We are looking to bring a veteran techie onboard to become our CTO. In the short-term you’d be willing to do any job if needed as part of a small team. Our product has both a hardware and software component, so the ideal candidate would have experience in both, but in the long-term software will be more instrumental in defining our vision. Compensation will be a mix of cash and equity with flexibility depending on your immediate financial needs.
Responsibilities
- In partnership with the company’s founders, identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company’s services including identification of opportunities for innovation, and assessment of technical hurdles to the business success.
- Lead strategic planning to achieve business goals by identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all new features and services.
- Communicate the company’s technology strategy to investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders.
- Select, recruit and manage company staff or outsourced vendors needed for development.
- Review best practices of the existing front/back-end architecture, and manage the evolution of this architecture.
- Establish and supervise a quality assurance process, including integration and system testing.
- Establish a customer service and support process.
- Ensure company technical problems are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Develop, track, and control the development and deployment annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing, and operations.