Position: Chief Technology Officer
Company: Dzing
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent
Published: 2021-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

Payment transactions, like everything else in this world, are becoming faster, more affordable, wireless and digital. We believe that the finances of the future must be exceptionally easy, convenient, beautiful and exciting. And every transaction should be very simple - like the sound of a coin - "dzing!".
In Dzing Finance we are building a mobile financial service which will make your life and the lives of your loved ones much more comfortable. Each employee and each client of Dzing Finance is the creator of a new financial lifestyle that begins today.
Headquartered in London, we strive to address the financial needs of not only Britain but the Europe in its entirety. In our multinational team, there are representatives of different cultures, countries and industries who are all connected by a single idea of building "dzing".

Role profile

The CTO will need to have 10+ years of experience. This role has responsibility for the entirety of the Information Technology structure of the company and the successful candidate will understand, and embrace, the importance of the relationship between IT and business.
You will be working on the development and implementation of IT strategy, Information Security Policy, Business Continuity Planning, and robust and scalable Infrastructure.
As an innovative company, we need to implement intensive innovation IT technology to underpin and support the pace and scale of our business development plans.
The role assumes IT Governance in conjunction with best practice and IT related standards such as Cobit, ITILs that will empower the constant process of development and implementation of new innovation technology and IT related standards in the company.
Cloud technology, infrastructure as a service and innovative development are the constant objectives and standards that the company works within, and towards.

Role responsibilities:

 - Governance of all IT resources based on the process management standards
 - Establish and build strong relationship between IT and business departments
 - Defining and implementing of IT strategy
 - Defining and implementing IT policies, standards and best practice
 - Defining and implementing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans and procedures
 - Provide expertise and best practices for setting the information systems related strategies and standards
 - Development of customer service platforms (iOS, Android)
 - Development of backend system platforms
 - Negotiation with outsourced vendors and management of outsourcing contracts
 - Information risk management
 - Organization and delivery of IT operational and IT support processes

The CTO will bring:

 - 5+ years’ experience in the management of the IT department of a bank/fintech
 - Extensive expertise in card processing environments
 - Good understanding, knowledge and experience with banking and budget management
 - Exacting personal standards and the ability to guide others around you to meet those standards
 - C5 years’ knowledge and experience in IT Project Management
 - Strong knowledge and experience in the software development process – ideally with experience in the management of developers
 - Demonstrable experience in creating and delivering company infrastructure transformation
 - Strong knowledge and experience in creating and designing architecture of high load IT systems
 - An in-depth understanding of modern software engineering/testing practice, tools and techniques.
 - Significant knowledge of best practices for client-server product architectures, focusing predominantly on cloud-based server development
 - Knowledge and understanding of programming or scripting with a popular modern language
 - Programming and optimization design of databases and data storage
 - Passionate about simplification and automation, continually looking to improve upon existing processes and procedures to drive efficiencies within technical environments.
 - Willingness to travel overseas 2/3 times a month
 - Life-long learner - always looking to stay up to date with the latest IT technology.
 - Self-motivated, proactive, driven individual

Desirable attributes:

 - Knowledge of AWS platforms
 - Experience in performing security vulnerability assessments and familiarity with regulatory standards, such as PCI and GDPR.
 - Good understanding of finance regulations of The UK and EC
 - Knowledge of accounting/budget management
 - Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
 - Fluency in English
 - Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing, Agile, competitive environment
 - Ability to work independently and in group environments

Benefits and remuneration:

 - Inspirational leadership team with flat hierarchy
 - Opportunity to work for a fast- growing tech company
 - Huge scope for professional development
 - Competitive salary
 - Pension plan
 - Healthcare insurance