product development, and commercialization.

· Strong programming background in Python and familiarity with modern frameworks and cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP):-

o Hands-on experience in building, deploying, and scaling applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

o Proficiency with core AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, and API Gateway.

o Experience in cloud-native architecture design including serverless applications and containerization (ECS, EKS, Docker, Kubernetes).

o Skilled in setting up CI/CD pipelines on AWS (e.g., CodePipeline, CodeDeploy) for automated deployment.

o Strong understanding of IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, and CloudFormation for security, monitoring, and infrastructure as code.

o Ability to optimize cloud usage for cost efficiency, performance, and scalability.

· Demonstrated success in scaling software products within a software house or tech company environment.

· Strong understanding of system architecture, data pipelines, and enterprise solutions.

Key Skills & Competencies

· Strategic thinking with the ability to align technology with business objectives.

· Strong leadership and team-building skills.

· Expertise in AI, ML, Python, and Product Engineering.

· Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

· Entrepreneurial mindset with a results-driven approach.

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: In person