Be the CTO's trusted operator across engineering and customers
Drive technical strategy through real-world customer impact About Our Client Our client is a rapidly growing enterprise technology company delivering mission-critical software solutions to customers operating in complex, highly regulated environments. The organization sits at the intersection of engineering excellence, customer delivery, and innovation, helping enterprises deploy secure, scalable, and business-critical technology at scale Job Description Reporting directly to the CTO, the Deputy CTO will serve as a strategic and technical partner responsible for bridging engineering, customer deployments, and technology strategy. This role is ideal for leaders who have operated in Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE), Field CTO, Solutions Engineering, Principal Architecture, or Deputy CTO environments. Partner with implementation teams and system integrators to ensure successful deployments within customer environments.
Identify customer-specific challenges, implementation bottlenecks, and capability gaps, translating these insights into improvements within the core platform.
Lead architectural decisions across distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, and security-sensitive environments.
Champion modern engineering practices, including AI- and LLM-assisted software development.




Navigate high-pressure customer situations while balancing delivery outcomes with long-term platform scalability.
15+ years of experience in software engineering, architecture, and technical leadership.

- Experience as a Deputy CTO, Forward Deployed Engineer, Field CTO, Principal Architect, Distinguished Engineer, Solutions Engineering Leader, or equivalent.
- Demonstrated success working directly with enterprise customers throughout implementation, adoption, and transformation initiatives.
- Strong expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, microservices, APIs, platform engineering, and enterprise architecture.
- Experience supporting products deployed into regulated or mission-critical environments such as cybersecurity, digital identity, financial services, telecom, healthcare, government, or critical infrastructure.
- The ability to translate customer-specific requirements and deployment learnings into scalable platform enhancements.
- Proven track record of influencing engineering and technology strategy through direct customer engagement.
- Hands-on experience with up-to-date software engineering practices, DevOps, cloud technologies, and AI-enabled development workflows.
- Significant influence over engineering direction and technology strategy.

Exposure to complex enterprise deployments and executive-level customer engagements.
Opportunity to shape how mission-critical technology is delivered and scaled.

📌 Chief Innovation & Technology Officer (CTO) (Pune)
🏢 Michael Page
📍 Pune