Position: Chief Technology Officer
Company: Tacans
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

The companies are based in Switzerland with significant teams based in the Ukraine many operating remotely. We have restructured away from operating as an outsource consulting firm, and this is an opportunity to build and own a multiple product focussed technology teams supporting an aggressive business with global ambition.

Our businesses are 1) a DeFi Lab company, currently passing through the early-mid stages of development of building a DeFI DEX on two different blockchain protocols. More projects will follow; 2) an NFT platform for the exchange of NFTs on multiple blockchain protocols including the provision of a white label service.

We are seeking a key member of the executive management team, responsible for all CIO/CTO tasks, building and owning our platforms and integrating good practice into the business from all aspects of technology. We desire to recruit an experienced Chief Technology Officer to lead this next step in our business technology, the right candidate must be passionate about building a technology stack that is responsive to client demand and business direction.

**Responsibilities:**


Strategy & Planning:

• In partnership with the company’s founders, identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company’s services, keeping the executive team honestly appraised of timing and risk;
• Participate as a member of the senior management team in establishing governance processes of direction and control to ensure that objectives are achieved, risks are managed appropriately and the organization’s resources are used responsibly, particularly in the areas of software development, office networks and computers, and telecommunications;
• Providing oversight, planning, and technical direction to technical leads and/or other roles reporting to them to ensure successful delivery of projects;
• Evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms (including web application frameworks and the deployment stack) for delivering the company’s services driving consistent standards and approaches throughout IT;
• Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide information security plan that protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the company’s data and servers;
• Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan;
• Identify technology trends and evolving social behaviour that may support or impede the success of the business;
• Communicate the company’s technology strategy to investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders;
• Execute recruitment strategy to attract, retain and develop a diverse pool of talented developers and DevOps;

Operational Management:

• Driving consistent standards and approaches throughout the team, driving development priorities based on analytics, continuous integration and robust test-driven development;
• Developing team maturity in terms of quality with respect to architecture and technical design and coding practices
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and software development best practices;
• Establish a governance process that meets government, partner, and company expectations for customer information privacy;
• Define and communicate company values and standards for acquiring or developing systems, equipment, or software within the company;
• Ensure that technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization;
• Share knowledge, mentor, and educate the organization’s investors, exec, management, staff, partners, customers, and other stakeholders with regard to the company’s technological vision, opportunities, and challenges;
• Identify talent gaps and engage in the interviewing, recruitment, hiring, and onboarding of key technologists
• External technology face of the company: Participating in architectural discussions with clients and representing the company at industry and client events.

Systems:

• Tech Stack / Frameworks / Cloud / Architecture patterns we are working on at present:
o Microservices;
o Frontend — React.js;
o Backend — Rust, Golang, .Net;
o Cloud — GCP, AWS, Azure;
o Mobile — Swift, Kotlin;
o Kubernetes
• Agile Methods for Development – Scrum / Kanban, use of Epics, Stories, Issues and tools such as JIRA and Confluence;
• Previous experience in crypto is an advantage;
• UX design experience incl. Apple Human Interface Guidelines, Android Design Guidelines.

**Requirements:**

• An entrepreneurial CIO/CTO with a balance of operations and technology background;
• Ability to practically get hands dirty and lead the way with the team, with active and current skills;
• Agile implementation experience;
• Experience of working in a distributed environment, people and technology;
• Strong and confident / clear communicator;
• Financially astute - true p&l experience;
• Has managed the delivery function not been a leader that has been delivered to;
• Innovative with examples;
• Get it done attitude with huge energy and commitment;
• Managed a team size of 50+;
• Successful experience growing, managing, mentoring, and leading cross-functional, geographically dispersed engineering teams;
• High level of English language proficiency and communication skills (written, visual and verbal).