Company: ZERO13
Location: India
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Employment type: Permanent
Package: Competitive base salary, performance-related bonus and equity/options
Applicants must have the right to work in India. International travel may be required.
Role Overview
ZERO13 is seeking an experienced and commercially-minded Chief Technology Officer to lead its technology strategy, engineering organisation, platform development and operational resilience. This is a company-wide appointment, not a regional technology lead: the role is based in India because that is where ZERO13 is building its engineering organisation.
The CTO will take ownership of an existing technology estate and lead its development into a secure, resilient and scalable institutional fintech platform-as-a-service.
A key part of the role will be managing the technology aspects of ZERO13s separation from GMEX, including establishing transparent ownership of systems, services, intellectual property, environments, documentation and operational responsibilities.
The CTO will also act as ZERO13s senior technology authority in the market, supporting the product and commercial functions in shaping technically credible solutions and advising the Executive Team on the practical application of blockchain, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, including within ZERO13’s own engineering practice.
This is an executive leadership role requiring strong technical credibility. The CTO must be able to challenge architecture and engineering decisions without becoming the principal developer or a bottleneck for the team.
Within an agreed plan and budget, architecture, technology and vendor selection, hiring and the structure of the technology organisation are the CTO’s decisions. The product roadmap and its priorities sit with the product function; commercial strategy and the overall budget envelope sit with the CEO.