Padhai Mentor is moving fast toward becoming India’s first truly end-to-end AI admission ecosystem, and I now need a founding Tech Head who can turn that vision into a world-class product and a ₹1,000 cr company within the next three years. You’ll be the custodian of every technical decision from day one. My immediate priority is to build proprietary AI models that match students with the right colleges, automate counselling workflows, and keep the entire journey transparent. I already have market traction on the business side; your job is to architect, ship, and continuously improve the tech that will let us scale. Your core mandate • Craft and iterate admission-centric AI/ML models (Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, LLM integrations). • Own the full software stack—from backend services (Node/Python, micro-services, cloud) to scalable front-end experiences. • Hire, mentor, and inspire an A-grade engineering team while instilling DevOps and agile best practices. • Translate product goals into a clear road-map, milestones, and release schedule that can impress investors and customers alike. The ideal background You have already built products in education technology or adjacent verticals, are fluent in cutting-edge AI/ML, and understand the fundamentals of robust software engineering. Equally important, you lead by example, communicating vision, delegating intelligently, and keeping code quality uncompromised as the team grows. Milestone-based acceptance 1. Road-map & architecture signed off in the first 30 days. 2. Functional MVP with core AI matching engine live in 90 days. 3. First 10 tech hires onboarded and sprint cadence stabilised within six months. If owning the entire tech charter of a high-growth EdTech startup excites you, let’s talk specifics right away.