Chief Technology Officer

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GermanyFull-TimeExecutive
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Experience
10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 5+ years in senior engineering leadership
Required Skills
KubernetesCI/CDDevOpsSaaSDistributed Systems

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • 5+ years in senior engineering leadership positions (VP, Director, or CTO) within a SaaS environment.
  • Strong infrastructure expertise, including operating large-scale distributed systems and production Kubernetes.
  • Experience managing and optimizing infrastructure unit economics.
  • Demonstrated ability to introduce AI tooling into engineering workflows.
  • Proven experience transforming engineering teams and establishing sustainable delivery speed improvements.
  • Experience owning or leading an ongoing SaaS security and compliance program (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001).
  • Strong understanding of high-performance web products, CI/CD, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Business-oriented mindset connecting engineering to revenue and strategy.
  • Hands-on technical leadership capability.
  • Experience coaching and developing senior engineering talent.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Own the overall technology vision, roadmap, and engineering strategy.
  • Lead the transformation toward a high-velocity, product-focused engineering organization.
  • Introduce and scale AI-assisted development tools and practices.
  • Own architecture and infrastructure decisions with a holistic approach to total cost of ownership.
  • Oversee a multi-region, Kubernetes-based production environment.
  • Monitor and optimize infrastructure economics and unit costs.
  • Own security and compliance as an ongoing operational program.
  • Guide and mentor engineers and foster a culture of ownership.
  • Strengthen DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and observability.
  • Own the complete R&D budget and financial forecasting.
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