CTO/CIO

We are looking for a strong IT leader who will transform a classic bank into a modern digital company.

Responsibilities:

  • Formation a team of technical leaders: hiring, assessment, development;
  • Establish and coach technical leaders on performance, quality and security conventions and standards;
  • Guide on agile techniques and ways of working to help improve teams and software development process;
  • Assistance in managing and interacting with other teams;
  • Establish start-up like environment in teams;
  • KPI system development and monitoring results of technical leaders and teams;
  • Establish and provide direct assistance for teams with product’s roadmap strategy;
  • Evaluate and identify appropriate technology stacks and platforms, including cloud providers;
  • Establish and control monitoring systems to ensure achievement of the set goals for technical leaders and their teams;
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and software development best practices by attending relevant conferences and reading widely;
  • Attend at profile conferences, writing articles to promote the processes and technologies used in the bank and developing the brand of the IT employer;
  • Expansions of partnership with vendors.

Background:

  • 6+ years Team technology leader role working with product development teams, delivering and building digital products;
  • A track record of hiring, onboarding, and developing engineering and product teams;
  • Strong examples of coaching, facilitating and guiding others – directing, leading and mentoring;
  • An expert in product development for web and mobile with hands on experience coding;
  • An expert in Agile software development methodologies;
  • An expert in CI, CD, TDD and automation;
  • A depth and breadth understanding of the digital technology space – with the ability to stay current and up-to-date on trends and technologies;
  • A wide hands-on experience and understanding of architecture in terms of solution, data and integration, practical experience in modern architecture patterns: e.g. microservices, APIs
  • Experience working with teams using DevOps and Continuous Delivery with focus on delivering rapid customer value;
  • Familiarity with information security vulnerabilities and risk management;
  • Familiarity with cloud and container infrastructure (e.g. AWS, Docker, Kubernetes);

Understanding of enterprise legacy IT and ability to architect future-proof architecture evolution, simplifying and decoupling legacy systems (e.g.