Chief Technology Officer

HUMAN-CRAFT; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultant is seeking a highly skilled professional in Dubai to design and implement transaction infrastructure, focusing on security and production accountability. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in payment systems, handling sensitive data, and will be fluent in English. Candidates must be prepared for significant responsibilities and involvement, ensuring the successful deployment of transaction systems in a demanding environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in transaction infrastructure and payment systems.
• Hands-on implementation of RBAC and audit logs management.
• Experience in running production systems with clear accountability.

Responsibilities

• Design and launch transaction infrastructure for payments.
• Control security and access rights for systems.
• Organize production support with clear SLAs and incident management.

Skills

Payments

Webhook handling

Idempotency

Reconciliation of payments

Security and access control

Production accountability

Job description

We are publishing on behalf of the Client the following position:

Key Responsibilities

• Design and launch transaction infrastructure (payments, bookings, statuses)
• Build event-driven architecture
• Implement idempotent operations (no double charges, no inconsistent states)
• Integrate payment providers (webhooks, retries, reconciliation)
• Build full auditability and traceability of all operations
• Control security: access rights, roles, secrets
• Organise production support: SLA, incidents, post‑mortems
• Architectural governance of the development team (ownership of outcomes, not coding personally)

Experience

• Transactions & Money:
  • Proven real-world experience with:
  • payments
  • webhooks
  • idempotency
  • reconciliation of payments, statuses, and balances
  • Clear understanding that a successful HTTP response does not equal a successful operation
• Architecture:
  • Design and maintenance of:
  • state machines
  • event-driven processes
  • Ability to clearly explain:
  • system states
  • recovery after failures
  • handling of repeated or delayed events
• Security & Control:
  • Hands‑on implementation of:
  • RBAC (roles & permissions)
  • audit logs (who, when, what changed)
  • secrets management
  • Experience handling legally sensitive data
• Production & Accountability:
  • Experience running production systems where:
  • SLAs exist
  • incidents happen
  • post‑mortems are mandatory
  • Clear ownership mindset: system failure is a responsibility, not an excuse

Strong Advantages

• FinTech, escrow, booking, wallet systems
• Regulated or quasi-banking environments
• Scaling transactional systems
• Participation in incidents involving real financial loss

Profiles Less Considered

• Experience limited to marketplaces, landing pages, CRM, admin panels
• Primary focus on UI/UX with backend as secondary
• No experience with real money or production incidents
• Responsibility limited to code, not outcomes

Work Format

• High level of autonomy and responsibility
• Direct impact on core product architecture
• Environment where quality matters more than speed
• Project requires 100% involvement and full professional commitment

Language Requirements

• English – fluent
• Other languages are a strong asset

Recruitment Process

This role is published on behalf of a client. Kindly submit your CV in English.