Chief Technology Officer

Klodev; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Klodev in India seeks a visionary CTO to define and execute the company's technology strategy, aligning it with business goals and expectations for scale.

You will lead end-to-end AI product development, oversee data infrastructure and cloud architecture, mentor a high-performing team, and collaborate across product, engineering, and business to deliver impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• Must have strong leadership and strategic planning capabilities.
• Proven experience in AI/ML model development and large-scale data projects.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) and MLOps pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technology vision and strategy for the company.
• Lead end-to-end AI product development from data engineering to deployment.
• Oversee data infrastructure, pipelines, and cloud architecture for analytics and ML workloads.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI into products and processes.
• Stay ahead of AI/ML industry trends and translate them into actionable innovations.
• Build and mentor a high-performing engineering and AI team.
• Establish best practices for software development, DevOps, MLOps, and data governance.
• Manage technology budgets, vendor relationships, and scalable, secure systems.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Python

Java

Data engineering

Cloud platforms

MLOps

Microservices

Tools

Spark

Databricks

Airflow

ADF

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Define and execute the companys technology vision, architecture, and strategy aligned with business goals.

Lead end-to-end AI product development, from data engineering to deployment.

Oversee data infrastructure, pipelines, and cloud architecture to support large-scale analytics and machine learning workloads.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, and Business) to integrate AI into core products and business processes.

Stay ahead of industry trends in AI, ML, LLMs, and Generative AI, and translate them into actionable innovation.

Build and mentor a high-performing engineering and AI team.

Establish and maintain best practices for software development, DevOps, MLOps, and data governance.

Manage technology budgets, vendor relationships, and ensure scalable, secure, and efficient systems.

Requirements

• Strong foundation in software development (Python, Java, or similar).
• Deep expertise in Data Engineering ETL, Data Warehousing, and Big Data tools (e.g., Spark, Databricks, Airflow, ADF).
• Proven experience in AI/ML model development, LLMs, NLP, and Neural Networks.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms (Azure / AWS / GCP) and MLOps pipelines.
• Understanding of modern architectures microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and strategic planning skills.
• Prior experience scaling technology in startups or enterprise environments is a strong plus. .