Chief Technology Officer PDF

Apply if you are: A technology bhakt,  with 8-10 years' engineering experience across web technologies.

 

As the Head of IT, you will completely own the IT initiative to drive the business - architecting to build a state of the art, scalable platform, building and managing the team, ideating and being involved in growing FLIP to a great company.

Location: Mysore

 

The Role:

The role will involve complete ownership of business technology to ensure a simple, scalable and intuitive platform. Specifically, you will:

 
  • Plan all budgetary and resource requirements.
  • Analyse the current platform for functionality gaps, after getting a complete understanding of current and future business plans
  • Design, prioritise and manage development of platform 2.0
  • Manage the ongoing functionality and support of current platform
  • Work with business to define how technology can push business
  • Work with B2C sales to create retail pull and conversion – via web analytics, SEO
  • Plan and build internal tech team
  • Own and manage all internal technology requirements (IT security, networking, h/w and s/w )
    You will have immense freedom to ideate, plan and execute. You’ll be part of a team which is creating a great company from scratch.
    With a current team strength of 20, this is as close to a cushioned entrepreneurial experience as it gets.
    You will be located out of Mysore .Your reporting is to the CEO.

Who you are:

 
  • You have an engineering degree from a good college, with a 8-10 years’ experience in web technologies.
  • You have started out with coding, and have a strong understanding of good coding practices.
  • You have been part of at least one large B2C web implementation, and worked on its support and maintenance either on vendor or client side. This is a must have requirement.
  • You understand web architecture, and how retail portals are architected for usability and scalability.
  • You understand web application security features
  • You understand web 2.0 functionalities, and how they can drive business. You demonstrate high skill in:
    • Java / JEE
    • RDBMS (Oracle / MYSQL)
    • Design Patterns, LAMP

The following skills would be an advantage:

 
  • AJAX
  • Web Services

Your interest is in how technology can drive business, rather than technology for its own sake. You look to read and learn on an ongoing basis.

 

Career Growth & Money:

Starting from day one, your voice will be heard, your plans implemented, and your initiatives will drive the company’s growth. As the company grows, so will your responsibilities and your team size. We plan to roll out two more business lines and expand across geographies.
Apart from a decent cash salary and performance incentives, you will get stock options – and these are a good deal. If you prefer, we'll leave out the options and give you only a cash package. Join us for the responsibility, the fun and the sheer amazing achievement of creating a great company from scratch.

Write to us asap at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your CV and three specific points of fitment to FLIP.