Chief Technology Officer

Hiring CTO – AI-Driven Product | Chennai, India (Remote/Hybrid)

Build the entire tech stack from Day 0.

We are looking for a CTO with 5+ years of experience in software development, AI integration, and technical team leadership. This role requires someone who can architect the full platform, lead a small engineering team, and ship a stable AI-powered MVP in 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Build the end-to-end system architecture for a new AI-first product.

• Integrate AI models, automations, and pipelines into core workflows.

• Lead engineering, QA, deployment, and technical operations.

• Define security, quality, and coding standards from the ground up.

• Hire, mentor, and scale the first engineering team.

• Deliver a high-performance MVP with clean, scalable foundations.

Technical Requirements (AI-Focused)

• Strong backend and frontend experience (full-stack preferred).

• Experience with APIs, microservices, and scalable data flows.

• Hands-on experience with LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, AI agents, and prompt engineering.

• Ability to design and integrate AI pipelines and third-party AI APIs.

• Cloud experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Solid understanding of databases, caching, and performance optimization.

• Good English for daily communication.

Leadership Requirements

• Experience leading small, high-performance engineering teams.

• Fast and clear decision-making in fast-moving environments.

• Ability to convert ideas into structured roadmaps.

• Strong ownership mindset from vision to delivery.

Offer

• Competitive salary in USD.

• ESOP from Day 1.

• Remote or hybrid (Chennai preferred).

• Full autonomy to define the tech stack, architecture, and engineering culture.

If you are a builder CTO who enjoys AI, fast execution, and zero-to-one product work, please apply or send a direct message.