Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Minimum 5 years of data engineering and/or cloud data management experience
• Ability to understand customer requirements and create customized demonstrations and
collateral
• Provide product feedback (feature requests, user experience) to the development team
• Strong foundation in system level architectures and compute, storage and networking
infrastructure, specifically:
• Compute architectures – physical and virtualized, operating systems (Linux strongly
preferred)
• Storage systems – file systems, object stores
• On-prem data center and public cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) environments
• Hands-on experience with Linux/Unix systems as a system administrator or equivalent role
involving installing software and security patches, installing hardware components on servers as
per product manuals etc.
• Hands-on experience working with public cloud infrastructure and services. Cloud certifications
are preferred.
• Basic understanding of enterprise system deployment architecture around network configuration,
security related settings etc.
• Experience troubleshooting configuration issues to resolve them independently or in collaboration
with customer support teams.
• Be able to work with development/L3 support teams to live debug any issues for swift resolution
• Experience with programming or scripting languages such as Python, JAVA, GO is preferred.
• Experience with data management, DevOps, micro-services, containerization

Minimum 7+ years of experience in professional software development with MEAN / MERN /LAMP stack experience

Key Responsibilities:
1. Experience as a Technical / Enterprise Architect with strong knowledge of technologies /
paradigms such as AI/ML, Micro-services, REST APIs, using MEAN /MERN & MongoDB
2. Experience in defining and implementing and managing Cloud infrastructure  
3. Experience in setting up Architecture and technology vision and adoption of technology
advancements into product delivery
4. Should have worked with key technology partners in architecting various solutions
5. Developing, Training, and mentoring in-house & outsourced Engineering teams
6. Setting best practices across coding process
7. Experience in establishing Enterprise technology standards and architecture review
board for governance of Technology & Architectural changes and roadmap
8. Define the complete technical infrastructure environment

Requirements:
1. Experience in Fintech and B2C SaaS applications
2. Proven experience as a Technical Architect or Project Manager
3. Hands-on experience with software development and system administration
4. Understanding of strategic IT solutions
5. Experience in project management and service-oriented architecture (SOA)
6. Knowledge of selected coding languages (PHP, Python)
7. Familiarity with various operating systems (eg Windows, UNIX) and databases (eg
MongoDB / MySQL)
8. Ability to articulate technical solutions & ROI associated to multiple stakeholders such as
Product engineering teams, business leaders, CXOs etc

Roles and responsibilities:

• Should be the single point of contact for all project related queries and concerns.
• Should ensure project delivery and quality at desired level.
• Adherence to the Process.
• Oversee daily activities of the team and provide direction and guidance as needed.
• Manage resources as per workload.
• Address delivery issues in a timely fashion.
• Ensure operational excellence by making team technically competent enough.
• Evaluate the performance of team members and determine training needs.

 

Desired candidate profile:

• Overall experience of 15 Yrs. to 20 Yrs.
• 5+ yrs. of experience on project management and project delivery.
• Should have proven experience on coding and managing teams using Java, J2ee, iOS, Android, AWS, Node JS, and Python.
• Adoption to the new technologies is desired.
• Understanding of firmware and protocols related to IOT, Bluetooth will be added advantage
• Required to be technical and hands on coding if needed.
• Candidates should be Process oriented and execute projects in Scrum/Agile methodologies.

 

 

 

 

 

Strategic thinking and strong business acumen are essential in this role. We expect you to be well-versed in current technological trends and familiar with a variety of business concepts. If you are also an excellent communicator and public speaker, we’d like to meet you.

What you need to have:

FreightCrate Technologies:

FreightCrate Technologies is a Logistics Technology company that- aims to transform international shipping through innovative and cost-effective tech solutions that can mutually benefit exporters, importers and logistics service providers.

Our web-platform, FreightCrate offers online tech-enabled quote and shipment management solutions for export and import businesses to and from more than 50,000 global locations.

We have had more than 50 media coverages including Entrepreneur, LoadStar UK, Maritime Gateway, Cargotalk, BW Disrupt, INC42, Silicon India, Tech Observer and several other newspapers and online magazines.

Our vision is to utilize cutting edge technology, engineering, deep learning and artificial intelligence to create an intelligent freight management system that can automate and optimize international trade operations for global businesses.

FOUNDERS:

Samir Lambay is the Co-Founder and CEO with an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School, London, UK with Distinction.

Samir has worked in the shipping and logistics industry across both family businesses and multinational companies. His most recent job was at- DB Schenker Logistics- (Part of Deutsche Bahn Group - Fortune 200) where he was the youngest Vertical Manager globally and won two awards including Vertical Manager of the year and a Global Award.

