[Hiring] CTO @Valsoft Corporation

Role Description

We are hiring a CTO for one of our UK software businesses: an established company with a long track record and a leading share of its market. The business has deep customer loyalty and a hard technology problem. It runs a large, mission-critical on-premises estate and is developing a new cloud platform, and it now has the backing to rebuild for the next 20 years. This CTO will lead that rebuild.

This role has two modes:

• With the established team running the existing products, you lead through managers and team leads; daily production coding is not expected, but you must be able to review architecture and step in to steer major incidents.
• In the small, elite squad rebuilding the platform, you will be more hands-on.

You will own all technology in the business: product engineering, QA, DevOps and cloud, data, and infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering, including 4+ years leading teams.
• Strong Microsoft stack background: C#/.NET, SQL Server, Azure; able to assess legacy C++ and .NET Framework code.
• Experience in using AI development tools in daily work.
• Track record of hard calls: restructuring teams, stopping failing projects, managing R&D to a P&L.
• Ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly and rooted in commercial rationale.

Requirements

• Still hands-on enough to work inside a small, elite squad.
• Personally led a migration of paying customers from on premises to multi-tenant SaaS.
• Using AI development tools in your daily work is expected. You know how to get the most from them for yourself and your team, and can show the impact on delivery.

Benefits

• A rare chance to build a market-leading product with a loyal customer base already in place.
• High autonomy within a decentralized operating structure.
• Career growth within a rapidly expanding Valsoft ecosystem.
• Permanent ownership: Valsoft holds its businesses indefinitely, so you build for the long term, not for an exit.
• A peer network of CTOs and engineering leaders across Valsoft's 150+ software companies.
• Remote work flexibility.