Chief Technical Officer
Online Betting & Gaming
PLEASE NOTE: THIS CTO ROLE IS ONLY OPEN TO LONDON, UK BASED APPLICANTS
This CTO role is ideally suited to a candidate who has a background in coding, a hands on developer who knows how to grow a team and to chose technology.
Ideally, this CTO will come from an online Gambling/Casino background or from the financial/forex/payments industry.
My client is a boutique consultancy firm specialised in digital transformation, unique or new business initiatives and building scalable foundations.They also manage certain P&L areas for customers until reaching desirable KPI’s and the merging of the management unit into the business. The team brings many years of digital expertise in all operational areas – from technology and product, marketing and customer operations, payments and international growth.
- The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will join the founding team of a new Sports Betting Platform start-up.
- The CTO will be responsible for hiring and manage the development talent team.
- The CTO will be responsible for hiring and manage the development talent team.
- As CTO you will determine and provide your team with the technology stack they need to build our clients products and guide the overall technical vision, based on the Product vision.
- Developing the Technical strategy that will make that vision a reality will be the responsibility of the CTO as well.
- Work with the Senior Management team and support shaping the Product vision and finding the best ways to make it happen, turning it into a working solution.
- The CTO will work hand in hand with the Chief Product Officer and the Product team and report to the CEO.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Understand the Product strategy and define the technology stack that will support it in the best way
- Hire and manage the development team(s)
- Oversee the companies hardware and server infrastructure and manage which internal technologies are adopted and implemented
- Shapes how the technical sides of a project are managed, striving for a well-defined process that brings results and runs smoothly
- Develop a technical strategy that will make the Product vision a reality
About the ideal candidate
- Proven record working as a CTO/VP R&D in a fast-paced start-up
- Experience developing a sports betting platform or a financial trading platform
- Have a Customer-Centric mindset
- Willing to travel (Eastern Europe) regularly
- Experience managing Agile Scrum/Kanban development teams
- Ability to work under pressure
- Hands-on experience as a Senior Full-Stack developer
- Have profound technical skills and a thorough understanding of business
- Experience as a software architect who can translate a Product vision into tech stack
- Experience managing remote teams and working with remote peers/teams
- English speaking
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