Ruchi Dogra is a Co-Founder & Director and is in charge of sales and marketing. She has worked for over 15 years across the top 3 logistics/supply chain companies globally. She set-up the hotel, wines and beverages vertical at- Kuehne & Nagel- and- DB Schenker. Her latest assignment was at- DHL Global Forwarding- where she worked as a Vertical Manager for Engineering and Manufacturing; handling top Indian and multinational accounts including several Fortune 100 companies. She brings with her an extensive knowledge in strategy, sales, operations and customer service.




Title:

CTO

Description

The CTO role is to ensure the successful execution of the company’s business services via the web application. This requires envisioning the company’s service offerings as a web-based business, leading implementation of web applications, and planning for risk and growth.
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Compensation:
As this is a new business the compensation is negotiable and we will make an offer depending on the experience of the candidate which will include a salary and ESOP package.

Responsibilities:

In partnership with the company’s founders, identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company’s services as a web-based business, including identification of competitive services, opportunities for innovation, and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to the business success. As our Product is already developed we expect the CTO to work with product development to implement new product features, apply new technologies and set up the engineering and development team to maintain, update and improve the web-application. Some specific responsibilities are listed below:

Strategy, planning, and design:
• Take end-to-end ownership of the product, identify technology requirements, define the future product vision, create preliminary design concepts for add-on modules and shape overall technology and product roadmap by collaborating with the founders, business development, and marketing team.
• Ensure user oriented design is the primary approach to product development across multiple screens, based on user behaviour data and direct customer feedback.

Implementation and deployment:
• Manage Product Release, QA cycles, feature implementation and on time delivery through in-house team and vendors.
• Collaborate with team and customers to define use cases.
• Creation of wireframes/prototypes, site maps and user-flows for web and mobile platforms.

Operational management :
• Support marketing by implementing technical requirements for SEO/product analytics.
• Establish and supervise a quality assurance process, including integration & system testing.
• Rigorously monitor key performance metrics and coordinate with various teams to take corrective actions if needed.
• Establish and forecast ROI of features and succinctly articulate competitive advantage.
• Set-up data collection and analysis system in collaboration with CEO to track key performance.
metrics.


Skill Sets:

• PHP/Python
• AWS & Cloud-computing
• Mysql/MongoDB/CouchDB
• Memcache/Redis
• Frontend technologies HTML, CSS, JS, Angular, ReactJS
• Frameworks like CodeIgnitor/CakePHP/Symphony, Flask/Django
• DevOps
• ELK
• Tools like Datadog, NewRelic, etc
• Shell-scripting
• Setting & managing dev/beta/prod environments
• tools like Jenkins, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, etc.
• Experience with MEAN stack will be an advantage
• Knowledge of Solr/Elastic search will be an advantage

Strong fundamentals in computer science/engineering and algorithm design.
Practical knowledge of computer software algorithms in machine/deep learning, NLP, Computer Vision etc.

Personal Requirements:
• Min of 7+ years of Hands on experience in Web app development, payment gateways implementation, architecture design, product management, databases and UI/UX in consumer facing applications.
• Experience on projects involving engineering and algorithmic functions, machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence is very advantageous.
• Creative self-starter who is comfortable with both taking initiative and working in teams.
• Previous experience working on logistics technology products is advantageous but not mandatory.
• Strong communication skills.
• Willingness to learn and utilize emerging technologies.
• Sincere passion to use disruptive technologies that can be globally significant.

Technical Architect/CTO

• Experience in defining new architectures, design all layers of the solution, create architectural blueprints that can be used for final code development.
• Interface with client business/technical teams to understand complex requirements.
• Anticipate on technological evolutions(example use MySQL Lite not MS SQL, use C# not ASP, don't use JSF use Angular).
• Resolve technical issues.
• Bridge between Developers, Project Managers/Leads, and Client, ensuring smooth communication channel.
• Ensure quality of project implementation deployed.
• Provide technical guidance to projects/programs for complex components of a multiple technology suites.
• Ensuring documentation of the complete project architecture.
• Lead actions to determine root cause of problems and drive resolution.
• Participate in cross-functional work groups to assess business needs, develop a systems architecture strategy, and implementation plans.
• Leads work groups that are responsible for software development.
• Ensure that all components of the technical architecture are properly integrated and implemented by the development team.
• Coach the technical team in the development of the technical architecture and help them solve challenging technical problems
• Provide technical support and technical quality control throughout all stages of the project.
• Spearheads the development, implementation and communications of architecture roadmap strategies to ensure that systems are scalable, reliable, secure, supportable, and achieve.
• Identify existing architecture weaknesses and find opportunities for process reengineering and perform cost benefit analysis

 

 

• Time Management- Organizes own workload to achieve maximum productivity and completes work in a timely and professional manner. Handles multiple short and long term modules by proper planning while anticipating potential problems and planning for contingencies.
• Identify high-potential team members for next level positions and creating learning and development plans for them.
• Enable strong process in place and reducing dependencies on individual.

