Owiwi · Acting CTO / Senior Software Engineer
Product and technology ownership in a startup
In a small startup I held broad technical responsibility: choosing the technology through evidence, building the product with the founders, and growing the practices and the team around it.
RoleActing CTO / Senior Software Engineer
PeriodNovember 2017 – November 2021
FocusTechnology selection, product, hands-on delivery
My responsibility
I combined technology selection, product collaboration, engineering leadership, and hands-on development. I worked closely with the founders on product direction, technical decisions, prioritization, and delivery.
Decisions and trade-offs
- For Dashboard V2 I evaluated Vue, React, and Angular through benchmarks and broader engineering criteria, and led the selection of Vue 2.
- I implemented the dashboard redesign independently, working from component specifications provided by an external designer.
- I influenced infrastructure cost decisions, including the transition toward lower-cost hosting.
Practices and team
I established development practices, project tracking, testing, and deployment workflows. As the team grew I guided developers and contributed to technical hiring decisions.
Scope on the backend
I took part in backend architecture and API design discussions. I was not the primary Java/Spring Boot implementer.