CTO And Co-Founder (AI Retail Startup)

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end architecture, development, and deployment of AI-powered conversational products.
• Build & mentor the technology team (full stack, data, AI ops).
• Set engineering culture for velocity, ownership, innovation, and reliability.
• Work closely with CEO & team to prioritize the product roadmap.
• Represent the tech vision in investor conversations, pitch decks, and product demos.
• Set technical standards through architecture design, code reviews, and hands-on problem solving
• Oversee product releases, version control, QA processes, and DevOps pipelines
• Design internal dashboards for AI visibility, insights & optimizations.

Good to have:

• Prior experience as a Co-Founder/ CTO in a high growth startup
• Strong experience in full stack product development and shipping AI / ML products.
• Ability to scale a revenue-positive AI retail product globally from India and build a category defining startup.
• Prior experience in fund-raising as a Co-Founder from pre-seed to Series A/B/C
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML systems, LLMs, and RAG architectures
• Proven experience building production-grade AI powered conversational retail products.
• Fast-paced, ownership-driven and high impact roles in startup environment.
• Experience with telephony and voice technologies.