Chief Technology Officer

About MeetPoppins.com
Poppins was formed to reduce parents’ mental load of raising kids (more specifically, reduce Moms’ mental load - since >80% of parent’s mental load of raising kids in US society today is borne by Moms – so that she doesn’t have to choose between her career and motherhood). Poppins is Mom’s virtual AI assistant that simplifies her planning, scheduling and searching experiences related to raising kids. She can now automatically transform long school emails and crazy sports schedules into neat, shareable calendar invites with smart reminders. She can also send it freeform texts to add things to her calendar. And she can automatically get personalized, local recommendations to enrich her kids. Founded by an HBS alum and the former CTO of Yahoo, Poppins is the only free Mom assistant and is growing rapidly at >50% week over week user growth. Poppins is backed by renowned retail, consumer & parent tech experts. Check it out at meetpoppins.com!

CTO Responsibilities
Poppins is a live product today, and is looking for a CTO to take the product to the next level. Key CTO responsibilities are:
• Partner with the CEO to define, prioritize and implement the product roadmap
• Lead all aspects of the product development lifecycle (including requirements definition, AI solution design, UI/UX design, tech stack architecture, tech build, testing & quality assurance, release to production, and codebase maintenance)
• Manage the product and engineering teams (including contracted development partners) to drive performance, efficiency and effectiveness across the product development lifecycle
• Discover and implement new technologies that will yield sustained competitive advantage

CTO Requirements
• Prior CTO / Head of Engineering experience at 1-3 early-stage startups, with significant experience in software engineering and personally building early-stage digital products
• Deep knowledge of best engineering practices for the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including coding standards, code review, source control, build, test, deploy, and operations
• Experience in using data to evaluate product-market fit and product performance, and to guide the future product roadmap
• Experience in hiring, managing, mentoring, and inspiring a team of software engineers to deliver early-stage digital products
• Experience in effective project management to ensure timely delivery of planned milestones