CTO

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A CTO's Responsibilities

Build and lead a product and engineering team from scratch, including hiring, defining the necessary organizational structure and management processes.
Define and implement a product and engineering culture that thrives on rapid iteration, tangible innovation and high quality – leading by example.
Based on the overall product vision and value proposition, identify the most effective technological strategy and path to implementation.
Define and prioritize product initiatives along the product roadmap. Work with product management and engineering to execute efficient implementation.
Collaborate with external and internal customers to gain input on product requirements and evolving customer needs.
Communicate and evangelize the product value proposition, technology strategy and roadmap to external and internal stakeholders.

Master's degree in computer science, information management, MIS (Wirtschaftsinformatik) or similar fields
Alternatively, similar degree in a closely related field

At least five years of experience as a software engineer or in a similiar code-producing role, ideally with full-stack skills
Two or more years of experience in managing a technical team (ideally combination of developers, engineers, product managers, designers)
Two or more years of experience guiding the technology strategy and development roadmap of a company, major corporate department or major development project (Experience can be in parallel, for example as an engineering manager who still wrote some code)
Optional: Industry experience in the <industry> field
Optional: Experience as a product manager
Optional: Experience in a high-growth startup environment

Development experience in at least 2-3 major programming languages and web tech stacks. Python and JavaScript strongly preferred.
First-hand familiarity with cloud computing environments and highly scalable data storage infrastructure.
Practical experience running a mission-critical 24/7 available web-based system with the necessary devops infrastructure, system monitoring infrastructure and backup facilities.
First-hand experience with agile development methodologies and the necessary tools
Familiarity with roadmap planning
Optional: Practical experience with machine learning algorithms and applications
Optional: Experience in data analysis and data science concepts

Self-starter with demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit in a startup or dynamic corporate environment
Proven presentation and writing skills to effectively communicate technical concepts and strategies to a diverse audience
Skilled at hiring and developing technical people