Ctruh - Engineering Director

Job Description :

The Role :

- Ctruh is hiring a hands-on Director of Engineering who codes, architects systems, and builds teams.

- You'll set the technical foundation, drive engineering excellence, and own the architecture of our AI, 3D, and XR platform.

- This is not a pure management role expect to spend 50-60% of your time writing code, solving deep technical problems, and owning mission-critical systems.

- As we scale, this role transitions into CTO, taking full ownership of technical vision and long-term strategy.

What Youll Own :

Technical Leadership & Architecture :

- Architect Ctruhs full-stack platform across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI.

- Scale core systems: VersaAI engine, rendering pipeline, AR deployment, analytics.

- Make decisions on stack, scalability patterns, architecture, and technical debt.

- Own design for high-performance 3D asset processing, real-time rendering, and ML deployment.

- Lead architectural discussions, design reviews, and set engineering standards.

Hands-On Development :

- Write production-grade code across frontend, backend, APIs, and cloud infra.

- Build critical features and core system components independently.

- Debug complex systems and optimize performance end-to-end.

- Implement and optimize AI/ML pipelines for 3D generation, CV, and recognition.

- Build scalable backend services for large-scale asset processing and real-time pipelines.

- Develop WebGL/Three.js rendering and AR workflows.

Team Building & Engineering Management :

- Hire and grow a team of 5-8 engineers initially (scaling to 15-20).

- Establish engineering culture, values, and best practices.

- Build career frameworks, performance systems, and growth plans.

- Conduct 1:1s, mentor engineers, and drive continuous improvement.

- Set up processes for agile execution, deployments, and incident response.

Product & Cross-Functional Collaboration :

- Work with the founder and product team on roadmap, feasibility, and prioritization.

- Translate product requirements into technical execution plans.

- Collaborate with design for UX quality and technical alignment.

- Support sales and customer success with integrations and technical discussions.

- Contribute technical inputs to product strategy and customer-facing initiatives.

Engineering Operations & Infrastructure :

- Own CI/CD, testing frameworks, deployments, and automation.

- Create monitoring, logging, and alerting setups for reliability.

- Manage AWS infrastructure with a focus on cost and performance.

- Build internal tools, documentation, and developer workflows.

- Ensure enterprise-grade security, compliance, and reliability.

What Were Looking For :

Must-Haves :

- 9+ years of engineering experience, with 3-4 years in technical leadership.

- Deep full-stack experience with strong system design fundamentals.

- Proven success building products from 0-1 in fast-paced environments.

- Hands-on expertise with React/Next.js, Node.js/Python, and AWS.

- Ability to design scalable architectures for high-performance systems.

- Strong people leadership with experience hiring and mentoring teams.

- Ready to code, review, design, and lead from the front.

- Startup mindset: fast execution, problem-solving, ownership.

Highly Desirable :

- AI/ML deployment experience (CV, generative AI, 3D reconstruction).

- Strong 3D graphics/WebGL/Three.js knowledge.

- Experience with real-time systems, rendering optimizations, or large-scale pipelines.

- Background in B2B SaaS, XR, gaming, or immersive tech.

- Experience scaling engineering teams from 5-20+.

- Open-source contributions or technical content creation.

- Experience working closely with founders or executive leadership.

Why Ctruh :

- Hard, meaningful engineering problems at the intersection of AI, 3D, XR, and web tech.

- Build from day zero architecture, team, and culture.

- Path to CTO as the company scales.

- High autonomy to drive technical decisions.

- Direct founder collaboration on product vision.

- High ownership, high-growth environment.

- Backed by global leaders: Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, AWS.