Founding CTO / Technical Co-Founder

EquipSetu Technologies | Remote | Pre-Seed

About EquipSetu

EquipSetu Technologies is building a B2B marketplace for construction equipment rental, connecting contractors and equipment owners through a more structured, transparent and technology-enabled rental process.

We are starting with Guwahati and the North-East and are working toward a platform that simplifies equipment discovery, owner and machine verification, availability, booking requests, rental coordination and transaction management.

We are currently at an early pre-seed stage and are building the foundation of the product and marketplace.

Important — Please Read Before Applying

This is not a conventional salaried CTO job .

There is no fixed salary, stipend or guaranteed monthly cash compensation initially.

We are looking for someone who genuinely wants to build EquipSetu alongside the founding team and take ownership of the technology from an early stage.

Any future Co-Founder designation, equity, vesting, salary or long-term compensation structure will be discussed separately based on mutual fit, commitment, contribution, company progress and formal documentation.

Please apply only if you clearly understand and are comfortable with this stage of the company.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a hands-on technical leader , not a management-only CTO.

At this stage, you should be capable of personally helping architect, build, debug, deploy and improve the EquipSetu MVP.

You should be able to take a business requirement such as:

Equipment Owner → Verification → Machine Listing → Approval → Contractor Search → Booking Request → Owner Acceptance → EquipSetu Oversight and convert it into a practical, secure and scalable product.

You do not need to know every technology.

You do need to know how to build products and how to figure things out.

What You Will Own

Initially, you will work directly with the founding team to:

- Define the technical architecture for the EquipSetu MVP.
- Select an appropriate technology stack.
- Build and/or lead development of the core platform.
- Develop authentication and role-based access for contractors, equipment owners and EquipSetu administrators.
- Build owner onboarding and verification workflows.
- Build equipment listing and machine-management functionality.
- Develop equipment search and discovery.
- Build booking/request and owner accept/reject workflows.
- Develop the EquipSetu administration and verification layer.




- Design and manage databases, APIs and backend systems.
- Handle deployment, hosting, monitoring and basic DevOps.
- Establish security, access-control and data-management practices.
- Convert customer and operational feedback into product improvements.
- Decide what should and should not be built in the first MVP.
- Maintain technical documentation and development standards.

As EquipSetu grows, the role may expand into:
- Building and leading the engineering team.
- Hiring developers and technical specialists.
- Managing engineering workflows.
- Reviewing architecture and code.
- Managing technology vendors and integrations.
- Developing the longer-term technology roadmap.
- Supporting scalability, reliability and platform security.

What We Need From You We care significantly more about practical capability than certificates or formal qualifications.

You should ideally have strong practical knowledge of several of the following:

- Modern frontend/web development.
- Backend development.
- Databases and data modelling.
- REST APIs or equivalent API architectures.
- Authentication and authorization.
- Cloud deployment and hosting.
- Git/version control.
- Application security fundamentals.
- System architecture.
- Debugging and production problem solving.
- Building products from MVP to deployment.

Experience with marketplace, SaaS, logistics, rental, fintech, B2B or multi-sided platforms is valuable but not mandatory. Formal Education Is Optional A B.Tech, B.E., BCA, MCA, Computer Science degree or similar qualification is welcome, but not required .

If you are self-taught, a dropout, freelancer, independent developer or come from a different academic background but can demonstrate strong technical ability and products you have actually built, we want to hear from you.

Your practical work matters more than your degree.

Experience

We are not setting an arbitrary minimum number of years .

Someone with two years of serious hands-on product-building experience may be more relevant to us than someone with eight years of primarily managerial experience.

We will evaluate

- What you have actually built.




- What part you personally built.
- Whether it was deployed.
- How you approach architecture.
- How you solve problems.
- How independently you can execute.
- How you think about users and product decisions.

GitHub, live products, portfolio work, technical case studies and previous startup work are highly valuable.

Communication

Perfect English is not required .

You should simply be able to communicate ideas clearly, explain technical decisions, collaborate respectfully with non-technical founders and understand customer/product requirements.

Hindi or other Indian-language communication ability is absolutely fine.

Founder Mindset

We are particularly interested in someone who:

- Takes ownership instead of waiting for tasks.
- Can work with limited resources.
- Is comfortable with ambiguity.
- Questions unnecessary features.
- Prioritizes shipping and learning over over-engineering.
- Is willing to speak with customers occasionally.
- Can disagree constructively with founders.
- Thinks about business outcomes as well as technology.
- Can remain committed through the difficult early stages of a startup.

Location & Working Style

Remote

Candidates can be based anywhere in India.

Occasional travel to Guwahati may be practical as the company progresses.

We expect meaningful and consistent involvement. Exact working arrangements can be discussed based on availability and circumstances.

This Role May Not Be Right for You If

- You require a fixed salary immediately.
- You are primarily looking for a job title.
- You want to manage engineers but do not want to build.
- You require a large team before you can start.
- You are looking for an outsourced/project-development arrangement.
- You are not comfortable taking responsibility for technical outcomes.

Application Process Please do not send only a generic CV.

We want to understand what you have built and how you think .

Candidates will be asked about:

- Products/projects built.
- GitHub or portfolio.
- Personal technical contribution.
- Technology stack.
- MVP architecture.
- Product thinking.
- Availability and commitment.
- Founder expectations.
- Current work/startup commitments.
- Comfort with the pre-seed compensation structure.

Apply Visit: https://www.equipsetu.co.in/careers

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📌 CTO and Co Founder (India)
🏢 EquipSetu Technologies
📍 India