Job DescriptionPosition - Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
NUIDAI Technology Centre, Bengaluru
NLocation: Bengaluru (In office)
NExperience: 20+ years
N₹ Compensation: ₹1 Crore per annum (negotiable, based on profile)
NReporting to: DDG, Technology Centre
NABOUT THE ROLE
nUIDAI is looking for a visionary Chief Technology Officer to own one of the world's largest digital identity platforms. As CTO, you will own the technology stack, the platform engineering vision and the long-term architecture roadmap. You will lead modernisation, set enterprise standards, build an AI-first way of working, put zero-trust security in place, and keep every platform service running at five-nines availability.
NStrategic Engineering Mandate & Goals
NTechnology Stack Governance & Modernisation
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- Own the full lifecycle of the stack: software, enterprise hardware, cloud-native infrastructure and domain-specific hardware N
- Set enterprise architecture standards, assess technical debt and lead modernisation of mission-critical platforms N
- Standardise frameworks,runtimes,



databases and middleware so systems work together, avoid vendor lock-in and stay agile N

nStrategic Roadmap & R&D;
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- Build and govern multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with organisational goals N
- Lead R&D; in partnershipwith premier academic, research and industry institutions N
- Sponsor and direct proofs-of-concept (POCs) on next-generation architectures, to lower the risk of production rollouts N

nPlatform Engineering & Developer Velocity
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- Build a self-service Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that gives teams deployment speed on par with the hyperscalers N
- Automate provisioning, orchestration and CI/CD pipelines N
- Improve developer experience and productivity, and replace manual, ticket-driven workflows N

nEnterprise AI & Intelligent Automation
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- Lead an AI-first strategy across fraud management, observability, infrastructure and developer tooli

📌 Hiring: Chief Technology Officer (Karnataka)
🏢 Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
📍 Karnataka