Summary: Lead technology strategy, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and customer-focused products that drive business growth. Highlights: 1. Set technical vision and lead technology strategy 2. Build and scale high-performing technical teams and culture 3. Drive product-engineering alignment with business goals **Chief Technology Officer (CTO) — Job Description** Summary Set technical vision and lead technology strategy, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and customer‑focused products that drive business growth. **Key responsibilities** * Develop and execute the company’s technology strategy aligned with business goals and product roadmap. * Lead engineering, architecture, DevOps/SRE, security, and QA functions; build and scale high‑performing technical teams and culture. * Own technical architecture decisions, system design standards, and technology stack choices to ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability. * Drive product‑engineering alignment: collaborate with product, design, and business leaders on roadmaps, prioritization, and tradeoffs. * Establish development processes, delivery practices, CI/CD, testing, and observability to improve velocity and quality. * Oversee security, compliance, and risk management programs (application security, data protection, incident response). * Manage technical budget, vendor relationships, and third‑party integrations; evaluate and recommend tools and platforms. * Mentor senior technical leaders and groom engineering managers; recruit top technical talent and define org structure. * Set and track engineering KPIs (uptime, MTTR, deployment frequency, cycle time, quality metrics) and report to executive leadership and board as needed. * Lead major technical initiatives: platform builds, cloud migrations, performance and cost optimization, and technical due diligence for M\&A. * Foster innovation through R\&D, prototyping, and technology scouting; balance technical debt and new feature delivery. * Represent the technology organization externally with customers, partners, and investors. **Qualifications** * Proven experience (typically 10\+ years) in senior technical leadership roles with progressive responsibility; prior CTO, VP/Head of Engineering, or equivalent preferred. * Strong technical background across software architecture, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), security, data systems, and infrastructure. * Demonstrated track record of scaling engineering teams, delivering complex products, and operating high‑availability systems. * Strategic thinker with business acumen: experience translating business goals into technical roadmaps and measurable outcomes. * Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills; experience interacting with executive teams and boards. * Deep understanding of modern development practices: Agile, DevOps/SRE, CI/CD, automated testing, and cloud‑native architectures. * Experience with budgeting, vendor negotiation, and resource planning. **Preferred skills** * Experience in the company’s industry (SaaS, fintech, e‑commerce, healthcare, etc.). * Background in product management, data engineering, ML/AI, or security depending on company focus. * Prior experience with fundraising, public company reporting, or M\&A technical due diligence. * Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in CS, Engineering, or MBA is a plus. Job Types: Full\-time, Permanent Pay: QAR350\.25 \- QAR1,150\.12 per hour Work Location: On the road