Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Does the current state of media frustrate you? Do you want to change the way we consume news? Are you a kickass software ninja and aspiring entrepreneur, who has opinions on world affairs as well? If so, continue reading! We at UnFound are developing a product which simplifies complex and cluttered news into simple themes, removes bias by showing all (& often unheard of) perspectives, and produce crisp summaries- all with minimal human intervention! We are looking for a passionate and experienced CTO level person to join us! (don't worry, you don't need grey hairs &/or a suit). We want someone who can take initiatives. If you need to be micro-managed, this is NOT the role for you. __ Few things we'd like (if) you have: 1. Strong computer science background. 2. Experience in designing end-to-end software products (especially with teams!). 3. Experience with designing web-services, micro-service architecture, RESTful API's. 4. Hands on with front-end frameworks such as Angular, React. 5. Strong experience in web and mobile app development. 6. Be able to architect Machine Learning, Deep Learning (& especially NLP) solutions. 7. Strong experience with relational and NoSQL databases. 8. Hands on with AWS, and other cloud platforms. 9. Excellent DESIGN sense 10. Should be able to manage/guide team While the above points are a plus, curiosity to learn and bias for action is what matters most to us. We're more keen to look at your GitHub/StackOverflow profiles, MOOCs, blogs, etc over CVs.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Designation: Chief Architect

Responsibilities

• Build high quality systems and applications that solve key challenges for the customer
• Collaborate with product management and engineering teams to elicit and understand their requirements, challenges and develop potential solutions
• Proactively identify areas of improvements, come up with innovative solutions, and drive adoption
• Push boundaries on infrastructure and cost optimisation, reusability, simplicity and scalability • Own significant engineering projects end-to-end
• Sign-off on all significant architectures and technical designs regardless of front-end or back-end.
• Translate business requirements to tangible engineering deliverables
• Setup and streamline processes and introduce best practices to improve the overall efficiency and throughput of the engineering team
• Be an effective mentor and help in building capacity in the larger team, strategize and work towards helping junior engineers grow
• Stay current with latest tools, technologies, methodologies and ideas; spread the knowledge and conduct effective POCs to demonstrate applicability and benefits

Requirements

• 15+ years of strong experience in developing highly scalable backend and middle tier enterprise applications.
• Strong experience with large volume batch and real-time data processing applications
• Experience building enterprise SaaS applications. Strong knowledge of AWS.
• Programming Languages: Java (must have), Python (good to have)
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent from premier institutes
• Strong in problem solving, data structures and algorithm design.
• Clear Object Oriented Design and Design Pattern concepts
• Significant experience working with non-functional requirements such as performance, security, compliance, automation etc.
• Experience developing AI-based solutions is a big plus.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced startup environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Attention to detail

We are seeking an experienced Chief Technology Officer with a passion for esports to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of leading and managing technical teams and a proven ability to drive technology strategy and innovation. Experience in the esports industry is a plus. 

Responsibilities: 

• Lead the development and execution of our technology roadmap, aligning with business goals and objectives 
• Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of our technology infrastructure and systems 
• Manage and mentor the technology team, including setting goals and providing direction and support 
• Collaborate with other departments to identify and prioritize technical needs and opportunities 
• Monitor and analyze industry and market trends, and assess their potential impact on the company 
• Communicate technical plans and progress to senior management and stakeholders 

Requirements: 

• Strong professional experience as a CTO or similar leadership role 
• Proven ability to lead and manage technical teams 
• Strong understanding of software development and delivery processes 
• Experience with driving technology strategy and innovation 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills 

Preferred: 

• Experience in the esports industry 
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure 
• Experience with agile development methodologies 
• Familiarity with a variety of programming languages and technologies 
• Experience with budget and resource management 

Head of Technology

He/She should be a ‘most technical business person’ and his/her goal is to build a great company, not only a technology which just sounds cool. Let’s make it simpler - the primary job of the Tech. head is to make sure the company's technology strategy serves its business strategy. We strongly believe along with technology understanding every Technology Head needs great understating of the business itself.

 

Role Overview:

 

Get “Tech” in order: Help answer fundamentals of technology blocks to be used, choice of certain platform/tech over other, helping team visualize product with the available resources and assets

 

Innovation through Research and continuous improvement. Head of technology is one strategic personnel who provides critical and factual inputs for IP Creation.

 

Connecting Business Requirements with activity: Given that, Head of technology is an executive Tech leader, it’s easy for him to understand the business opportunities which Tech Product could create. He/She bring the perspective of tech as a differentiator. He/She should understand the “Market Needs” language talked by his other executive colleagues.

 

Methodology: With time, help build progressive learning culture and establish predictable model of envisioning, designing and developing products/ platforms and services.

