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Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Salt Search
South Africa · On-site Full-time Executive 1mo ago
About the role
About
AI | Platform | Startup Leadership
This is not a boardroom-only CTO role. You'll set the technical vision, build the platform, and still get your hands dirty.
You'll lead a fast-growing startup using AI to transform video production and personalization at scale, working directly with customers, shaping product direction, and building technology that actually ships.
If you love combining strategy + execution, this role is for you.
What you'll be doing
- Owning the technology vision, roadmap, and architecture
- Designing and scaling an AI-powered video platform
- Staying hands-on with coding, prototyping, and problem-solving
- Leading and growing engineering and AI teams
- Working closely with the CEO and leadership team
- Driving adoption of AI/ML, LLMs, and MLOps/LLMOps
- Ensuring systems are secure, scalable, and reliable
- Acting as the technical voice in customer conversations
- Designing and advising on customer integrations
- Exploring new technologies in generative AI and media delivery
What you need to bring
- Proven experience as a CTO, VP Engineering, or senior technical leader
- Strong hands-on background in:
- Backend systems (PHP/Laravel or similar)
- Modern JavaScript frameworks (React / Vue)
- AI/ML pipelines, LLMs, and generative AI
- Cloud platforms (AWS or GCP)
- Containers & orchestration (Docker / Kubernetes)
- Ability to balance big-picture vision with hands-on execution
- Experience leading and mentoring senior engineers
- Strong customer-facing and communication skills
- Comfort operating in a startup, fast-paced, build-as-you-go environment
If you want to lead, build, and shape the future of AI-powered platforms - apply now.
Skills
AWSDockerGCPGenerative AIKubernetesLaravelLLMMLOpsPHPReactVue
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