Chief Technology Officer - India

AmeriSave Mortgage Corp. has set the standard in online mortgage lending, with over $130 billion in funded loan volume. As one of the largest privately owned online mortgage lenders in the United States, our mission is to deliver beneficial, responsible home lending solutions with unwavering integrity, dedication, and excellence. We leverage cutting-edge technology, data-driven strategies, and proprietary platforms to create exceptional customer experiences and operational efficiency. 

As we continue investing in technology and innovation, we are expanding our global engineering footprint and building a world-class technology organization in India.

AmeriSave is seeking a visionary and hands-on Chief Technology Officer based in India to establish, build, and lead our India technology organization. This executive leader will be responsible for recruiting, developing, and scaling high-performing engineering teams while partnering closely with technology and business leaders in the United States.

This role is ideal for a proven technology executive who has successfully built and scaled engineering teams within India for a U.S.-based organization. The successful candidate will provide strategic technology leadership while remaining deeply engaged in engineering execution, architecture, cloud infrastructure, security, AI initiatives, and organizational development.

You will serve as a key bridge between AmeriSave's U.S. technology leadership team and the India engineering organization, ensuring alignment, collaboration, and delivery of critical technology initiatives.

• Establish and lead AmeriSave's India technology center.
• Recruit, hire, mentor, and retain top engineering, infrastructure, AI, data, security, and technology leadership talent throughout India.
• Develop organizational structure, leadership pipelines, career paths, and employee development programs.
• Build a high-performance engineering culture centered on accountability, innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence.

• Partner closely with U.S.-based technology leaders, product leaders, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Lead distributed engineering teams delivering solutions across multiple time zones.
• Foster seamless collaboration between India and U.S. technology teams.
• Establish engineering best practices, delivery standards, and development processes.

• Lead teams responsible for designing, building, and maintaining AmeriSave's proprietary technology platforms.
• Drive engineering excellence, architecture governance, code quality, scalability, and software delivery.
• Oversee development of customer-facing and internal business applications supporting the mortgage lifecycle.

• Partner with infrastructure teams supporting AmeriSave's Azure-based environment.
• Drive performance, scalability, cost optimization, monitoring, and operational reliability initiatives.
• Ensure engineering teams develop highly available and resilient applications.

• Lead AI-driven innovation initiatives across software engineering and business operations.
• Identify opportunities for automation, machine learning, generative AI, and intelligent workflow optimization.
• Collaborate with U.S. leadership on the company's AI roadmap and execution strategy.

• Partner with information security, compliance, and risk management teams.
• Ensure engineering practices align with security standards, financial services regulations, and data privacy requirements.
• Promote a security-first culture across all technology teams.

• Serve as a strategic technology advisor to executive leadership.
• Participate in long-term technology planning and workforce strategy.
• Communicate engineering performance, technology investments, risks, and opportunities to senior leadership.

• Manage India technology staffing plans and operating budgets.
• Drive efficient resource allocation across engineering initiatives.
• Develop long-term workforce strategies supporting organizational growth.

• 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience.
• 5+ years in an executive technology leadership role such as CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Technology, or Engineering Director.
• Proven experience leading large-scale software engineering organizations.

• Demonstrated success establishing, scaling, and leading engineering organizations in India for U.S.-based companies.
• Extensive experience recruiting and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of India's technology talent market and hiring landscape.

• Experience leading globally distributed teams across India and North America.
• Track record of building strong cross-functional partnerships across geographic regions.
• Ability to effectively manage communication and execution across multiple time zones.

• Strong background in modern software engineering practices and architecture.
• Experience with cloud technologies, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Knowledge of enterprise platforms, databases, APIs, and scalable application design.
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.

• Experience leading AI, automation, machine learning, or generative AI initiatives.
• Ability to translate emerging technologies into measurable business value.

• Exceptional executive presence and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to influence leaders at all levels of the organization.

• Technical Depth: Deep expertise in Java, TypeScript, Node.js, SQL, and React, with the ability to provide architectural leadership and make informed decisions across the full software development lifecycle.
• Hands-On Engineering Background: Built a career as a software engineer and technical leader, maintaining sufficient technical depth to challenge assumptions, evaluate solutions, and mentor senior engineering talent.
• Engineering Credibility: Respected by engineering teams for practical development experience and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in India at the time of application and throughout their employment.

AmeriSave and Deel reserve the right to verify employment eligibility and identity in accordance with applicable laws and company policies. Unless expressly stated otherwise, visa sponsorship and immigration sponsorship are not available for this position.

AmeriSave is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.

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