VP Engineering

Location: Flexible - Remote or Based in India

Type: Equity-Based Partnership with Investment

Vesting Schedule: 4 years with a 1-year cliff

IMPORTANT: This is an equity-only position with investment until the business starts generating revenue.

About Dwichakra:

Dwichakra is the ultimate lifestyle app for motorcycle enthusiasts, providing everything riders need to fuel their passion for the open road. Our platform offers new routes, epic ride planning, and a vibrant community connection, along with an e-commerce shop, achievement tracking, expense management, and roadside assistance. Committed to AI-powered personalized route catalogs and instant support, Dwichakra ensures a thrilling journey for every motorcyclist.

Founded in 2016, Dwichakra is transforming the Indian two-wheeler industry by delivering an integrated ecosystem that caters to every aspect of a rider's journey. We are rapidly positioning ourselves as a pioneer in comprehensive services for motorcycle enthusiasts across India.

Time Commitment:

• Hours: 15-25 hours per week
• Flexibility: Can be managed alongside a full-time job
• Working Hours: Flexible

Compensation:

• Equity Partnership: Join a growing startup as a key partner
• Leadership Opportunity: Shape technology as a Director
• Future Revenue Sharing: As the business scales
• Potential Full-Time Role: As the company grows

Role Overview:

We are seeking a driven and visionary Director Of Technology to join Dwichakra as an integral contributor and investor. This role is perfect for anyone with entrepreneurial aspirations and a robust technical background who is ready to invest in our shared mission.

As a technologist and partner, you will provide technical leadership and expertise in developing and launching innovative technology solutions. Your contributions will be crucial in enhancing our product offerings and scaling the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technology Strategy: Collaborate with founders to define and execute a technology roadmap that aligns with the company’s vision and growth strategy.
• Financial Investment: Commit to a financial contribution to support technology development, product launch, and scaling efforts.
• Technical Leadership: Lead the design and implementation of the platform, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
• Product Development: Direct the development of new features and enhancements, leveraging AI and other technologies for a superior user experience.
• Team Building: Recruit, mentor, and manage a talented technology team to foster innovation and excellence.
• Decision-Making: Participate in strategic and operational decisions to drive the company forward.

Shared Responsibilities:

• Operations Oversight: Collaborate with Founders for smooth daily operations in technology.
• Business Development: Partner with technology vendors, service providers, and stakeholders.
• Industry Representation: Represent Dwichakra at key industry events and technology forums.
• Visionary Leadership: Inspire the technology team to drive innovation and stay ahead of market trends.

Qualifications and Skills:

Essential:

• Proven experience in a senior technology leadership role (CTO or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of software development, AI applications, and mobile app technologies.
• An entrepreneurial mindset with a strategic approach to technology and business goals.
• Willingness and ability to make a financial investment in the company.
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities.

Preferred:

• Experience in startups, product development, or technology commercialization.
• Familiarity with the motorcycle or automobile industry and market trends.
• A network of potential clients, investors, or technology partners.

Equity and Investment:

• Equity Offering: Based on contributions (financial, expertise, and operational involvement), equity shares will be negotiated with a vesting schedule.
• Investment Requirement: A minimum financial contribution of INR 15-25 lakhs to support technology development and product launch.

If you are an innovative and entrepreneurial-minded technology leader passionate about the startup community, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of Dwichakra. Apply today and help us create the ultimate experience for motorcycle riders and indian two-wheeler ecosystem!

TVARIT GmbH develops and delivers solutions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) for the Manufacturing, automotive, and process industries. With its software products, TVARIT makes it possible for its customers to make intelligent and well-founded decisions, e.g., in forward-looking Maintenance, increasing the OEE and predictive quality. We have renowned reference customers, competent technology, a good research team from renowned Universities, and the award of a renowned AI prize (e.g., EU Horizon 2020) which makes TVARIT one of the most innovative AI companies in Germany and Europe.

