Interim Chief Technology Officer

Klim; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 100.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A Berlin-based AgriTech startup is seeking an interim CTO to lead their engineering organization and drive innovative technology solutions. The ideal candidate has deep experience in leading engineering teams, designing scalable architectures, and leveraging data for insights. This role offers competitive compensation and a flexible hybrid work model, contributing to impactful climate initiatives.

Leistungen

Competitive salary

Flexible work model

Membership in Urban Sports Club

Company pension scheme

Regular team events

Qualifikationen

• Experienced technology executive with a track record in high-performing teams.
• Hands-on leader in engineering and data functions.
• Strategic systems thinker with experience in agile environments.

Aufgaben

• Define and execute a long-term technology vision.
• Develop and mentor the engineering team.
• Champion engineering best practices and data-first approaches.

Kenntnisse

Strategic thinking

Team building

Service-oriented architecture design

Data analytics

Leadership in engineering

Jobbeschreibung

At Klim, we’re creating a joint movement with farmers and businesses to make regenerative agriculture scalable and impactful. As a Berlin-based AgriTech start-up, we’re empowering farmers to restore soil, boost biodiversity, and capture carbon—all while earning revenue through our platform.

Backed by $22 million in Series A funding, we’re expanding globally, partnering with major food industry leaders like Nestlé and Kaufland to help them reduce emissions along their supply chains, while making them more resilient and profitable at the same time. Since 2020, we’ve supported 4,000 farmers, covering 800,000 hectares (5% of Germany’s farmland!) and we are now the number 1 provider for Scope 3 solutions in Europe!

If you’re passionate about building a sustainable food system and driving real climate impact, join us and help create a healthier planet!

Your mission:

As interim CTO at Klim, you will be the strategic and technical leader driving our technology vision, ensuring that our platform is high-performing, resilient, and ready to scale. You will lead the engineering organisation to deliver robust software systems while embedding data capabilities deeply into our products and infrastructure.

You’ll work closely with the CEO and VP Product to translate ambitious business goals into scalable architecture, actionable technology roadmaps, and high-performing teams. In close cooperation with our Head of Data, you will ensure that our architecture, engineering practices, and technology choices empower data to become a key lever of customer value, from foundational infrastructure to real-time services and data-enriched applications.

Your priorities will include building the team, structure, and systems needed to turn bold product ideas into reality, while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and excellence. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on ensuring technology becomes an enabler, supporting fast product iteration today and sustained innovation tomorrow. Your leadership will shape a technology organisation that delivers impact at scale.

Your responsibilities:

• Strategic Technology Leadership: Define and execute a long-term technology vision that aligns with Klim’s vision and mission, while prioritizing short-term wins to accelerate product development and market impact.
• Engineering Team Growth: Develop our engineering team for impact, fostering a high-performance, values-driven culture. Recruit, mentor, and inspire engineers to achieve their best and grow as individuals.
• Scalable Systems: Design and evolve a scalable, maintainable service-oriented architecture that delivers flexibility, independent scaling, and high performance, supporting our rapid business growth and product innovation.
• Data Product & Data Function Leadership: Put data at the core of our platform by building data products and leading data teams. Drive the development of robust data pipelines, analytics, and machine learning capabilities to transform raw data into actionable insights and customer value.
• Best Practices & Technical Excellence: Champion engineering best practices, including CI/CD, code quality, security, and performance optimisation. Reduce tech debt and foster a culture of accountability, autonomy, and continuous learning.
• External Representation: Represent Klim’s technical vision to partners, customers, and investors as needed.
  
  

Your profile:

• Experienced technology executive with a track record of leading high-performing engineering and data organisations in fast-paced, mission-driven environments—ideally in deep-tech, ag-tech, or climate-tech contexts.
• Strategic systems thinker who can distill bold business objectives into scalable architectures, pragmatic roadmaps, and a technology organisation built for sustained velocity and impact.
• Inspirational team builder who hires and develops exceptional talent, fosters a culture of excellence and accountability, and leads with empathy, clarity, and purpose.
• Architect of scale with deep experience designing modular, service-oriented platforms and data-first systems that balance performance, maintainability, and extensibility across domains.
• Data-native leader fluent in modern ML, analytics, and platform data stacks—capable of turning raw data into intelligence and embedding it across products and decisions.
• Hands-on technology partner who communicates fluently across disciplines, makes smart build-vs-buy decisions, and occasionally rolls up their sleeves to ship, unblock, or learn by doing.
  
  

Bonus: Experience in climate tech, carbon markets, or environmental data; R&D in scientific or simulation-heavy domains; experience with international expansion.

Your benefits:

• Opportunity: Be part of our journey from the very beginning, working on an equal footing with the leadership team to build a new company.
• Impact: Make a daily and active contribution to combating climate change, promoting consumer education, and fostering fair conditions for our climate-conscious farmers.
• Autonomy: Take ownership of your projects and enjoy a high degree of creative freedom.
• Competitive package: Receive a competitive salary and have the opportunity to participate in our VSIP program.
• Flexible work model: At Klim, we foster a flexible, hybrid work approach and facilitate remote work (within the EU). We welcome candidates based in Berlin so that they can be present in our office regularly.
• Additional benefits for full time, permanent employees: We offer membership in the Urban Sports Club or subsidisation of the Deutschlandticket, a company pension scheme, plus team lunches (if based in Berlin) and regular team events.
  
  

At Klim, we believe that a thriving workplace is built on the diverse backgrounds, talents, and perspectives of our team. We grow stronger together by embracing and building on each individual’s unique strengths.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best. All hiring and personnel decisions are made solely based on qualifications, performance, and the needs of the company—ensuring fairness and equal opportunity for all.

If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for our team in ways you don’t yet realise!