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Field CTO – Mainframe Modernization

Blitzy · Cambridge, MA · On-site

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About Blitzy

Blitzy: Build enterprise software in days with our autonomous AI platform. Automate up to 80% of development. Infinite code context. Accelerate your roadmap by 5x. Backed by Battery.

About the role

Blitzy is looking for an exceptional Field CTO with deep mainframe expertise to help solve one of enterprise technology’s hardest problems: making decades of mission-critical software understandable, transformable, and ultimately capable of continuous evolution. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Deep, hands-on knowledge of IBM Z and z/OS, including technologies such as CICS, Db2, IMS, JCL, VSAM, Parallel Sysplex, RACF, MQ, and batch scheduling, with particular depth in several of these areas
  • Demonstrated ability to reason about complex mainframe application behavior, data dependencies, transaction integrity, concurrency, recovery, and security—not simply COBOL syntax or hardware
  • Strong understanding of modern distributed systems, cloud architectures, and enterprise modernization, including tradeoffs involved in translating mainframe behavior into modern environments
  • Experience solving difficult technical problems in mission-critical enterprise systems and turning insights into practical modernization plans
  • Ability to earn the confidence of experienced systems engineers and senior technology executives alike
  • Passion for technology, customer outcomes, building better solutions, and learning about AI and autonomous software engineering
More about this role

Blitzy is a Cambridge, MA based AI software development platform on a mission to revolutionize the software development life cycle by autonomously building custom software to unlock the next industrial revolution. We're transforming how enterprises build software, turning enterprise requirements into enterprise grade code with an agentic software development platform that can autonomously execute 80% of the quantum of software development work. We're backed by multiple tier 1 investors, and have proven success as founders of previous start-ups.

Led by two pioneering co-founders we are one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S., creating our own category of enterprise autonomous software development. We automate thousands of hours of software development for our customers, which includes strong representation within the Fortune 500.

We move Blitzy Fast: Time is both our company’s and our clients’ most precious asset. We move quickly and decisively to innovate internally and deliver exceptional software externally.

Championship Mindset: We operate like a professional sports team. We win as a team by holding ourselves and each other to high standards, collaborating in-person,...

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