 

Technical Skills and Qualification

• Excellent knowledge of Web technologies, Java, Javascript, Contact center environment.
• Experience of current technologies including Open Source, J2EE (JSP, Servlet, JSP, etc.), web application development, web services (REST/SOAP/XML), Rich Internet Applications, messaging infrastructures and databases.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new tools and applications.
• Should be comfortable for 40%-60% coding.
• Able to convert requirements into executable code
• 9 to 12 yrs experience
• Qualification: BE/B-Tech /MCA or any equivalent degree

 

Desirables

• Excellent written and verbal communication skill
• Ability to lead discussions with all levels of the organization and provide balanced information of an idea or communication of an issue regardless of written or verbal
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across project teams.
• Having Analytical and problem-solving
• Ability to translate complex requirements into functional and Technical architecture
• Experience managing the technology aspect of multiple complex projects
• Ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues and solutions and Assist team members in complex task
• Willing to take ownership and being accountable.
• Openness, communicates honestly, openly, and consistently.
• Positive Attitude encourages a positive rather than negative viewpoint.
• Integrity maintains the highest standard of personal conduct in performing all duties.
• Should be a good listener.
• Dependable, can be relied upon to get the job done.
• Able to avoid mistakes that could/should be anticipated.
• Should be able sense and grab the opportunities to innovate and improvise.
• Very high competence in presentation skills.
• Negotiator: Excellent negotiation skills which comes handy in hard selling new ideas/ new technical implementations etc.
• Risk Management: Should be able to take calculated risks in trying out new technical implementation avenues
• Able to communicate the org level vision to the team effectively

At least 100 million women in India are aging prematurely. What does that mean? Caught up in the frenzy of life, they have been making unhelpful lifestyle choices because of which they are at high risk of having diabetes, obesity, hormonal diseases, PCOD, infertility, and even cancer. Our vision is to become a trusted health buddy for every such woman. To begin with, we have developed the MVP of an AI-enabled Behaviour Change Engine - Jollywell - to help them reverse aging and minimize their health risk.  We are looking for a Tech co-founder who can help transform our vision into reality by leading the future development and delivery of Jollywell, and innovating with technology to make Jollywell scalable and exciting.

Key Skills Expected • Will be expected to architect, develop and maintain large-scale distributed systems • Should have excellent coding skills and good understanding of MVC frameworks • Strong understanding & experience in building efficient search & recommendation algorithms; experience in Machine/ Deep Learning would be beneficial • Experience in Python-Django would be a plus • Strong knowledge of hosting webservices like AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc is critical. • Sound understanding of Front-end web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS etc We are looking for self-starters who are looking to solve hard problems.

