Chief Technology Officer

Snapbau is an AI-powered SaaS procurement platform built for the construction industry. In under a year, we’ve achieved strong traction in the Swiss market and are now entering a rapid scale-up phase with international expansion ahead.

We are building software for real-world construction environments — fragmented systems, low-connectivity job sites, fast operational workflows, and high execution pressure. The next phase of the company requires a deeply technical leader who can architect scalable systems while shipping production code daily.

This is a hands-on builder role for someone who wants to own architecture, infrastructure, engineering execution, and technical product evolution from the ground up.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced CTO / senior technical leader who combines strong product engineering instincts with pragmatic startup execution. This is not a delegation-only executive position. You will:

writing production code daily

defining system architecture

building scalable infrastructure

leading engineering execution

hiring and mentoring the first engineering team

translating real construction workflows into technical systems

You will work directly with the CEO and customers to build software that functions reliably in real operational environments.

Tasks

Technical Architecture & Product Development

Own system architecture and technical direction

Build scalable multi-tenant SaaS systems across backend, APIs, infrastructure, and frontend

Drive pragmatic architecture decisions balancing speed, scalability, and maintainability

Ensure platform reliability, performance, and extensibility

Full-Stack Engineering (Hands-On)

Develop production systems primarily with PHP 8.3+ and Laravel 13+

Build APIs, async jobs, queue systems, caching, and event-driven services

Contribute across frontend technologies including Vue.js, React, and Alpine.js

Own debugging, monitoring, security, performance, and production reliability

Construction-Tech & Offline-First Systems

Design systems for low-connectivity, mobile-first construction environments

Build offline-first workflows enabling real-time field-to-office collaboration

Create reliable operational workflows for procurement, approvals, and tracking

Integrations & Infrastructure

Build integrations with ERP and accounting systems, and auxiliary software providers i.e. Autodesk, etc

Develop scalable APIs, interoperability layers, and construction data pipelines

Own cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, databases, monitoring, and production environments across GCP/AWS

Engineering Leadership

Hire and mentor the first engineering team

Establish engineering standards, development practices, and code quality

Drive fast, high-quality execution in a startup environment

Product Collaboration & Execution

Work closely with the CEO to translate operational workflows into product systems

Assess technical feasibility and execution trade-offs

Prioritize effectively between rapid shipping and long-term scalability

Requirements

Experience

10+ years of professional software engineering experience

Proven experience as:

CTO

senior engineering leader

or principal/full-stack engineer in a high-growth B2B SaaS company

Strong track record building and scaling systems from early-stage through rapid growth

Experience operating in startup environments with high ambiguity and rapid execution cycles

Strong history of shipping complex systems into production

Technical Depth

Strong backend and infrastructure expertise

Deep experience with PHP and Laravel in production environments

Strong API architecture and systems integration experience

Experience building scalable SaaS products and distributed systems

Strong understanding of:

databases

caching

asynchronous processing

performance optimization

production debugging

Comfortable operating across backend, frontend, infrastructure, and cloud systems

Execution Mindset

Strong ownership mentality from architecture to production deployment

Bias toward shipping fast and iterating from customer feedback

Pragmatic approach to technical trade-offs

Comfortable making decisions with incomplete information

Strong product intuition grounded in real user constraints

Languages

Professional English required

Fluent French required

Benefits

Why Join Snapbau

Build at the intersection of AI, SaaS, and construction-tech

Direct impact on a fast-growing product entering its next scale phase

Shape technical architecture and engineering culture from the ground up

Work closely with real users and see immediate operational impact

Contribute directly to how AI will transform procurement and construction workflows

Join a highly execution-oriented team with fast iteration cycles and visible outcome

Significant growth opportunities into long-term technical leadership

What This Role Is NOT

Not a pure executive or delegation-only CTO role

Not an enterprise architecture role disconnected from product execution

Not a theoretical systems design position without shipping responsibility

Not an isolated engineering role detached from customers and field operations