Requirements:

• Python Experience: Minimum 3+ years.
• Software Development Experience: Minimum 8+ years.
• Data Engineering and ETL Workloads: Minimum 2+ years.
• Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• CI/CD Pipeline Development: Experience in developing CI/CD pipelines for large projects.
• Agile Framework & Sprint Methodology: Experience with Jira.
• Source Version Control: Experience with GitHub or similar SVC.
• Team Leadership: Experience leading a team of software developers/data scientists.

Good to Have:

• Experience with Golang.
• DevOps/Cloud Experience (preferably AWS).
• Experience with React and TypeScript.

Responsibilities:

• Mentor and train a team of data scientists and software developers.
• Lead and guide the team in best practices for software development and data engineering.
• Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure adherence to Agile methodologies and participate in sprint planning and execution.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
• Provide on-site support and training in Pune.

Skills and Attributes:

• Strong leadership and mentorship abilities.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and teamwork.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Passionate about technology and continuous learning.

Note: This is a part-time position paid on an hourly basis. The initial commitment is 4-8 hours per week, with potential fluctuations.

Join TVARIT and be a pivotal part of shaping the future of software development and data engineering.

• Setting a vision for how technology will be used in the company
• Ensuring that technological resources meet the company's short and long-term needs
• Outlining the goals for research and development
• Creating timelines for the development and deployment of all technological services
• Making executive decisions on behalf of the company's technological requirements
• Setting up of CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments at various stages, dev to staging to production at scale
• Setting up of APMs and integration with Slack to monitor the distributed system’s health in real-time
• Acting as a mentor to team members
• Maintaining a consumer-focused outlook
• Managing technology budgets and time frames
• Staying on top of technology trends and developments

Desired Candidate Profile

• 8-12 years of overall experience
• 5+ years of experience in managing a self-organizing, high growth team
• 3+ years of experience as a developer
• Hands-on experience with MERN Stack
• Hands-on with Vue.js, AWS, and AWS Lambda implementation, Serverless Architecture, Microservices Architecture, MongoDB, MySQL, PHP (Laravel)
• Knowledge of scaling high traffic apps using Heroku/EBS etc.
• DevOps knowledge
• Working knowledge of Data Warehousing and CDP platforms

Solution Architect

10+ years of experience in leading solution architecture & technical development. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable field from an accredited institution.

Key Responsibilities

• Enable customer to realize their stated IT vision and strategy

• Lead development of solution architecture and design across a set of applications or an application/product family within an enterprise

• Provide guidance/consultancy for the execution and delivery of project from a solutioning and technology perspective

• Provide a strategic solutioning perspective to a project/engagement

• Demonstrate strong leadership skills and astuteness

• Design and Architect end to end solutions content that characterizes what products or services are being proposed and how these services will be delivered

• Estimate for Project or Program Management and or technical effort to drive scope and produce deliverables

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Deep understanding of the Software development, mobile development, application support, cloud, mobility and infra services.

• Should be proficient with the languages, tools, and frameworks core to software development, mobility iOS or Android development

• Demonstrate very strong skills in documenting architecture and preparing technical papers to explain architectural motivations/strategy or rationale

• Create technology focused roadmap for a set of projects within a program

• Must have an understanding of various Architectures and frameworks

• Produce estimates for the whole program using estimation methodologies and customizations appropriate to the program

• Work closely with project/program manager and advise on execution methodology/strategy, timelines, resources and project commercials

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Experience in agile methodologies and best practices

Role Description

Location - Bangalore / Remote/WFH

This is an equity-only role.

We are looking for a young but mature mindset with highly skilled Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to provide sound technical leadership in all aspects of the business. This person will be added as a Co-founder in the Team.

CTO should be able to take technical decision and having a Strategic thinking mindset with strong business acumen. We expect you to be well-versed in current technological trends and familiar with a variety of business concepts.

