Founding CTO

Responsibilities:

• Build and lead the technology architecture.
• Develop and scale the happiword platform.
• Design systems for millions of books, readers, and authors.
• Build features for reviews, recommendations, communities and author discovery.
• Explore AI, personalisation, and recommendation technology.
• Build a strong, secure and scalable engineering foundation.
• Recruit and lead the future technology team.
• Make key technology decisions that shape happiword's future.

Requirements:

• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience building web/mobile products or scalable platforms.
• Knowledge of modern backend, databases, APIs and cloud infrastructure.
• Understanding of system architecture and security.
• Ability to make technology decisions independently.
• Startup mindset and strong ownership.
• Passion for building products, not just writing code.
• Ability to eventually build and lead an engineering team.
• Previous CTO/founding-team experience is valuable, but builders with exceptional potential are also encouraged to apply.