Senior Technical Lead (Future CTO Track)

Invincible Ocean; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Invincible Ocean in Gurgaon is seeking a Senior Technical Lead who will own the technology vision, lead engineering teams, and drive architecture across products. This founder‑style role demands independence, ownership, and building world‑class platforms from the ground up.

You'll partner with founders, product managers, and customers to convert business needs into scalable, secure solutions and steer delivery from design to deployment. 100% on-site, fast-paced startup culture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering teams.
• Experience building enterprise SaaS products.
• Strong architecture and system design skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management.
• Strong ownership mindset.
• Experience scaling products from startup to enterprise.
• Passion for building products, not just managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete technology roadmap across products.
• Define engineering standards, architecture, and best practices.
• Lead technical decision‑making with long‑term scalability in mind.
• Build highly scalable and secure enterprise‑grade platforms.
• Drive engineering excellence across backend, frontend, cloud, AI, DevOps, and infrastructure.
• Review architecture before implementation.
• Establish coding standards and engineering governance.
• Continuously improve product performance, security, and reliability.
• Convert business requirements into technical execution plans.
• Work closely with founders, product managers, and customers.
• Own product delivery from design to deployment.
• Identify risks early and proactively solve them.
• Prioritize engineering efforts based on business impact.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Microservices

Cloud Architecture

Kubernetes

Docker

DevOps & CI/CD

System Design

API Architecture

Security Best Practices

Databases (SQL & NoSQL)

Performance Optimization

Event-driven Architecture

AI Platform Integration

Monitoring & Observability

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Location: Gurgaon - Work From Office (Full-Time)
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are looking for a highly driven Senior Technical Lead who can own our technology vision, lead engineering teams, architect scalable products, and become the future Chief Technology Officer (CTO). This is not just another engineering management role. We need someone who thinks like a founder, takes complete ownership, makes technology decisions independently, and builds world‑class products from the ground up.

The ideal candidate should be equally comfortable discussing architecture with engineers, presenting solutions to enterprise clients, solving production issues, and defining the company's long‑term technology roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

• Technology Leadership
  • Own the complete technology roadmap across products.
  • Define engineering standards, architecture, and best practices.
  • Lead technical decision‑making with long‑term scalability in mind.
  • Build highly scalable and secure enterprise‑grade platforms.
  • Drive engineering excellence across backend, frontend, cloud, AI, DevOps, and infrastructure.
  • Review architecture before implementation.
  • Establish coding standards and engineering governance.
  • Continuously improve product performance, security, and reliability.
• Product Ownership
  • Convert business requirements into technical execution plans.
  • Work closely with founders, product managers, and customers.
  • Own product delivery from design to deployment.
  • Identify risks early and proactively solve them.
  • Prioritize engineering efforts based on business impact.
• Team Leadership
  • Build, mentor, and inspire engineering teams.
  • Conduct code reviews and technical mentoring.
  • Hire top engineering talent.
  • Create a high‑performance engineering culture.
  • Drive accountability and ownership across the team.
• Engagement
  • Interact directly with enterprise customers.
  • Lead technical discussions, architecture workshops, and solution presentations.
  • Understand customer requirements and convert them into scalable solutions.
  • Build trust with CXOs, CTOs, and technical stakeholders.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies.
  • Build reusable engineering frameworks.
  • Introduce automation wherever possible.
  • Drive engineering productivity without compromising quality.

Technical Expertise

• Distributed Systems
• Microservices
• Cloud Architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Kubernetes & Docker
• DevOps & CI/CD
• System Design
• API Architecture
• Security Best Practices
• Databases (SQL & NoSQL)
• Performance Optimization
• Event‑driven Architecture
• AI Platform Integration (where applicable)
• Monitoring & Observability

Skills & Abilities

• They should be able to:
• Present technology confidently to enterprise customers.
• Explain complex architecture in simple business language.
• Lead customer meetings independently.
• Handle technical escalations professionally.
• Work effectively with founders, sales, product, and engineering teams.
• We are looking for someone who:
• Takes complete ownership.
• Thinks like a founder.
• Is proactive rather than reactive.
• Makes decisions independently.
• Challenges ideas with technical reasoning.
• Builds systems that last for years, not months.
• Inspires teams through execution.
• Is comfortable handling ambiguity.

AI Usage Policy – Important

We value engineers who can solve problems through deep technical understanding, not by relying excessively on AI tools. Use AI assistants (such as ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot, etc.) as productivity aids, not as substitutes for engineering knowledge, architecture decisions, or problem‑solving ability. Candidates who are unable to explain or defend their technical decisions without AI assistance are unlikely to be a good fit.

What We’re Looking For

1015+ years of software engineering experience.
Proven experience leading engineering teams.
Experience building enterprise SaaS products.
Strong architecture and system design skills.
Excellent stakeholder management.
Strong ownership mindset.
Experience scaling products from startup to enterprise.
Passion for building products, not just managing teams.

Work Culture

100% Work From Office – no remote or hybrid work. We believe great products are built through close collaboration, rapid decision‑making, and strong team interaction. Candidates should be comfortable working in a fast‑paced startup environment with high ownership and accountability.

Career Progression

This role is designed for someone who wants to build, lead, and eventually become the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). High performers will have the opportunity to own the complete technology organization and play a strategic role in shaping the company's future.

Compensation

Compensation will be among the best in the industry.