CTO - Co-Founder

October 30

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Description

• Purdue University’s Digital Innovation in Agri-Food Systems Laboratory (DIAL) is a venture studio focused on creating startups. • We explore unmet needs in the agri-food value chain and launch new companies. • Seeking a world-class entrepreneur for the role of CTO and Co-Founder for StealthCo. • Will bring to market logistics optimization software for Ag Retailers. • Targeting the agriculture industry to improve company-wide operations. • Opportunity to turn the validated concept into a growing business. • Will work to build the MVP, hire a software development team, and define product roadmap.

Requirements

• Successful track record as a CTO or similar technical leadership role at an early-stage startup in the logistics/routing space. • Product expertise, and a proven track record of creating user experiences that are sticky, drive adoption, and satisfy & delight users • Hands-on technical leader with experience developing cloud-native, API-first headless architecture • Direct supervision of agile software development; Business Requirements documentation and translation into executable development sprints, day-to-day team/scrum management • Track record of delivering development projects on time and on budget; proven ability to motivate teams and create a positive, challenging, and enjoyable work environment • Must have a strong foundation and opinion on both frontend frameworks and backend infrastructure. • Experience building teams from scratch as well as managing on-shore or off-shore development partners and budgets • Desire and ability to be customer-facing, comfortable directly engaging customers at all levels; business rules documentation through to C-level sales presentations with the ability to communicate complex subjects in a clear, concise manner • Founder experience is preferred or experience working in an early-stage venture-backed company in a key leadership role. Always ready to jump in and lend a hand and comfortable working in an ambiguous ~ ever-changing environment; A creator that gets personal satisfaction from building from the ground up. • Venture capital fundraising experience preferred • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Benefits

• Salary plus equity plan • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance • Flexible work location within the United States • A collaborative, entrepreneurial environment with a proven venture studio playbook • A highly validated concept and business model hypothesis developed by our team • Pre-seed funding committed by our partner • The support of the venture studio and platform services, we surround the startup with world-class expertise in every discipline required to build a market-leading company