Chief Technology Officer – hybrid
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full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Hamburg • Germany
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About the role
- Architecting the Future of Professional Career Matching
- Shape and execute a bold 2–3 year technical roadmap focused on platform scalability, AI integration, and performance.
- Lead the modernization of our tech stack, boosting fault tolerance, developer velocity, and system resilience.
- Partner with the Chief Innovation Officer and AI leadership to build predictive career intelligence features, not just reactive matching.
- Embed yourself in C-suite strategy, aligning business goals (LTV, growth, revenue) with technical outcomes.
- Direct and mentor senior tech leaders across engineering, infrastructure, and architecture, scaling a team beyond 70 engineers.
- Craft a talent strategy to attract, grow, and retain top-tier technical talent, from senior engineers to AI specialists.
- Champion a culture of excellence, inclusion, and psychological safety, where innovation and quality go hand in hand.
- Own key engineering metrics (including DORA), setting targets for developer experience and system efficiency.
- Manage technology investments, vendor partnerships, and the overall engineering budget to maximize ROI.
- Define and uphold platform-wide SLAs/SLOs, error budgets, and observability standards to ensure global reliability.
- Develop and implement a data strategy that powers AI, analytics, and decision-making, while maintaining regulatory compliance (GDPR and more).
Requirements
- C-level or senior VP experience scaling engineering organizations within fast-growing SaaS or high-volume digital platforms
- Proven ability to lead digital transformation, modernizing legacy platforms for scale, speed, and AI-readiness.
- Deep architectural acumen and ability to navigate complex technical trade-offs with senior engineers.
- Hands-on experience taking AI/ML from prototype to production, delivering real business outcomes.
- Executive-level communication skills and presence, with the ability to influence boards, investors, and non-technical leaders.
- Expertise in modern cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), web architectures, and distributed systems.
- Fluent in English (German is a plus).
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Hard Skills & Tools
AI integrationplatform scalabilitydigital transformationAI/MLcloud platformsweb architecturesdistributed systemsdata strategyengineering metricsregulatory compliance
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringstrategic alignmentinfluenceteam buildingcultural excellencepsychological safetyinnovationquality assurance