Chief Technology Officer

Role Overview:
As a hands-on, execution-focused Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at PropChk, you will have the opportunity to lead the entire technology function end-to-end. This is not a ceremonial role. You will be responsible for owning the entire tech stack, managing the external development agency, driving the development of new features, products, and applications, troubleshooting outages, performance issues, and security concerns, architecting long-term scalability, and eventually building and leading an in-house tech team consisting of Developers, QA, DevOps, and Architect. You must be comfortable with tasks ranging from writing code to defining product roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technology Ownership:

- Take complete responsibility for PropChk's tech ecosystem
- Audit and improve current architecture
- Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability
- Implement best practices in code quality and deployment

• Agency Management:

- Lead and control the external development partner
- Define sprint goals, timelines, and deliverables
- Enforce coding standards and architectural discipline
- Conduct code reviews and security reviews

• Product & Feature Development:

- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Lead development of new features in Admin Portal & Mobile App
- Improve performance, UX, and automation capabilities
- Build future-ready architecture for scale

• Infrastructure & DevOps:

- Oversee AWS infrastructure
- Ensure uptime, monitoring, logging, and backup systems
- Implement CI/CD pipelines
- Strengthen cloud security and IAM policies
- Optimize cost structures

• Security & Compliance:

- Implement secure authentication systems
- Strengthen API security and rate limiting
- Ensure encrypted communication and credential management
- Build robust disaster recovery protocols

• Team Building (Phase 2):

- Hire and build in-house team (Frontend, Backend, QA, DevOps)
- Create development processes
- Establish documentation and knowledge management
- Define tech KPIs and accountability structure

Tech Snapshot:

• Full-stack JavaScript ecosystem (React / Next.js / React Native / Node.js with TypeScript)

• Cloud-native, serverless architecture on AWS

• RESTful API design with scalable backend services

• MongoDB-based data architecture with optimized indexing

• Secure authentication and role-based access systems

• Offline-capable mobile applications with device integrations

• Automated PDF generation & media-heavy workflows

• Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and production monitoring

• CDN-enabled global content delivery

• Security-first engineering (API protection, encryption, rate limiting, validation)

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• 10+ years of software development experience

• 3+ years in architecture or technical leadership

• Strong hands-on coding ability

• Deep AWS and Serverless architecture experience

• Experience scaling products from early-stage to growth-stage

• Strong debugging & production troubleshooting skills

• Prior experience managing external tech agencies

• Strong documentation and process mindset

• Startup mindset - ownership driven

• Strong pedigree (Engineering graduates from IITs & Top 10 NITs only)

Why Join PropChk

• You will own and build the entire technology foundation

• Direct access to founders and business strategy

• Opportunity to architect a scalable nationwide inspection ecosystem

• Move from agency dependency to a strong in-house tech organization

• Long-term leadership role with equity upside Role Overview:

As a hands-on, execution-focused Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at PropChk, you will have the opportunity to lead the entire technology function end-to-end. This is not a ceremonial role. You will be responsible for owning the entire tech stack, managing the external development agency, driving the development of new features, products, and applications, troubleshooting outages, performance issues, and security concerns, architecting long-term scalability, and eventually building and leading an in-house tech team consisting of Developers, QA, DevOps, and Architect. You must be comfortable with tasks ranging from writing code to defining product roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technology Ownership:

- Take complete responsibility for PropChk's tech ecosystem
- Audit and improve current architecture
- Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability
- Implement best practices in code quality and deployment

• Agency Management:

- Lead and control the external development partner
- Define sprint goals, timelines, and deliverables
- Enforce coding standards and architectural discipline
- Conduct code reviews and security reviews

• Product & Feature Development:

- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Lead development of new features in Admin Portal & Mobile App
- Improve performance, UX, and automation capabilities
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