Chief Architect

ABOUT

CTD is Silicon Valley VC-backed start-up company created in February 2019 with the mission of revolutionizing the way professional relationships are managed.

Distributed “remote-first” company currently with offices in San Francisco and Belgrade. We are focused on product-market fit with fast development cycles and constant user feedback.

See more at ctd.ai and https://www.linkedin.com/company/connect-the-dots-ai/mycompany/.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee definition of system microservices, APIs and subsystems to develop a secure scalable infrastructure for the CTD system
• Define approaches to scalability, fault tolerance, and data security as it relates to software system architecture
• Work with the backend team to design and develop a system that supports massive concurrent workloads integesting data from users and augmenting it with other shared and 3rd party sources
• Own the review and approval of all microservice messaging and service interfaces
• In collaboration with product and design teams, identify requirements, size, scope and assess risks of new features and initiatives
• Perform code reviews on critical parts of system infrastructure that contribute to security, scalability and microservice dependencies
• In collaboration with engineering leadership define standards and guidelines for coding, testing, deployment and configuration management
• Lead the technology selection process for essential 3rd party/open source tools, libraries, and dependent services
• Own the overall system architecture documentation including subsystem definitions, data models, API message format
• Work closely with DevOps to define infrastructure needs and deployment requirements
• Own the management of technical debt and define organizational approaches to addressing it
• Perform regular product and technology risk assessment and evaluate new opportunities for improvement
• Assist in the recruiting and evaluation of software engineering candidates

Requirements:

• Experience architecting data intensive SaaS systems and managing their growth over many revisions
• Experience leveraging messaging systems and complex data pipelines
• Experience with data warehousing and high volume data integration
• Experience with cloud technologies - preferably GCP
• Experience guiding technology evolutions and transitions in a rapidly growing environment
• Proven track record of scaling SaaS services
• Exemplary software engineering skills

We offer:

• Gross salary 60k - 100k USD per year depending on experience and background
• Ability to grow and develop
• Extremely hard technical problems that were not previously solved (100% guarantee not boring)
• New offices with a pool and leisure area
• Work hard, play hard environment
• Generous equity plans ( very generous )
• Work environment that will help you grow and learn 
• Fast-paced San Francisco startup experience
• Features designed, developed and deployed in days, not months 
• Work from our SF offices 
• Latest and greatest hardware and software tools
• Flexible working hours 
• Remote-first culture 
• Unlimited days of vacation 
• Fun and inclusive atmosphere with high-performing colleagues