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Commitment: 24 hours per week Compensation: Volunteer Position (No Salary) Experience Required: Minimum 10 years Location: Remote (but the candidate has to be from Vadodara) About the Chance We are looking for an experienced and passionate Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to join our leadership team on a voluntary basis. This is an opportunity for an accomplished technology professional to help shape an ambitious technology platform that aims to create meaningful social impact through an NGO. If you enjoy building products, mentoring technical teams, solving complex engineering challenges, and contributing your expertise to a purpose-driven organisation, we would love to hear from you. This role requires a commitment of only 24 hours per week, making it ideal for senior technology leaders who wish to contribute alongside their existing professional commitments. Your Responsibilities * Define and lead the overall technology strategy. * Architect scalable, secure and reliable software solutions. * Provide technical leadership for Python-based application development. * Guide server architecture, deployment and infrastructure management. * Review technical decisions and ensure engineering best practices. * Mentor developers and build a high-performance engineering culture. * Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend suitable solutions. * Work closely with the founders to translate vision into a world-class product. * Help establish development processes, documentation and coding standards. * Support recruitment and mentoring of volunteer technical contributors where required. Essential Requirements * Minimum 10 years of professional experience in software engineering. * Strong hands-on expertise in Python. * Extensive experience with Linux server administration, cloud infrastructure and server management. * Experience designing scalable web applications and backend systems. * Strong understanding of databases, APIs, security and system .