Global Chief Technology Officer

Client of Reqiva; Dubai; In loco; AED 1.200.000 - 1.800.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Client of Reqiva is seeking a Global Chief Technology Officer to establish Dubai as the global technology hub. You will define strategy, lead international engineering teams and shape high‑performance trading platforms in a rapid growth environment.

The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, real‑time architectures and scalable technology leadership. You will work closely with founders, boards and executives to propel global expansion.

Competenze

• Experience leading technology teams in financial markets.
• Proven ability to scale trading or fintech platforms.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and real-time architectures.
• Ability to work with founders and boards.

Mansioni

• Define and execute the global technology strategy.
• Lead engineering and technology teams across multiple locations.
• Drive architecture and evolution of high‑performance trading platforms.
• Scale engineering capabilities, processes and leadership.
• Ensure platforms are highly available, resilient, secure and scalable.
• Lead major technology transformation and modernisation initiatives.
• Build and develop senior engineering leadership teams.
• Collaborate with Product, Operations and executive stakeholders.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Distributed systems

High-performance architecture

Real-time platforms

Global engineering leadership

Strategic vision

Descrizione del lavoro

Global Chief Technology Officer CTO Dubai UAE Global Trading amp FinTech Business Executive Leadership Opportunity We are working with a rapidly growing international trading and financial technology business to appoint a Global Chief Technology Officer as it continues to scale its operations and establishes Dubai as its global headquarters With approximately 1 000 employees internationally and operations spanning the Middle East Asia and Europe the business operates across the proprietary trading and broader financial markets space This is a significant technology leadership mandate with responsibility for the global technology strategy engineering organisation architecture platforms and future technical direction of the business

The Role

• Defining and executing the global technology strategy
• Leading engineering and technology teams across multiple international locations
• Driving the architecture and evolution of high-performance trading platforms
• Scaling engineering capability processes and technical leadership
• Ensuring platforms remain highly available resilient secure and scalable
• Leading major technology transformation and modernisation initiatives
• Building and developing senior engineering leadership teams
• Working closely with Product Operations and executive stakeholders
• Supporting the continued growth of the organisation from its new Dubai headquarters

What We re Looking For

• We are particularly interested in technology leaders who have operated within complex high-volume financial markets environments
• Relevant backgrounds could include FX CFDs Proprietary Trading Brokerage Electronic Trading Crypto Exchanges Market Making Institutional Trading
• You are likely to have Previous CTO CIO VP Engineering or equivalent senior technology leadership experience
• Deep experience building and scaling trading or financial technology platforms
• Strong understanding of distributed systems high-performance architecture and real-time platforms
• Experience leading sizeable geographically distributed engineering organisations
• A strong combination of strategic leadership and genuine technical depth
• Experience operating in a fast-moving highly commercial environment
• The credibility to work directly with founders boards and executive leadership teams
• This is not a maintenance CTO position
• The business is looking for someone who can build transform and scale while remaining close enough to the technology to challenge architecture and engineering decisions at the highest level

Location Dubai UAEThe successful individual will be based in Dubai and play a central role in the next stage of the company s global growth The compensation package is highly competitive and designed to attract an exceptional international technology leader We are particularly interested in technology leaders who have operated within complex, high-volume financial markets environments. Relevant backgrounds could include:FX | CFDs | Proprietary Trading | Brokerage | Electronic Trading | Crypto | Exchanges | Market Making | Institutional TradingYou are likely to have:Previous CTO, CIO, VP Engineering or equivalent senior technology leadership experienceDeep experience building and scaling trading or financial technology platformsStrong understanding of distributed systems, high-performance architecture and real-time platformsExperience leading sizeable, geographically distributed engineering organisationsA strong combination of strategic leadership and genuine technical depthExperience operating in a fast-moving, highly commercial environmentThe credibility to work directly with founders, boards and executive leadership teamsThis is not a maintenance CTO position. The business is looking for someone who can build, transform and scale , while remaining close enough to the technology to challenge architecture and engineering decisions at the highest level.