Chief Technology Officer

Job Brief:

BILDIT is looking for a high character, motivated, and customer-focused CTO who will take leadership over all technical aspects of our company’s activity. A background in Ecommerce, B2B, Fintech, team management & development, marketplace, and board/senior stakeholder management will all be beneficial. You should possess strategic thinking and strong business acumen, being well-versed in current technological trends and familiar with a variety of business concepts. We also expect you to be an excellent communicator and public speaker.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with the Head of Product/UX on product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
  • Build an in-house engineering team and transition primary responsibility for development in-house for our clients (while continuing to work with existing product development)
  • Own and oversee technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals. (Our stack is React/React Native)
  • Lead (and contribute to, where needed) the execution of the roadmap, balancing the needs of today and tomorrow.

Qualifications:

  • Prior CTO / Head of Engineering / technical visionary experience at a B2B startup, preferably with a track record of one or more successful exits.
  • Architected web-scale applications, including Technical and Solutions Architecture experience
  • Significant experience in budgets and business planning
  • Deep knowledge of full-stack modern development practices (ex: DevOps, APIs)
  • Experience building native and mobile web applications.
  • Built marketplaces or e-commerce platforms.
  • Worked with large complex data sets, data scientists, and/or setting up and managing data pipelines.
  • Experience building consumer-facing secure and compliant applications (data privacy/PII, payments/PCI, SOX)
  • Senior stakeholder management experience, able to work at board level
  • Excellent communication skills
  • BSc or BA degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other related area; MBA or other relevant graduate degree will be a bonus

 

  • BILDIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation/Age.