Technical Co-Founder/CTO

Responsibilities

• Setting a clear vision for the direction of the product and Neo’s technical team
• Oversee all technical aspects of both the product and company, including technical strategy, technology blueprint, hiring and retaining talent and best practices & technology stacks.
• Manage the end-to-end technology execution
• Ensure consistent best practices, processes, and procedures for software development, quality assurance, and maintenance
• Be an active and collaborative member of the leadership team, working closely with the CEO/co-founder to identify risks, opportunities and develop strategic direction.
• Take charge of platform development, owning the engineering budget and making key decisions on technical architecture.
• Deliver the MVP, enabling our venture to start serving early customers.
• Build the engineering function by hiring the right people and embedding a great working culture.

Technical Requirements

• A solid foundation in computer science, with competencies in algorithms, data structures, and software design
• Good working knowledge of API design and general mobile application software design (e.g. Python, Java, C++, SQL, etc.)
• Strong understanding of enterprise-level integration and orchestration services.
• Good understanding of leveraging available cloud base services

Previous startup experience is a plus, as is experience working with distributed teams;

• Ability to attract and build a best-in-class engineering team
• Engineering management experience in a high-growth startup or medium-sized product-focused tech company
• Be enthusiastic about defining and cultivating a product-oriented engineering culture that instills a spirit of continuous improvement
• Strong communication skills - you’ll be sharing the results of analyses, and discussing technical problems, with a variety of technical and non-technical audiences
• Thrive in uncertainty - ideally in an agency business and/or startup environment
• Appetite for experimenting with new technologies and tools to drive innovation and creativity

Non-Negotiables

• Sheer resilience and appreciation for failure
• Relentlessly resourceful and creative problem solving
• High risk tolerance and boundless ambition
• A collaborative approach and willingness to be wrong