Desired​ ​ Skills​ ​ and​ ​ Experience ● B.S.​ ​ or​ ​ Masters​ ​ in​ ​ computer​ ​ engineering​ ​ or​ ​ related​ ​ discipline,​ ​ from​ reputed​​ ​ university ● Must​ ​ have​ ​ been​ ​ involved​ ​ with​ ​ startups​ ​ (some​ ​ successful​ ​ and​ ​ others​ a ​ ​ learning ​ ​ experience) ● Must​ ​ be​ ​ a ​ ​ hands-on entrepreneurial​ ​ CTO,​ ​ who​ ​ has​ ​ worked​ ​ at​ ​ least​ one​​ ​ high​​ ​ profile​​ ​ startup ● Strong​​ ​ network​​ ​ to​​ ​ recruit​​ ​ from​​ ​ within​​ ​ (India​​ ​ and/or​​ ​ overseas) ● Must have experience and ability to hire quality team, with first hires being​ ​ from​ ​ personal​ ​ networks ● Experience​ ​ in​ ​ leading​ ​ the​ ​ full​ ​ cycle​ ​ of​ ​ web​ ​ and​ ​ mobile​ ​ application​ development processes,​ ​ from​ ​ design​ ​ to​ ​ implementation, deployment​ ​ and​ ​ ​ operation. ● Experience​​ ​ with​​ ​ Python​​ ​ development​​ ​ and​​ ​ object-oriented​​ ​ design ● Extensive​ ​ experience​ ​ with​ ​ MCV​ ​ frameworks​​ ​ (Django​​ ​ is​​ ​ a ​ ​ plus) ● Experience​ ​ managing​ ​ multi-discipline​ ​ teams​ ​ of​ ​ developers​ ​ is​ ​ a ​ ​ plus ● Extensive​ ​ knowledge​ ​ of​ ​ and​ ​ experience​ ​ with​ ​ SMS,​ ​ USSD​ ​ or​ ​ other​ protocols​​ ​ for​​ ​ mobile ​ ​ communication​​ ​ standards,​​ ​ particularly​​ ​ GSM ● Exceptional​ ​ project​ ​ management​ ​ and​ ​ organization​ ​ skills Responsibilities: ● Collaborate​ ​ with​ ​ the​ ​ Founder​ ​ to​ ​ build​ ​ a ​ ​ comprehensive technology​ vision​​ ​ and​​ ​ product​​ ​ roadmap ● Build​​ ​ out​​ ​ the​​ ​ architecture,​​ ​ team,​​ ​ technology​​ ​ stack​​ ​ and​​ ​ platform ● Set​ ​ the​ ​ tone,​ ​ best​ ​ practices,​ ​ and​ ​ overall​ ​ strategy​ ​ for​ ​ technical​ operations​ ​ – ​ ​ from​ ​ coding, project​ ​ management,​ ​ documentation,​ architecture,​ ​ and​ ​ scaling​ ​ ​ – ​ ​ and​ ​ rigidly​ ​ adhere​ ​ to their​ implementation,​​ ​ adjusting​​ ​ as​​ ​ needed ● Own​ ​ & ​ ​ report​ ​ on​ ​ technology​ ​ related​ ​ metrics​ , ​ ​ always​ ​ looking​ ​ for​ ​ a ​ way​​ ​ to​​ ​ improve​​ ​ ​ ​ users’ ​ ​ experiences ​ ​ via​ ​ technology ● Identify​ ​ and​ ​ incorporate​ ​ growing​ ​ trends​ ​ and​ ​ best​ ​ practices​ ​ in​ technology,​ ​ evaluate​ ​ and identify​ ​ appropriate​ ​ technology​ platforms ● Lead​ ​ strategic​ ​ planning​ ​ to​ ​ achieve​ ​ goals​ ​ within​ ​ timelines​ ​ by​ identifying​ ​ and​ ​ prioritizing development​ ​ initiatives​ ​ and​ ​ setting​ timeframes​​ ​ for​​ ​ development​​ ​ and​​ ​ deployment ● Recruit,​ ​ hire​ ​ and​ ​ lead​ ​ a ​ ​ high​ ​ quality​ ​ technology​ ​ team​ , ​ ​ with​ ​ close​ collaboration​ ​ and communication​ ​ with​ ​ a ​ ​ top​ ​ notch​ ​ data​ ​ science​ team ● Recommend​ ​ technologies​ ​ that​ ​ support​ ​ company​ ​ organizational​ needs​​ ​ internally ● Maintain​ ​ a ​ ​ governance​ ​ process​ ​ ​ that​ ​ meets​ ​ government,​ ​ partner,​ and​​ ​ company ​ ​ expectations​​ ​ for​​ ​ information​​ ​ privacy ● Communicate​ ​ the​ ​ company’s​ ​ technology​ ​ strategy​ ​ to​ ​ investors,​ management,​​ ​ staff, ​ ​ partners,​​ ​ customers,​​ ​ and​​ ​ stakeholders ● Develop​ ​ and​ ​ manage​ ​ a ​ ​ multi-year​ ​ technology​ ​ roadmap​ , ​ ​ ensuring​ the​ ​ deployment​ ​ of architectural​ ​ solutions​ ​ that​ ​ are​ ​ secure,​ ​ scalable,​ comprehensive​​ ​ and​​ ​ maintainable ● Assist​ ​ the​ ​ CEO​ ​ with​ ​ fundraising​ ​ and​ ​ strategy,​ ​ Product​ ​ & ​ ​ Operations​ Leads​​ ​ with​​ ​ feature ​ ​ road-mapping Key​ ​ Personal​ ​ Attributes ● A​ ​ natural​ ​ leader ● Loves the intensity, chaos and passion of start-ups, and wants to work with a fun-loving team who truly enjoy working together to realize​ ​ a ​ ​ shared​ ​ dream ● Team player who is takes ownership of work, is detail and deadline oriented,​ ​ with​ ​ a ​ ​ strong​ ​ ​ work​ ​ ethic