We're Hiring: Founding CTO (Chief Technology Officer) | SAYZO 2.0
Location: Koramangala, 5th Block, Bangalore, India
Work Mode: Full-time, On-site
Compensation: Monthly Base Pay + Equity / ESOPs
Company: SAYZO (Funded Startup)
About SAYZO 2.0 (Please read below before applying.)At SAYZO, we're working on an ambitious vision around the future of work.
We believe the way businesses operate, collaborate, manage information and execute work is about to fundamentally change. We're building SAYZO 2.0 with the ambition to rethink how organisations function in an AI-first world.
This isn't another incremental software product. We're building something ambitious, technically challenging and designed for the next generation of businesses.
We're looking for a Founding CTO who wants to take ownership of this vision, build the technology from the ground up and work alongside the founding team to shape the company's technical future.
The RoleWe're looking for an exceptional, hands-on CTO who can take complete ownership of technology, architecture and engineering.
You will be responsible for translating a large technical vision into a scalable product, making critical architectural decisions, building the engineering team and shipping production-ready systems.
We are looking for someone who is equally comfortable designing complex systems and writing production code.
This is a full-time founding leadership position. We are not looking for fractional CTOs, consultants or remote-only candidates.
What We're Looking For
1. AI & Agentic Systems
- Strong understanding of LLMs, including Claude, GPT and Gemini.
- Hands-on experience building AI-powered products and deploying LLMs in production.
- Strong understanding of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), embeddings, vector databases and semantic search.
- Experience with AI agents, agent orchestration, tool calling, function calling and autonomous workflows.
- Understanding of context management, long-term memory and reasoning systems.
- Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) and AI tool integrations.
2. Knowledge Graph & Memory Architecture
- Understanding of Knowledge Graphs and graph-based data architectures.
- Familiarity with Neo4j, RDF, OWL, SPARQL or similar technologies.
- Understanding of ontology engineering, entity relationships and semantic data modelling.
- Ability to design systems that connect structured and unstructured organisational information.
- Understanding of how knowledge graphs, vector search and LLMs can work together.
3. Backend & Systems Engineering
- Strong proficiency in Node.js, Go or Python.
- Solid experience with PostgreSQL, Redis and distributed systems.
- Experience designing scalable APIs, microservices and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with asynchronous processing, queues and real-time systems.
- Ability to design reliable, high-performance backend infrastructure.
4. Integrations & Infrastructure
- Experience building third-party API integrations and complex data pipelines.
- Robust understanding of REST APIs, GraphQL, OAuth 2.0 and webhooks.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with browser automation, Playwright and execution environments.
- Experience building secure, scalable integration infrastructure.
5. Security & Architecture
- Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS architectures.
- Strong understanding of role-based access control (RBAC), permissions and data isolation.
- Experience with encryption, audit logs and secure authentication.
- Ability to build security and privacy into the architecture from day one.
6. Product & Engineering Ownership
- Has taken a product from 0 to 1 and successfully shipped it.
- Experience building and scaling B2B SaaS products or complex technology platforms.
- Must be hands-on and actively involved in writing code.
- Can independently make architectural decisions and solve difficult engineering problems.
- Can recruit,
mentor and lead a high-performing engineering team.
- Who Should Apply?We're particularly interested in:
- Engineers who have built products from scratch and want to build something significantly bigger.
- People with strong AI/ML, systems engineering and backend fundamentals.
- Founders or early engineering leaders who have previously built technology products.
- Engineers with experience at high-growth startups or strong engineering organisations.
- People who think beyond conventional software development and understand where AI is taking the world.
Exceptional engineering ability, ownership and execution matter more to us than degrees or job titles. Compensation & EquityThis is an ownership-driven opportunity.
We offer
- Monthly base compensation.
- Meaningful equity participation in SAYZO through company shares / ESOPs.
- A vesting-based equity structure with long-term ownership aligned with contribution and commitment.
- An opportunity to join the founding leadership team and build a company with significant long-term ambition.
We want someone who sees themselves building SAYZO for the long term, not someone looking for their next short-term job. Equity allocation, vesting terms and base compensation will be discussed based on the candidate's experience and contribution.
Work Location & CommitmentThis is an exclusively full-time, on-site opportunity.
Our operations are based in Bangalore, with our office in Koramangala, 5th Block, and presence within the Bangalore startup ecosystem.
We expect the CTO to work alongside the founding team, collaborate in person, and take complete ownership of engineering execution.
No fractional CTOs. No part-time commitments. No remote-only arrangements.
How to Apply
If you're someone who wants to build ambitious technology, work at the intersection of AI and the future of work, and take genuine ownership of what you're building, we'd love to hear from you.
Directly reach the Founder & CEO:
Ayan Srivastav
Founder & CEO, SAYZO
Email:
[email protected]
Or apply directly through LinkedIn.
Let's build the future of work.
📌 Chief Technology Officer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Sayzo
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