CTO & Co - Founder defining and executing technology strategy at Aquanode for clean, intelligent water solutions. Architecting hardware, software, and leading engineering team for scalable deployments.
About the role
- CTO responsible for technical strategy and team leadership at an energy transition startup. Overseeing software architecture and product development to enhance energy systems.
Responsibilities
- Technical and commercial overall responsibility
- Shape the company vision, strategy and business model as an equal member of the founding team
- Define and implement Calvergy’s overall technical strategy
- Build a scalable, maintainable and future-proof platform architecture
- Technical decision-making responsibility towards investors, partners and customers
- Product and platform development
- End-to-end responsibility for the software architecture (backend, frontend, DevOps, Data/ML)
- Architecture and scaling of our backend systems (e.g., Python, FastAPI/Django, data pipelines)
- Close integration of simulation, AI/optimization models and product logic
- Ensure code quality, performance, security and technical excellence
- Work closely with users to translate real-world problems into marketable products
- Team building and leadership
- Build, lead and inspire a high-performing tech team
- Recruit, mentor and develop engineers and data talent
- Define development processes, engineering culture, tooling and quality standards
- Act as the interface between engineering, product, sales and external partners
- Hands-on mentality (especially in the early stage)
- Actively contribute to critical components in the backend, frontend and cloud infrastructure
- Build DevOps structures (CI/CD, cloud, monitoring)
- Rapid prototyping, validation and iteration of new features together with customers
Requirements
- Several years of experience as a CTO, Tech Lead, Lead Engineer or Senior Full Stack Developer — or comparable entrepreneurial experience
- Strong expertise in system and software architecture (ideally Python + a modern cloud stack)
- Experience with frontend technologies (e.g., React, TypeScript)
- Solid understanding of scalable platforms, APIs, data architectures and distributed systems
- Initial experience building and leading teams
- Entrepreneurial mindset, ownership mentality and high intrinsic motivation
- Willingness to take responsibility — technically, strategically and in terms of people leadership
- Bonus: experience with AI/ML, optimization, simulation or energy systems
Benefits
- Short decision-making paths
- Significant ownership
- Authentic startup atmosphere
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