[Hiring] Experienced CTO @madewithlove BV

Role Description

We are currently looking for a full-time and experienced CTO profile (f/m/x) to strengthen our team. As the CTO ad interim at our clients, you will be in the front seat to drive the technical strategy and vision of startups and scale-ups and to build their teams from the ground up.

At the beginning of a project, you will:

• Observe the client team and their processes and learn about the client's product or service.
• Help management define a technical short- and long-term strategy.
• Organise the team (Product and/or Engineering) and assist in hiring, onboarding, evaluating, and developing team members throughout the project.
• Act as the final responsible person for all technical issues: architecture, tooling, development processes, documentation, infrastructure, etc.

Don't hesitate to apply if you don't fulfil 100% of the requirements. Superheroes don't exist. People with passion and talent do!

Qualifications

• Protect our company values inside and outside the company walls, speaking up politely when they are not followed.
• Embrace diversity, inclusivity, and (e)quality.
• Have a passion for SaaS, ranging from start-ups to scale-ups and corporate ventures.
• Manage your own time in a flexible environment.
• Develop a technical vision, mission, and strategy for the client's product.
• Build teams aligned with the company's goals by assessing and leveraging people's competencies effectively.
• Take ownership of tasks and strive to achieve the best possible quality within the given time and budget.
• Actively and consistently strive to expand your knowledge, both technical and non-technical.
• Share your knowledge with colleagues and the world through different channels (blogging, presentations, group discussions, etc.).
• Provide honest, constructive, and actionable feedback.
• Communicate clearly, taking into account your audience.
• Be aware of the situation and always stay polite while being honest.
• Know which channel is right for each message or question.
• Practice diplomacy as a crucial element of stakeholder management.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of modern software development, technologies, services, and tools.
• Use AI effectively as a core part of your workflow.
• Experience in developing code and familiarity with a codebase.
• Evaluate a platform's technical architecture and infrastructure and make the right technology choices to advance it.
• Understand best-practice development processes and policies, and how to implement and maintain them while keeping the company culture in mind.
• Working proficiency in English.

Bonus Points

• Valuable contributions to discussions about product, UX, and/or UI.
• Experience speaking at conferences or involvement in open-source projects or organizing events/meetups.

Important Notes

• You have to live and work in between the time zones UTC-01:00 and UTC+03:00.
• If you are not a Belgian citizen, you will always be hired as an independent subcontractor.

Benefits

• Varied projects in a(n) (inter)national context where you can make a significant impact.
• Remuneration in accordance with the startup market.
• Flexible working conditions tailored to your personal life, giving you a real work-life balance.
• Twenty-five paid holidays on top of all Belgian national holidays.
• A yearly company retreat (if viruses leave us alone).
• Encouragement for underrepresented groups to apply.
• Belief in the strengths of well-balanced and mixed teams.