 

Architecture Practices: Making sure that best practices are defined and followed by team is very important. he/she may have to garbage guy and clean the code time to time. Making reviews on Code Quality is an important activity that he/she should follow. For example, you build an amazing product but during deployment and testing stage performance is hit, or a bug fixes are taking more time than actual building a feature etc. need to be avoided.

 

Help build, manage, and validate a Tech Roadmap for its Products. As validation of idea happen with acquisition of users and customers, product / platform / service may undergo transformation on required features set and Market needs. A roadmap to achieve those “vanity goals” for the project, and be able to successfully tweak an approach with changing needs is expected from Head of technology.

 

Responsibilities of the role:

• Plan the project & Assign tasks & complete them within the agreed timelines with client
• Use PMP tools to manage projects
• Attend client meetings and take briefings
  Help Business teams to innovate and keep them updated with new technologies
• Documentation as per the process – BRS, SRS, HLD & LLD
• Manage a team; set processes in place to facilitate everyday operations seamlessly
• If required, code.

 

 

 What you will need: 

• PHP/MySQL, Angular JavaScript, jQuery, Memcached
• Experience: Minimum 10+ year is required (PHP/MySQL)
• Good Understanding of MVC design patterns and frameworks (CodeIgniter / Zend/Laravel).
• Solid Knowledge of OOPS.
• Solid experience with MySQL - writing and optimizing SQL for high performance systems with large Database
• Extensively worked on Mobile platforms.
• Must have Experience on either of Social API like Facebook, Twitter, Gmail
• Good knowledge of GIT, SVN

 

• Advanced knowledge of software and solution architecture
• High-level project management skills
• Ability to solve complex software system issues
• Well experienced with software design and web development
• Proficiency with JAVA, and strong front-end knowledge of HTML5, JSF, Angular, React
• Familiar or working experience with Apache Kafka working, Containers, Docker, Kubernetes
• Professional, precise communication skills
• Deep understanding of 'under the hood' knowledge of frameworks worked on
• Work experience in implementing Unit Tests
• Work experience in applying the best practices of Design, Architecture and Application
• development
• Extensive experience with HTML5, CSS3, XML and JSON
• Thorough understanding of Reactive Programming, RxJS framework, Databases, API,
• Implementing of Caching and RESTful services
• Troubleshooting design and performance flaws and system bottlenecks
• Conducting system performance tests
• Working experience in an Agile team, especially with SCRUM
• Good understanding of DevOps, CI/CD principles and practices to improve Software
  
  Quality & Efficiency
• Following Skills will be an added advantage
• Work experience with Cloud Services like AWS and Azure
• Familiar with common microservices patterns
• Service / API test – to test endpoints as thoroughly as possible
• End to End integration test systemFeb.2021 - Technical Manager Requirement

Behavioral Skill

• Should be a quick learner with a problem-solving mindset
• Attention to detail and follow-through to achieve good quality
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skill

 

 

What you need to have:

We are ex-Flipkart and IIT Kharagpur alumni working on a vertical e-commerce platform that will change the way consumer shops electronic appliances online. We have 10+ years of industry experience and are looking for some kickass talent to join our founding team at this initial stage. He will lead whole tech efforts, build platform and team and grow it further. Expect an exceptional growth as Homeyantra grows in coming months.

We're looking for a CTO who can take complete ownership of Tech Team and hustle and get shit done while building and scaling our product at inFeedo. Our ask is a burning desire for scale, relentless passion and a Jordon Belfort (from Wolf of Wall Street) like fearless confident attitude that leaves a lasting impression. MUST HAVES: 1) 7+ years of experience in Managing a Tech Team for a Saas product 2) Extremely strong communication skills 3) Has outstanding technical aptitude and a proven past record for team to draw inspiration 4) Has experience handling security and performance issues in small business 5) Has previous experience in MEAN stack, AWS and have worked on integrations 6) Capable of getting problem statement solved given only time and budget. (Take calls on getting new team members, firing existing ones etc) 7) Great with people management skills ^ Those without these skill sets will not be accepted. Brownie Points: Experience in scaling a small startup to a profitable mid size SAAS business 5 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 1)Set/adapt the vision for Tech, work with Product & Business team to understand their perspective 2) Align and mentor developers into right approach towards solving the problem 3) Proactively pre-empt technical issues wrt architecture, performance, security and Tech debt 4) Hire the right team, fire the wrong team 5) Be the SPOC for technical department, come on consensus with Product and Business team to bring best of Sales, Product and Tech

Want the thrill of working for an exciting tech start-up while being paid a market-rate salary in addition to receiving equity? Want to help bring real invention, having ownership of the entire technical development team creating a complex product? Want to work on problems at the national level concerning infrastructure issues? Read on!