Location: In-Person (NY Area Required) — Hybrid available only for an exceptional candidate

Compensation: Competitive salary + meaningful equity opportunity

Type: Full-Time

About Vibe

Vibe Retail POS is one of the fastest-growing next-gen retail POS platforms in the U.S. We power modern retailers with intuitive software, real-time analytics, and seamless integrated payments. We’re scaling quickly and looking for a true leader who wants to help build something iconic.

The Role

We’re seeking a hands-on, in-person CTO who can take full ownership of Vibe’s technology direction, team, and long-term technical vision.

This person will:

• Architect for massive scale
• Build and manage a high-performance engineering team
• Oversee mission-critical releases, integrations, and system reliability
• Drive innovation across AI, analytics, mobility, and core POS functionality

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture for Vibe Retail POS.
• Upgrade and modernize the stack as needed (e.g., CI3 → modern PHP framework, microservices).
• Improve system speed, performance, scalability, and uptime.

Team Leadership & Culture

• Lead and expand our engineering team in-person.
• Set strong engineering processes: sprint discipline, QA, documentation, release cycles.
• Build a culture of ownership, speed, and excellence.
• Mentor engineers and ensure accountability across the team.

Execution & Scale

• Deliver features fast while maintaining reliability.
• Oversee staging → production workflows and ensure real-time production stability.
• Build infrastructure for thousands of merchants and high transaction volume.
• Manage DevOps, deployments, and CI/CD pipelines.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Work directly with the CEO to translate vision into execution.
• Collaborate with operations, onboarding, sales, and support teams.
• Communicate timelines, risks, and prioritization clearly and frequently.

Ownership Mindset

• Treat Vibe as if it’s your own company.
• Make high-quality decisions that balance speed and long-term scalability.
• Create a technical foundation that supports aggressive growth.

Required Experience

Technical

• 8+ years software engineering experience; 3+ years in a senior technical leadership role.
• Strong experience with:
• PHP (CodeIgniter 3 highly preferred)
• MySQL 8
• Docker / Docker Swarm
• JavaScript / jQuery / Bootstrap
• Experience scaling SaaS products.
• Deep knowledge of integrations, webhooks, API architecture, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Strong DevOps & cloud infrastructure experience.
• Bonus: AI integrations, mobile app development, payments/fintech background.

Leadership

• Proven ability to build and lead engineering teams in person.
• Clear communicator with excellent organization and prioritization skills.
• Experience scaling a product from early stage to enterprise-level volume.

Why This Role Is Special

• You will own the entire technology vision of a rapidly growing POS software company.
• You will work directly with a founder who moves fast and wants to scale aggressively.
• You’ll build a large engineering organization around you.
• You will shape the future of a product competing with major retail POS systems.
• And most importantly:
• You’ll have a real equity stake and a long-term leadership seat.

Compensation & Equity

• Competitive salary
• Performance bonuses
• Meaningful equity package for the right candidate
• Leadership role with long-term career upside

How to Apply

Send your resume and a short message about why you’re a fit to: [email protected]

-In-person required (NY area)

-Hybrid only considered for exceptional candidates