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.

About the position

• 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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