Position: Looking for an experienced CTO
Company: Compass
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

**Please note: Moving to Turkey, the city of Istanbul is required**

We are looking for a highly qualified CTO with extensive experience in various high-load IT projects. You will work under the direct supervision of the CIO and act as a technology expert, making decisions on technology choices, programming languages, frameworks, estimation, and managing IT budgets to achieve the best results in the company.  
You will be responsible for developing new IT products as well as improving productivity. You must be a strategic thinker, an effective communicator, and an expert in technology development.

**CTO Responsibilities:**
. Monitor KPIs and IT budgets
. Ensuring that all technology practices comply with regulatory standards.
. Acting as a mentor to team members.
. Monitor system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency
. Team management and interaction;
. Assigning tasks to the development team;
. Selecting and conducting interviews with developers;
. Development of solutions for launching and maintaining the software developed by the company;
. Organization and development of quality control and testing system;
. Building an effective development process.
. Formation of design solutions based on the availability, scalability, and fault tolerance of the network infrastructure.
. Management of technical departments and development teams.
. Building effective development processes, and systematization of work.

**CTO Requirements:**
. 8 years working in a technological role.
. 5 years of managerial experience.
. Exceptional team management skills.
. Excellent verbal and written communication.
. Organization and time-management skills
. Multitasking skills
. Ability to manage large budgets effectively
. Knowledge of the latest technological advances that could benefit the company
. Knowledge of all functions and roles within the IT department
. Knowledge of best information security practices
. Excellent leadership skills
. Ability to meet deadlines under pressure
. Proven experience as a CTO or similar leadership role
. Knowledge of technological trends to build the strategy
. Understanding of budgets and business-planning
. Ability to conduct technological analyses and research
. Strategic thinking
. Problem-solving aptitude
. Experience in managing, recruiting, coaching, and developing highly . . Skilled talent in engineering and development teams
. Proficiency in PHP, Java, C#
. Excellent command of written and spoken English
. Experience in managing large projects
. Experience in setting tasks for the technical team and receiving results.
. Experience in creating a product from "0"
. Experience in building high-load systems is a must.