CTO Senior Level - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 26-03-2021 7:32:26 AM
03-05-2021 8:02:02 AM
A NEXT GENERATION DIGITAL INNOVATION AGENCY (based in Cape Town) WHO HAS BEEN SHAPING LEADING BRANDS IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY SINCE 2001 is looking for a CTO (Senior Level)

Responsible for building and leading a best-in-class engineering team, owning and delivering scalable technology platforms (bespoke Web & Mobile apps) for our clients. You will work directly under the CEO along with the rest of the leadership team and will act as both a technology and business expert, making both technical and commercially sound decisions that will positively impact the current and future technical delivery and operations of the company.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:
-Experience working with JavaScript (React, Vue, Angular, Node), .Net / Php / Python, React Native / Flutter, Native Android & iOS Apps, AWS, GCP.
-Degree in Computer Science or related field.
-7-10+ years proven demonstrable track record in a lead engineering role delivering scalable web and mobile platform.
- Min 5 years of managerial experience.
-Advanced technological skillset and a demonstrated history with leading and delivering scalable web and mobile technology projects.
-Exceptional team management & leadership skills.
-Excellent verbal and written communication.
-Ability to delegate efficiently.
-Extensive industry knowledge with an eye towards the future with a passion for innovation, people and building out products/platforms using best practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
-Setting a vision for how technology will be used in the company.
-Ensuring the technical resources meet the company's short and long-term needs.
-Outline the goals for research and development.
-Define the criteria for technical roles & responsibilities in the dev team.
-Conduct the technical evaluation for hiring high-calibre technical staff.
-Carry out Code Reviews, provide feedback to developers and ensure high-quality code is shipped on every project.
-Creating timelines for the development and deployment of all technological services.
-Making executive decisions on behalf of the company's technological requirements.
-Acting as a mentor to team members.
-Maintaining a consumer-focused outlook and aiding in the technical delivery of projects including hands-on technical leadership in architecture, coding and dev ops.
-Leading the estimation of all technical projects.
-Managing technology budgets and timeframes.
-Staying on top of technology trends and developments and presenting to both internal stakeholders & Clients when required.
-Ensuring all technology practices adhere to world-class engineering standards and develop a best-practice suite of processes and practices to apply internally at the company.