Deputy CTO
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Deputy CTO in India.
This senior leadership role sits at the intersection of engineering execution, product strategy, and large-scale delivery transformation. You will be responsible for shaping how technology organizations operate, ensuring fast, predictable, and high-quality product delivery across complex, distributed systems. The role focuses on improving time-to-market, optimizing SDLC processes, and aligning engineering execution with business priorities. You will act as a key technical partner to product leadership, helping translate roadmap ambitions into scalable and feasible engineering plans. A strong emphasis is placed on building structured delivery frameworks, improving cross-functional alignment, and removing bottlenecks across teams. This is a highly strategic and hands-on leadership position requiring deep technical credibility and strong organizational influence. You will play a critical role in driving efficiency, predictability, and impact across global product teams.
Accountabilities:
The Deputy CTO is responsible for leading engineering execution strategy, optimizing delivery systems, and ensuring strong alignment between technology, product, and business outcomes.
- Lead the optimization of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to improve speed, quality, and predictability of delivery
- Design and implement scalable engineering and project management frameworks to reduce time-to-market
- Act as the primary technical partner to product leadership, aligning engineering execution with product and business goals
- Own and manage the technical execution of the product backlog, ensuring feasibility and delivery consistency
- Establish structured delivery systems, dashboards, and processes to track progress, risks, and timelines
- Coordinate cross-functional execution across engineering, product, and design teams to remove dependencies and blockers
- Drive adoption of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and other delivery methodologies tailored to organizational needs
- Provide technical validation and challenge product requirements when needed based on system constraints
- Present delivery status, risks, and technical strategies to executive leadership in a clear, data-driven manner
- Build and scale high-performing delivery systems rather than relying on ad-hoc operational fixes
Requirements
This role requires strong technical leadership experience, deep understanding of delivery systems, and the ability to operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and executive strategy.
- Extensive experience in SDLC optimization, delivery management, and large-scale engineering execution
- Strong background in IT project management frameworks such as Agile, Scrum, and Kanban
- Proven ability to reduce time-to-market and improve delivery predictability in complex environments
- Experience acting as a technical partner to product leadership and managing business backlogs
- Strong understanding of product development lifecycles and product analytics
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical execution plans and system designs
- Solid technical foundation in modern architectures including distributed systems, microservices, event-driven systems, and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong software engineering background with ability to assess architectural feasibility and scalability
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Strong communication and executive presentation skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Fluency in Russian is required
Benefits
- Fully remote work opportunity
- 28 calendar days of annual vacation
- 7 additional wellness days per year
- Annual health-related compensation or insurance support up to $1,000 (depending on eligibility)
- Professional training and conference reimbursement (up to 50%)
- Annual bonus program for successful candidate referrals (up to $5,000)
- Corporate discounts for English lessons
- Equipment and workspace support, including home office or coworking reimbursement
- Global remote-first culture with international teams
- Gamified recognition system with rewards and team-building perks
- Flexible, distributed work environment across multiple countries
