Position: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Company: SeniorDevOnly
Experience required: 5y
Category: Lead
English level: upper
Published: 2021-09-01T00:00:00+03:00

Zip24.com is a “Software-as-a-Service” (SaaS) startup that streamlines operations management
functionalities for e-commerce businesses via a cloud-based warehouse, delivery management, and
enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions package. Zip24.com forecast orders, facilitate logistic
transactions, retail, warehousing, order shipping, and fulfillment; and provide end-to-end delivery tracking.

Zip24 is the solution for every industry vertical including food delivery, retail, pharmacy, grocery delivery.
It supports the established E-commerce giants with ready integration and small start-ups with its game-changing per order pricing. Their 24/7 premium support ensures zero downtime and easy scalability for
customers.

It is a global company with customers around the world. Founded by Ex-Amazonians and SaaS
entrepreneurs in the Middle East and Central Asia regions, they are headquartered in Dubai UAE, with
development and support hub in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and now in Karachi, Pakistan.

We are looking for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to provide sound technical leadership in all aspects
of the business to ensure that technological developments are in line with the company’s vision and
growth targets. We are seeking a highly-skilled CTO capable of making executive-level technology decisions
on behalf of the company and be eager to drive their execution.

Preferred Requirements for the role:
● Be willing to understand matters on SaaS B2B logistics, e-commerce, and shipping software
● Master’s/Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or
related technical field
● 15+ years of relevant leadership and practical experience in product leadership, software
development and information technology (systems, infrastructure, support)
● 8+ years of experience managing diverse and technically deep software development teams
● Results-oriented person, ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced
environment
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to present complex technical
information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, including non-technical
information
● Experience with modern cloud-based SaaS tools
● Prior experience in leading and managing an engineering team
● Ability to work through diverse team members across the globe, time zones
● The role will require you to travel between various office locations (Dubai, Tashkent)
● Two-way advocacy — ability to stand in resistance when required
● A builder mindset that can weigh alternatives of building vs. buying solution

Will be a plus:
Understand that your own contribution plays a huge role in making the company successful Think Ownership!
● Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for
your choices
● Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results
● Communicates with transparency and creates the space for others to do the same
● Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of
failure
● Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships
● Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take themselves too
seriously

Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for building and leading a world-class team of Engineering Leads and Senior Product Managers across multiple geographies and disciplines. You will lead technology efforts for one
of the largest SaaS platforms in the region. You must have a solid background in building and maintaining large scale, distributed, high availability, and systems built using mostly Open Source Java, PostgreSQL,
React, Python, and various mobile frameworks.

You will have the freedom to re-define development policies and processes to best enable execution. You will need to work closely with product and business teams to successfully deliver on strategic company
priorities.

You will work directly under the CEO and as such, you should be ready to build the digital product architecture without third-party help. As a lead product architect and system administrator, you should be comfortable in assessing and validating the technical complexity of product ideas and able to suggest the appropriate approach from a technology level to materialize them. As such, you remain the primary specialist for implementing the product strategy and organizing the company's technology operations.
Data security, product testing, QA management, and deployment issues are thus part of your responsibilities.

While it is essential you are a highly qualified developer yourself, your role will quickly turn into a hybrid between tech visionary, team motivator, and a leader capable of managing a combined team of in-house and external developers.