Chief Technology Officer

Job Description

• Developing a technical strategy for the company which involves goal setting, discussing options and analyzing risks together with the management team.
• Steering the business on timescales, prioritization and costs on competing development requirements and develop and manage KPIs for the technology team.
• Setting up the standards in how the development process and infrastructure architecture works.
• Driving rigorous and weekly product releases across multiple complex software products.
• Designing the data model ensuring scalability.
• Creating and leading the product road map, estimating new features, designing product features and coordinating new features with other teams prioritizing functionalities and business needs
• Maintaining clear communication across teams and works with other departments to implement and enhance technologies to boost efficiency and productivity.
• Guiding teams in design, architecture and platform choices with a strong focus on quality, speed, stability, and scalability of the technology platform.
• Leveraging technical depth to push your team towards a high standard of technical excellence.
• Recommending new technologies, improving existing technology set-up and future-proofing technology that can help the company optimize efficiency and productivity.
• Leading-edge thinking and knowledge of innovative technologies

Job Requirements

• Technical degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering) with a college transcript provided
• Proven experience in a similar leadership role
• Demonstrable software design and development skills
• Database engines (Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Postgres,…)
• Experience in writing complex code
• Experience in working with git code versioning
• Experience in frontend & backend ( Angular - Node )
• Experience in web application optimization techniques
• Experience in developing full functioning features
• Knowledge of technological trends to build strategy
• Problem-solving aptitude
• Leadership and organizational abilities
• Strategic thinking
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
• Comfortable to work in a fast-paced environment
• Self motivated and driven to improve