Co-Founder/Chief Technology Officer - Learning Marketplace - IIT/NIT/BIT/IIIT

Co-Founder/Chief Technology Officer - Global Learning Marketplace - IIT/NIT/BIT/IIIT

About Us :

- We are a global marketplace of live online classes for learners aged up to 18 years.

- We provide small group classes that meet over live video chat where learners are connected with teachers and classmates who share their interests.

- The classes are on a wide variety of topics across math, science, English & communication, coding, robotics, logic & critical thinking, etc.

- We are guided by our vision to inspire and empower every kid to discover and attain his/her potential.

- The product vision and broad specifications are defined and MVP is ready.

About The Position : C-founder & CTO (founding Team member) with core ownership of building Product/s and the platform from ground up. As the CTO, you will head the Technology vertical and work towards product and project deliverables.

Some of the key responsibilities associated with this role include :

- Development of the next phase (post MVP) of the platform

- Ensuring the platform operation and experience is seamless for all stakeholders

- Hiring the right talent and building a strong Engineering team

- Constantly learning new things about tech and entrepreneurship

- Help in making crucial business decisions and shape the product journey

Important Aspects to consider :

- The role requires a long term commitment and very high passion

- Equity only role - Currently, there is no salary associated with the position. The right candidate would have decent equity stake. (salary once the first round of funding is raised)

- Full-time commitment needed

We are looking for :

- B.Tech/M.Tech (B.E./M.E) - Computer Science from IITs, NITs, BITs, IIITs with 10+ years of overall IT experience.

- Tenured Engineering Leader with past experience in leading Technology companies / Startups in the role of Senior Engineering Manager / Director of Engineering / VP, Engineering (Experience from Saas Startup/business is an added advantage)

- Should be a Full-stack developer with deep knowledge in multiple technologies (cross-stack) and have a deep understanding of business domains, technical stacks, programming languages, environments out of which last 5 yrs of expertise in running a Digital Experience Platform technology team.

- Should have a hands-on approach, ability to architect, design, and develop highly complex applications from the ground up.

- Should be able to hire, mentor, motivate engineers and own the engineering charter.

- Experience in managing delivery across a breadth of technical domains.

- Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems

- Familiar with Agile product development methodology

- Ability to effectively communicate and influence both technical and non-technical customers

- Strong technical troubleshooting and performance analysis on issues during the implementation/support

- Expert in breaking down problems and estimate time for development tasks.

- Strong analytical skills and ability to quickly absorb customer requirements and translate into technical solutions

- Staying on top of technology trends and development, across the globe

- Product thinking is a must

The stack you'll own, grow, and influence :

- WordPress; HTML; CSS; Angular

- Node JS

- ECMAScript 7

- BootStrap3

- MongoDB; Mongoose; Redis

- MySQL

- WebRTC and WebTransport for live video + audio chat

- Communication protocols and standards (VoIP, SIP, H.264 etc)

- Amazon Web Services with SSL

- AI/ML service integration and ability to create own proprietary AI/ML products

Compensation :

- As we are a pre-seed and pre-revenue start-up, we are offering only Equity shares initially. However, there would be good equity for the right person. Salary will be there post first round of funding.

- We are looking for full time commitment.