Chief Technical Officer (CTO) — Co-Founder

Before you read further

This isn't a job. It's a dare.

We're not hiring someone to "manage the tech." We're looking for a co-founder who wants
to build something so audacious it keeps you up at night — not because of deadlines, but
because you can't stop thinking about the next feature.

If that doesn't excite you, close this tab. No hard feelings.

What is Pepcorns, anyway?

Pepcorns is building India's alternative investment platform — a place where regular
people, not just VCs and family offices, get a real shot at owning a piece of the startups and
ideas they believe in. Think community-powered funding, democratized access to private
markets, and a system that doesn't gatekeep wealth-building behind a velvet rope.

We're early. We're scrappy. We're building the plane while flying it. And honestly, that's the
fun part.

Who we're looking for

Someone who thinks in systems, dreams in architecture diagrams, and has an almost
unreasonable itch to build things that don't exist yet.

You should be:

• A ferociously good coder. Not "decent at coding." Vicious. The kind of builder who'd
• rather ship an ugly working version tonight than a beautiful broken one next month.
• Wildly creative. We need someone who looks at "how it's normally done" and asks
• "why though?" Out-of-the-box isn't a buzzword here — it's the actual job description.
• Comfortable wearing many, many hats. Architect on Monday, firefighter on Tuesday,
• product thinker on Wednesday, the person explaining to an investor why the servers
• didn't fall over on Thursday. If you like staying in one lane, this isn't your road.
• Here for the marathon, not the vibes of a paycheck. We want someone building a legend, not logging hours. Ambition first, comfort a distant second.

What you'll do

Own the stack end-to-end. Architect it from scratch, scale it as we grow. Make the calls we'll live with for years. Build the engineering team. Sit shoulder-to-shoulder with the founder on product — co-founders here code, always.

Eligibility criteria

There isn't one.

No checklist of years of experience, no "must have worked at X company," no pedigree
requirements. We care about exactly two things:

1. Your skills — can you actually build this?
2. Our chemistry — can we survive the chaos of building a company together, disagree well, and still want to grab chai after a rough day?

That's it. That's the whole filter.

Nice-to-haves (not must-haves)

• Experience in fintech, alternative investing, or anything regulation-adjacent
• Exposure to blockchain / smart contracts / tokenization concepts
• Experience building or scaling a consumer-facing platform
• A previous startup attempt — especially one that failed. We'd love to hear what you
• learned.

The honest bit

No fat salary waiting here. What's on the table: equity, ownership, and the shot to build something that reshapes how millions of Indians invest. Chasing a paycheck? Not this. Chasing the feeling of building something real? Let's talk.

Ready? Let's go build something ridiculous.