You will work directly with the CEO and will act as both a technology and business expert, making decisions that will impact the current and future operations of the company. If you are self-motivated, emotionally strong, enjoy challenges and have a never give-up approach, we’d like to meet you.

CTO / Co- Founder Responsibilities

Lead the technology division with new-age technologies and processes

Build on the vision for the organization by technology

Identify new opportunities and develop products and processes in line with cutting edge technologies

Deploy, develop and implement solutions in a cost-efficient manner

Experience in building scalable products, platforms, and modern technologies

Experienced on the internet/ e-commerce industry, B2B platforms, start-up setups is a plus

Hands-on experience in digital initiatives, big data, mobile apps, AI & ML, analytics, and business intelligence solutions

Ability to convert data into usable modern technology-driven solutions

Experience or knowledge on AWS server side is required

Requirements

B.E / B.tech / Masters Degree in computer science or related field.

6+ years of working in a technological role is preferable but not mandatory

Experience working in an early-stage tech start-up will be a plus

A strong product sense and can build engaging tech for customers

Ability to conduct technological analyses and research

Deep knowledge of full-stack modern development practices (node.js, angular, java javascript, AWS, DS, react, etc.) Can work / learn and work on AI/ML

Have a proven understanding of best engineering practices for the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including coding standards, code review, source control, build, test, deploy, and operations

Experience in project management to ensure timely deliverables

Strong communication skills with the ability to present the technology vision confidently in a way that motivates others both internally and externally

About First Principles

We are a Tech Holding Company and our portfolio companies generate millions in revenue. What is unique about FirstPrinciples is that most of our companies remain controlled and majority owned by First Principles and its team members rather than by external investors. We are proud that our product engineering team builds world class products from India. https://firstprinciples.io/">https://firstprinciples.io/

About this Role

As we scale and build our organisation, we would like to add an individual to our core Technical Leadership who can scale our key products and projects and help us build and foster relationships with Enterprise clients.

We are looking for an experienced Technology Leader to join our fast growing organisation to help us with driving Technical Strategy, Approach and oversee the Implementation for internal and external products. You should be someone who loves Engineering, have amazing debugging skills and slay problems with technology. 

In this role, you will undertake Technical / Solution Architecture and should also be able to help team with Engineering and coding wherever required. That includes, working along with the team, writing code, doing R&D or POCs, ensuring we follow modern industry standards and building beautiful high performing Software and Applications and thus delivering a better solution and product. You will also help FP build strong relationships with clients and technical leadership on the client side.

You would be required to have a minimum of 10+ years of experience with a mix of Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure, Cyber - Network Security, Enterprise Application Maintenance, Database Management along with Project, Client and People Management skills which are necessary to lead the team and be their voice. You should be a leader and not just a manager who loves delegating things to the off-shore team, but rather someone who would not hesitate to take over Git-Pull and start writing code and show ‘here is how it’s done’ and amaze everyone with your expertise! :-) 

Because this is a Senior role, you would also be involved working with the Product/Project Manager and will be responsible for the delivery and output.

Tech Stack [High-Level]: We are JavaScript focused i.e. we work in ReactJS, NodeJS, AngularJS, TypeForm, TypeScript, Redis. On the server side, we work with AWS/GCP/DO. Database: MySQL, PostgreS and MongoDb. API: REST and GraphQL API. We also have a strong DevOps stack - including Kubernetes(K8), Dockers and CI/CD automation. 

Interview Process: 

• 60 min Discovery Call
• 15 mins introduction and what you bring to the table (We love people who say, “We build the damn table”) 
• 15 min understanding your experience and background
• 15 min on why you want to join our team and your expectations, future plans
• 15 min Q&A
  
  
• 60-90 min Technical Interview  (May be more than 1)
• Technical Call
  
  
• 45-60 min Final Call
• 15 min discussion on results 
• 15 min CTC expectations / negotiations 
• 15 min closure
• 15 min buffer