Summary: The Chief Technology Officer will own the company’s technology vision and execution, leading engineering and architecture to deliver scalable products and align technology with business goals. Highlights: 1. Lead engineering and architecture to deliver scalable products and platforms 2. Drive technical strategy and innovation aligned with business goals 3. Define enterprise architecture and lead high-performing engineering teams **Chief Technology Officer (CTO) — Job Description** **Role summary** Own the company’s technology vision and execution: lead engineering and architecture, deliver scalable products and platforms, drive technical strategy and innovation, and align technology with business goals. **Key responsibilities** * Technology Strategy \& Vision: Define and execute the technology roadmap aligned with product and business strategy; evaluate emerging technologies and set long\-term architectural direction. * Engineering Leadership: Lead engineering, platform, QA, and DevOps teams; set delivery practices, hiring strategy, technical career ladders, and performance expectations. * Architecture \& Platform: Define enterprise and product architecture, APIs, integration patterns, and standards to ensure scalability, reliability, maintainability, and security. * Product Collaboration: Partner with Product on roadmap prioritization, technical feasibility, delivery timelines, and trade\-offs. * Operational Excellence \& Reliability: Drive SRE/DevOps practices, monitoring, incident response, SLAs, and disaster recovery to maintain availability and performance. * Security \& Compliance: Ensure secure development lifecycle, work with security/privacy teams on architecture controls, and support compliance requirements. * Cloud \& Infrastructure: Own cloud strategy (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS), cost optimization, capacity planning, and vendor/cloud\-provider relationships. * Delivery \& Quality: Implement Agile/lean delivery practices, CI/CD, automated testing, and metrics to improve velocity and quality. * Data \& Analytics Enablement: Oversee data platform strategy and collaboration with data teams to enable analytics, ML, and data\-driven products. * Innovation \& R\&D: Sponsor R\&D, prototypes, and proof\-of\-concepts; cultivate technical innovation and intellectual property where applicable. * Budgeting \& Vendor Management: Manage technology budget, procurement, third\-party vendors, and open\-source usage policies. * Talent Development: Recruit, retain, and develop senior technical talent; build a strong engineering culture and inclusive environment. * Stakeholder Communication: Report technology status, risks, and opportunities to the CEO, board, and business leaders. **Required qualifications:** * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; MS/MBA preferred for some roles. * 10\+ years of software engineering experience; 5\+ years in senior engineering leadership (VP/Head/CTO) preferred. * Proven experience building and scaling product platforms, cloud\-native architectures, and engineering organizations. * Strong technical skills across distributed systems, APIs, data platforms, and DevOps practices. * Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into technical roadmaps and deliverables. **Preferred skills \& attributes:** * Experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), microservices, containers, and orchestration (Kubernetes). * Familiarity with ML/AI product integration, data engineering, and analytics platforms. * Track record of hiring and developing engineering leaders and fostering high\-performing teams. * Strong communication, cross\-functional collaboration, and stakeholder management. * Experience in security, compliance standards, and open\-source project leadership is a plus. Pay: QAR345\.71 \- QAR1,018\.10 per hour Work Location: In person