Chief Technology Officer

• Location: Kassel Germany
• Work Policy: Remote-first within Germany; optional office days; not advertised as fully remote internationally
• Work Experience: Several years in a CTO/VP Engineering (or similar) role within FinTech or banking
• Language Requirement: English C1 German C1
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Technical Skills Required: Engineering Management Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) REST/GraphQL APIs data analytics & AI/ML stacks banking security & compliance frameworks
• Industry: FinTech/Data Analytics for Banking
• Positions Available: 1

Company Mission

Account transaction data reflects the entirety of a customers lifewe help our partners understand this data quickly easily and efficiently and leverage it profitably.

Core Values

Scope to Shape Your Role:

High level of personal responsibility open communication active involvement in shaping the business and a motivated success-oriented team

Flexible Work:

Remote-first with hybrid options flexible working hours modern equipment workation opportunitiesplus time off on December 24th and 31st

Tech & Innovation:

Modern tech stack and AI-driven culture

Attractive Perks:

Annual bonus gifts for work anniversaries and milestone birthdays corporate benefits program discounted mobile phone plans company pension contributions exceeding statutory requirements capital-forming benefits and automatic salary adjustments at fixed intervals

Health & Mobility:

Commuter pass bike leasing and discounted fitness & wellness offers in your city (egym)

• You position the company as a pioneer of data-driven business models in Europe and help define how the financial industry of tomorrow will utilize data
• You actively drive the companys technological visionranging from new technologies to entirely new product conceptswhile maintaining a consistent customer-centric focus
• You independently conduct sales discussions at the C-level inspiring decision-makers with your technological foresight and a clear understanding of the business value for them
• You collaborate with our customers to identify new use cases and develop viable business ideas and models based on our existing capabilities
• You own the technology roadmap prioritizing initiatives clearly and based on data to ensure engineering and product teams focus on the areas that deliver the greatest impact.
• You work closely with our founder and executive leadership as a strategic partner actively shaping finos strategic direction
• You measure the success of your decisions using clear metrics and consistently derive the next steps from those insights

• You bring several years of experience in a CTO VP of Engineering or comparable technical leadership role ideally within the FinTech or banking sector
• You possess an entrepreneurial and visionary mindset a keen sense for emerging technologies and the ability to independently derive promising business models from them
• You are characterized by a strong hands-on mentality and genuinely enjoy championing and advancing your ideas directly in client discussions
• You communicate clearly and persuasively with clients your team and executive managementincluding at the decision-maker level
• You possess a deep technical understanding of modern cloud architectures APIs data analytics and AI as well as the security and regulatory requirements of the banking industry
• You are fluent in German and English (negotiation level) andgiven our ongoing European expansionideally possess additional foreign language skills

• Key role in positioning the company as a European pioneer of data-driven business models and significantly shaping the tech vision.
• Direct collaboration with the founder and CEO offers great strategic scope and quick decisions.
• Mixture of technology leadership and customer-centered business development enables high impact right up to your own C-level sales.
• Remote-first with 5 home office days flexible working hours and workation option creates maximum freedom and work-life balance.
• Modern cloud API and AI tech stack as well as strong AI culture promote continuous learning and innovation.
• Attractive package: fixed salary individual annual bonus 28 vacation days plus December 24th/31st free job ticket bike leasing egym and much more.
• Medium-sized unbureaucratic environment with regular team events and dog-friendly Kassel office strengthens cohesion and ownership.

Why Work With Them

• Strategic freedom to shape a market-leading FinTech
• Direct impact on European expansion
• Modern AI-first stack
• Remote-first flexibility without corporate red tape