Responsibilities
In this pivotal role, you will:

• Take ownership of the technical vision, strategy, and execution.
• Lead and scale the engineering team from its current structure of three developers to support growth objectives.
• Drive the development and rapid adaptation of APIs and infrastructure improvements critical to achieving Series A scalability.
• Oversee the implementation of advanced engineering practices, including CI/CD pipelines, data encryption, multi-level monitoring, and developer access controls.
• Act as the technical architect, ensuring the platform’s backend (Kotlin on a JVM stack) and frontend (React) are optimized for performance and security.
• Manage cloud infrastructure hosted in AWS within a Kubernetes cluster, leveraging Jenkins and Terraform for deployment and orchestration.
• Collaborate with the product team, actively participating in UX/UI discussions and product ideation.
• Attract, hire, and mentor top-tier technical talent, fostering a remote-first engineering culture.

Requirements
The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven experience as a hands-on CTO or similar technical leadership role in a startup or scale-up.
• Expertise in Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, SQL, AWS, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, and React.
• Demonstrated success in building scalable SaaS platforms with a focus on stability, performance, and user experience.
• Experience navigating growth phases, particularly around Series A funding, and preparing products for market expansion.
• A pragmatic approach to problem-solving, with the ability to balance strategy and execution.