Chief Technology Officer - Startup

CTO - Internet Domain @ Bangalore, India

Our client is a technology start up working primarily in Education and Internet domain. They are promoted by young technocrats to cater to the incredibly growing mobile and internet industry across the world. They are committed to deliver best mobile and internet communication solutions that enable students and educators to make their lives/operations more convenient and simple. They focus on development of products and service delivery that meets the accessibility, usability, affordability and expectations of end customers.

Position : CTO - Internet Domain

Education : B.S. / M.S. in Engineering ( Computer Sc. Preferred) or related technical discipline from Tier 1 institutes

Experience : 4-8 years of experience in web and mobile application development using WAMP/LAMP architecture or other software development. Prior start-up experience is a big plus : 2-4 years experience with start-up companies preferred

Location : Bangalore

Compensation : Competitive and commensurate with candidate caliber and experience

Role Responsibilities and Desired Profile :

1. Candidate will work as Chief Technical Offer and report directly to CEO. He will lead technology and product development efforts and will help build a massively scalable and robust platform. CTO will be responsible for driving constant innovation and improvements in the platform, leveraging the latest developments in relevant technology. He will work in tandem with CEO and Product Manager to translate product vision into a product that adds immense value to customers (merchants) as well as end users. He will wear lots of hats especially in the early days: from start-up systems architect to code monkey to development manager to ops manager then finally to CTO as the business scales over time.

2. He will lead platform selection and technical design in order to design an architecture for the platform to maximize agility and scalability and also without large amounts of up-front cost. Design, develop and deploy new products, product features, backend systems, and ensure delivery as per release plan. Know the entire platform and system architecture in both macro and micro- detail. Build a strong technology team with the aim of eventually designating engineers in the team as "Technical Leads" and delegating to them the work of guiding the technical direction of more and more projects. Build backend tools to automate business processes for marketing, customer service, production, management, etc, and lead timely response to feature requests from internal users and dev features.

3. He should be strong in OO design, database design and network programming fundamentals. Practical experience with Apache/PHP, Java, MySQL ( WAMP/LAMP architecture). Design and coding skills in front end web technologies - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jquery, Ajax etc. Familiarity and experience in using technologies such as Lucene, red5, Solr. Familiarity with technical requirements of Internet marketing and search engine optimization. Understanding of 3rd party API development (must), Android, I-phone app development. Good understanding of agile methodologies, iterative development, scrum etc.

4. Should be able to work in un-structured and dynamic environment. Demonstrated ability to envision web- and mobile-based services that meet consumer needs or solve business problems. Passionate about technology and web/mobile based consumer products. Good understanding of LoSoMo (Local Social Mobile) space. Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences. Self motivated and team player. Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.

If you fit in, pls mail your CV in Word format alongwith current & expected CTC, notice period . Do mention exact job title in the subjectline of your mail for it to be noticed. We contact only shortlisted candidates.

Contact-
Amit
Malleshwaram, Bangalore