Chief Technology Officer

BreakmarkHR; Brussel; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BreakmarkHR partners with a company enabling enterprises to build, test, deploy, and monitor AI agents across voice, chat, email, and back-office systems. The Role Overview describes a hands-on engineering lead who ships code, builds integrations, and drives high quality standards while guiding architecture and security discussions in customer-facing contexts.

You will build and lead a high‑performing technical team, drive customer integrations from scoping to deployment, localize the product,

Qualifications

• 7–8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• Customer-facing background with ability to speak tech and business.
• Strong leadership DNA, ideally at Director, VP, or Founder level.
• Excellent English (written and spoken) plus fluency in at least one local language.
• Able to operate independently in a zero-to-one environment—build the plan, the team, and the system from scratch.
• Bonus: experience thriving in a fast-moving startup.

Responsibilities

• Act as hands-on engineering lead – shipping code, building integrations, and setting high quality standards
• Lead the technical side of sales: join early-stage conversations, present demos, and guide architecture and security discussions
• Build and lead a high-performing technical team across engineering, integration, and pre-sales
• Drive customer integrations, from scoping to deployment of AI agents, and ensure production accuracy
• Gather customer feedback, localize the product, and represent regional needs to the global Product team
• Serve as the local technical point of contact, building partnerships and handling escalations

Skills

Software engineering

Customer-facing

Leadership

English fluency

Local language

Startup experience

Job description

We’re partnering with a company that enables enterprises to build, test, deploy, and monitor AI agents for their most complex needs, serving customers and employees seamlessly across voice, chat, email, and back-office systems in any language or cultural context.

Role Overview

• Act as hands‑on engineering lead – shipping code, building integrations, and setting high quality standards
• Lead the technical side of sales: join early‑stage conversations, present demos, and guide architecture and security discussions
• Build and lead a high‑performing technical team across engineering, integration, and pre‑sales
• Drive customer integrations, from scoping to deployment of AI agents, and ensure production accuracy
• Gather customer feedback, localize the product, and represent regional needs to the global Product team
• Serve as the local technical point of contact, building partnerships and handling escalations

Requirements

• 7–8+ years of hands‑on software engineering experience – you've built things that actually shipped
• Customer‑facing background– you know how to speak both tech and business
• Strong leadership DNA – ideally with experience at Director, VP, or Founder level
• Excellent English (written and spoken) plus fluency in at least one local language
• Comfortable operating independently in a zero‑to‑one environment – building the plan, the team, and the system from scratch
• Bonus: experience thriving in a fast‑moving startup where speed and ownership matter more than titles