Position: Chief technology officer (experienced in Fintech)
Company: Unit City
Experience required: 5y
Category: Lead
English level: fluent
Published: 2022-09-01T00:00:00+03:00

**Areas of responsibility and goals of work:**
- You are responsible for the technological development of the company, and therefore for its future. Organization, management, and support of one of the key functions in the company: high-quality Technology & Software Development and Delivery in the area of Mobile Financial Services for business customers worldwide, for mass markets, and with high-load technologies (telecom, banks, and financial institutions, network retailers). 
- To take the company to the next product & technology level, taking into account that currently, the company has 15 live b2b projects on the board and potentially 35-50 during the next 2-3 years. 
- Be the "face" of the company regarding technology in negotiations with clients (participation in the pre-sale and delivery processes), participants, investors, and shareholders. Participation in conferences as a speaker (in particular, about the technologies and products of the Company). 


**Description of responsibilities:**

**Team management**

Building and maintaining the team, organizational and functional structure.
To be the team leader in the quality review of all projects and architectural patterns.
Management of division’s staffing (resource management; hiring / dismissing team members; team performance monitoring and reporting; team members motivation; maintaining team capacity; team coaching and mentoring; tasks estimations and review; backlog management).

**Technology&Product**

- Company technology vision development and implementation;
- Product defining and improvement and technology description;
- Leading the implementation of cutting-edge technologies and industry
best practices;
- Control the tasks so that the Product and its demo meet business
requirements.

**Processes**

Agile routines management: Standups, Grooming, Retrospectives; Kanban board management.

You will define the Company's Strategy and build overall company management

**Requirements:**

- Responsible and reliable manager with strong leadership and organizational skills; - Business and customer oriented. Understanding the customer's needs; 
- Ability to work in a cross-functional team on an executive level and under strong deadlines; 
- Conflict tolerance, problem-solving and quick decisions making skills; - Excellent verbal and written communication in English; 
- Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Computer Science; 
- 10+ years of practical experience in software development; 
- 5+ years working in a technological role as a CTO, Solutions Architect; - 3+ years of Managerial & People management experience; 
- Solid knowledge of software architecture and infrastructure; 
- In-depth knowledge of the technology stack in the areas of front-end(JS) or backend (PHP); 
- Understanding of Software Architecture Design patterns, Algorithms & Data Structures; 
- Understanding of: 
● High Load approaches; 
● Data Management approaches; 
● Software Deployment strategies, CI/CD, Quality gates approaches; ● Cloud, On-prem, Hybrid deployments, Virtualization, and Containerization; ● Engagement models, Project P&L, including SLA (Client Support). 

- Understanding of:
● High Load approaches;
● Data Management approaches;
● Software Deployment strategies, CI/CD, Quality gates approaches;
● Cloud, On-prem, Hybrid deployments, Virtualization, and Containerization;
● Engagement models, Project P&L, including SLA (Client Support);
- Strong leadership and organizational skills;
- Conflict tolerance, problem-solving and quick decisions making skills;

**Your benefits of working with us:**

- Working at the company with a clear-cut strategy and business vision;
- Professionally guided teamwork led by the CEO, who is currently the Official Member of Forbes Business Council;
- Contributing to the future-proof FinTech products;
- Great opportunity to work with high-profile multinational clients;
- Fast career growth (both horizontal and vertical);
- Bureaucracy-free company. All decisions are taken to meet your requests;
- Making commitments to product improvement is highly appreciated;
- Remote work;
- 24 calendars paid vacation days;
- 100% paid sick leave days, etc.