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.