Chief Technology Officer

Bjak · Remote · China ·
Fully remoteFull-timeLead8+ years
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  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Fully remote
  • AI-native products
  • Hands-on leadership
  • Multi-product scope

Actai is building proactive, AI-native applications for email, notes, tasks, and calendars that require minimal prompting. The company focuses on high reliability, persistent context, and real-world task completion to help users organize their lives efficiently.

As CTO, you will own the technology strategy and architecture for the group. You will balance high-level strategic decisions with direct involvement in system reviews, code quality, and engineering execution.

What you'll do

  • Own architecture and major technical decisions across group products
  • Review critical systems, infrastructure, and code directly
  • Set engineering standards for reliability, security, and performance
  • Identify and resolve technical debt and architecture constraints
  • Improve engineering productivity and production reliability
  • Decide on shared technology and infrastructure across businesses
  • Recruit and assess senior engineers and technical leaders

What you'll need

  • Deep software engineering background with scaling experience
  • Strong knowledge of backend systems, APIs, and databases
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems
  • Proven track record in multi-product architecture decisions
  • Strong technical judgement at implementation level
  • Ability to build world-class engineering teams
  • Hands-on ability to review code and solve complex problems

Stack

  • Backend systems
  • APIs
  • Databases
  • Cloud infrastructure
  • Distributed systems