Janea Systems is hiring a
Chief Technology Officer

Summary

Join BigFilter.ai, a social impact startup backed by Janea Systems, as we seek a motivated and capable CTO to lead development of innovative products and platforms essential to our mission. We're looking for someone with experience architecting, building, and scaling platforms with millions of users, creating, managing, and leading high-performing software engineering teams, and strong personal integrity and professional ethics.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience combining deep technical expertise, leadership experience, and strategic vision
• Proven track record of defining and executing a technical strategy that aligns with a company’s mission and business goals, preferably with experience in a startup and corporate environments
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure software architectures and platforms. Previous experience in making key architectural decisions for large-scale cloud-based products
• Experience working closely with product teams to implement features and manage product development lifecycles
• Hands-on experience in implementing DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure as code
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing engineering teams. Experience hiring, mentoring, and retaining top engineering talent
• Experience in identifying and mitigating technical risks, ensuring the stability and reliability of a product under development
• Previous experience in a fast-paced startup environment, particularly in a role where scaling technology and teams was a key focus. Experience with the challenges of limited resources and rapid growth is essential

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the technical vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with the company’s mission and goals
• Make key architectural decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of the products. Evaluate and choose the technology stack and methods that best enable product development
• Work closely with the Product Team to implement features on the roadmap. Define and manage the projects, processes, and systems needed to implement the features in a way that is aligned with the company’s mission and goals
• Identify and mitigate technical risks to ensure the stability and reliability of the products
• Implement DevOps practices to streamline development, deployment, and monitoring processes
• Create, manage, and lead the engineering team. Mentor and coach team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture