CTO – Fastest Growing Media Group – Mumbai

A senior technology professional with at least 7 to 10 years in a leadership role:

1.      Hands on knowledge and experience of building and maintaining industrial-scale, consumer facing, mission-critical, Web-based platforms with high levels of scalability, performance and up-time (24X7).

2.      Knowledge of concepts and platforms for distributed file and operating systems, databases, building scaleable systems using commodity hardware, clustering, storage networks, other systems such as load-balancers, anti-spam filters etc.

3.      Knowledge of Open Source platforms, particularly LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) – Web18’s products are largely built on this the LAMP architecture

4.      Knowledge and experience of Web application development (including Web2.0 technologies such as Ajax, Flash, Web-crawlers, indexing, streaming media, etc..)

5.      Experience of negotiating with vendors (hardware, software, hosting/Telco etc.)

6.      Leadership skills: ability to motivate and lead a medium-sized team of software and hardware engineers

7.      Ability to attract new talent and mentor and grow existing high-performers

8.      Process discipline: put in place proper processes for product life-cycle management and documentation practices

9.      Service orientation: Work in partnership with the senior team (COOs, CFO, Senior Editors, CEO) to meet and exceed their requirements and deliver the best technology platform in the industry bar none … at the lowest cost!

10.     Action-oriented: Our Client is a fast-paced Consumer Internet company and part ofa large group, the fastest growing media conglomerate in India.

The role is Mumbai-based and the timing is immediate

Qualifications

– Engineering graduate from a reputed institute OR comparable degree

– Overall experience between 18 and 20 years of which 7-10 in leadership positions

– Demonstrated technical skills and collaborative approach

Write immediately to sanjeev@bullzi-inc.com