What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Technology Officer position at Vibe?
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: careers@viberetail.com
-In-person required (NY area)
-Hybrid only considered for exceptional candidates