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

Snapbau is building software for real-world construction environments: fragmented systems, low-connectivity job sites, fast operational workflows, and high execution pressure. The next phase 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

Snapbau is looking for an experienced CTO or senior technical leader who combines strong product engineering instincts with pragmatic startup execution. This is not a delegation-only executive position.

Write production code daily
Define system architecture
Build scalable infrastructure
Lead engineering execution
Hire and mentor the first engineering team
Translate 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 that balance speed, scalability, and maintainability
Ensure platform reliability, performance, and extensibility

Full-Stack Engineering

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 for real-time field-to-office collaboration
Create reliable operational workflows for procurement, approvals, and tracking

Integrations & Infrastructure

Build integrations with ERP and accounting systems, plus auxiliary software providers such as Autodesk
Develop scalable APIs, interoperability layers, and construction data pipelines
Own cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, databases, monitoring, and production environments across GCP and 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 a 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, and 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

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

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