CTO / Head of Engineering

Merito; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 5,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Merito invites a strategic CTO/Head of Engineering to shape product development for its loyalty, ecommerce, and fintech initiatives. You will lead a skilled engineering team, drive architecture decisions, and oversee scalable cloud-based solutions while aligning technology with business goals.

You will collaborate with founding leadership, mentor engineers, and deliver high-impact tech roadmaps to accelerate growth in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of experience on large-scale mobile app products.
• Interest in blockchain and Web3 technologies.
• Proven ability to plan releases and manage deadlines.
• Strong architecture skills across platform engineering.
• Extensive experience with ecommerce platforms, cloud systems, payments, digital marketing tech, automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead, build, and operate products with a passionate team.
• Develop and deploy software with a strong end-user focus.
• Ship web-scale products across consumer-facing platforms.
• Build and deliver cloud solutions with delightful user experiences.
• Scale distributed compute architectures and microservices.
• Create an ecosystem of applications and services across multiple verticals.
• Scale technology infrastructure to support rapid customer/data growth.
• Foster a startup culture with a hands-on, mentoring leadership style.

Skills

Mobile app products

Large-scale systems

Blockchain & Web3

Release planning

Software architecture

Cloud & AWS

Ecommerce platforms

Team leadership

Job description

CTO / Head of Engineering

About our Client

Our client is a B2B2C tech firm backed by Indias largest retailer and tech venture capitalist founded by founders - IITB Graduates who are experienced in retail, ecommerce and fintech

It aims to become one app to manage all your brands loyalty points, cashback and coupons. It will have additional content and discovery layer for customers and brands for further engagement and commerce.

The company currently powers closed-loop loyalty programs for all different brands under its parent retail group. Currently, it has 20Mn+ registered customers and 3Mn MAU across 8 brands. Its vision is to be at the center of D2C Brands and the consumer consumption ecosystem

Role description

We are looking for a competent CTO (Chief Technology Officer) who will be our first technology go-to expert and play an integral role in setting the companys strategic direction, development and future growth. In this position, you will oversee our overall technology development and technology utilization plan to manage all information technology resources of our company.

Key Responsibilities

• CTO will be leading, building, and operating exciting products with a passionate team.
• We are looking for someone who has developed and deployed software with a strong focus on end-user experience.
• We are seeking someone with a proven track record of shipping web scalable products.
• The ideal candidate will have a track record of building and delivering cloud solutions with delightful consumer experiences, combined with ease of implementation/reliability.
• Experience with massively scalable distributed compute product architectures.
• Experience with micro services-oriented architectures, Experience with scaling Big Data infrastructure.
• Experience delivering platform technology and creating an ecosystem of applications and services across multiple verticals and solution offerings.
• Experience successfully scaling technology infrastructure to support rapid customer /data growth.
• Experience with fast-paced, rapidly-iterating, design-forward, product-focused companies.
• "Roll-up-your-sleeves" entrepreneurial, start-up attitude, team player with record of leading and mentoring employees

Candidate Experience: Desired skills

• He/she should have prior work experience of 7-12 years on large-scale mobile app products and can rapidly familiarize yourself with complex products
• Have inclination to learn and build new age products with blockchain and web3 tech
• Strong track record of being able to develop and set release plans, track deadlines, deliverables, resource allocations, issues/risks and create mitigation strategies as needed to deliver a quality product on time
• Strong technical and architecture skills in wide areas of platform engineering with proven ability to dive deep in any area as needed.
• Extensive experience with eCommerce platforms, cloud systems, payment solutions, digital marketing technology, automation, and multi-device development is required; AWS experience is a strong plus
• Experience managing Small teams and remote teams is a strong plus
• Competent in driving a culture of continuous learning to improve technology and remove roadblocks that hold the team back.

Why is this a great opportunity for the right candidate :

Experienced founding team

Backed by Future Group which gives an edge over working with different D2C and traditional brands ecosystem which is necessary to win in this market

Existing app customer base of 20Mn registered and 4-5 Mn MAU + which gives us a head start and starting customer base of FuturePay necessary for pivoting the product to Carrot as described earlier

Right to win - The founding team knows the business & its secrets inside out. We are starting with a significant head start and a precise plan of action

Barriers to entry - This is a specialized play with natural barriers to entry, allowing for significant value creation for all equity holders

Exposure to all aspects of company building - exposure to investors, fund-raising, decision making, building the team & culture

All of the above perks of joining a high potential company very early, along with a competitive market salary.

Regards Team Merito .