Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Closed Posted Jan 22, 2016 Paid on delivery
Closed Paid on delivery

This is a truly unique opportunity: as CTO you will be responsible for the technical development of our global platform and in charge of leading and further building our IT department. At Ofertia, we strive for innovation, on-going improvement and the best solutions for our users and clients. We are looking for an individual who brings the relevant experience, skill set and energy to take our technical platform to the next level!    Your Responsibilities & Tasks Ensure seamless operations of our global technology platform with its various B2B and B2C applications Drive the design, architecture and development of our applications and on-going improvements, applying agile methodologies Improve the scalability of our platform Lead, develop and scale our IT department, including the back-end, front-end, QA, mobile apps and DevOps engineering teams Coordinate technical development with other departments (marketing, content, sales, product, etc.) Report directly to the general managers and be part of the management teamYour Experience & Skills Technical skills: +5 years working as a Software Engineer, of which at least 3 years hands-on experience with Java development. Any further exposure to front-end, DevOps, mobile app developer or QA is a plus Expertise with agile product development Diverse technical background with a good sense for where technology is moving Experience with cloud services (e.g. Amazon AWS) Good understanding of software architecture, HA, distributed systems & performance Expertise in any of the following is a plus: Grails/Groovy, Solr, PostgreSQL, Nginx, Tomcat, jQuery, Backbone, AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront), Android, iOS Personal Skills: Strong, natural leader with +3 years of experience leading technical teams Passionate about technology Excellent communication skills, fluent in English & Spanish (oral / written) Entrepreneurial & open mindset Smart, energetic, driven and willing to work hard Team player What we offer you The opportunity to bring our IT platform to the next level and further build a world-class engineering team based out of Barcelona A highly professional, dynamic, ambitious & international working environment with flat hierarchies and short decision paths A great company culture built around integrity, excellence, team-work, commitment & responsibility An attractive compensation package Training and personal development program A modern office in the city center of Barcelona, free coffee, fruits, snacks and events Start date: October 2015 Your profile fits this description? Then, please send us your CV and a Motivation Letter pointing out why you qualify for this position to HR@[url removed, login to view] with the subject “CTO”. Please note that we can only consider applications received via e-mail

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Remote project Active Mar 7, 2016