Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

ALOHAS; Barcelona; Híbrido; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Autonomy & ownership

Flexible hours

Summer hours

Sustainability & diversity

Mental-health support

Employee discount

Creative office Barcelona

Learning & growth

Team events

Descripción de la vacante

ALOHAS is seeking a first-time full-time CTO to own technology end to end, from vision and architecture to platforms and the team that builds them. You’ll lead a lean internal group plus external partners, reporting to the CEO and COO.

Strong AI/LLM, cloud-native, and product-led mindset are essential. You’ll drive a unified, omnichannel stack with Shopify, ERP integration, and data-driven decision making, while growing a small engineering team in a fast-growing startup with sustainability at

Formación

• Experience leading engineering at a high-growth product company.
• Hands-on and cloud-native with API-first design.
• Real AI/LLM production experience, agents and orchestration.
• Product-first mindset with focus on business impact.

Responsabilidades

• Set the technical vision and architecture for a multi-entity, cross-border business.
• Own the AI agent strategy and orchestration, turning experiments into production systems.
• Own the platform integrations (Shopify, Odoo ERP, data, logistics).
• Build and lead a small, high-leverage engineering team with governance.
• Collaborate closely with the CEO/COO to keep the company AI-native.

Conocimientos

AI/LLM experience

Cloud-native

API-first

Event-driven

Data architecture

Team leadership

Shopify/ERP exposure

Product-first

Hybrid Barcelona

GCP

Herramientas

Shopify

Odoo

BigQuery

GCP

Descripción del empleo

ALOHAS isn't just a footwear brand — we're proving fashion can be made differently. Every pair is produced on demand, so we only make what's truly wanted, cutting overproduction and waste out of the equation from day one.

Working at ALOHAS means being part of the growth of a fast-moving Spanish start-up, with a young, creative team that communicates fast and works with real energy. It's demanding — but the kind of demanding that teaches you something new every week, in an environment where sustainability isn't a policy, it's just how we live.

In a nutshell, we love what we do and it shows!

THE ROLE

At ALOHAS we're building an AI-native company. Technology isn't a support function — it's the foundation of how the whole business runs: product, brand, growth, finance and operations.

We're hiring our first full-time CTO to own our technology end to end — vision, architecture, the platforms that run the business (Shopify, Odoo, data, AI agents) and the team that builds them.

We care far more about how you think, build and lead than about your title. If you've been a Senior Engineering Manager, Engineering Director, or Staff/Principal Engineer at a high-growth product company (marketplace, SaaS, e-commerce) and you're ready to own technology end to end and make it yours — this is for you.

It's a high-ownership role: you set the direction and you're accountable for delivery, leading a lean internal team plus our AI Software Crafter and specialized partners. You'll work hand in hand with the CEO and COO (who builds business logic hands-on with AI tools) and keep ALOHAS at the frontier of an AI-native way of operating.

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Set the technical vision & architecture. Own a clean, modular architecture for a multi-entity, cross-border business (EU/UK/US). Make the calls on build vs. buy vs. partner, and keep complexity low.
• Go deep on AI-native. Own the AI agent strategy and orchestration (LLMs, MCP, tool integrations). Turn experiments into production systems that move real business metrics — not demos.
• Own the platform that runs the business. Shopify (e-commerce, retail, marketplace), the B2B/wholesale stack, and their integration with Odoo ERP, data and logistics — a genuinely omnichannel, event-driven system.
• Make data a strategic asset. A reliable, centralized data platform (GCP/BigQuery, modern ETL) feeding analytics and decisions across B2C, B2B and Retail.
• Build and lead the team. Structure and grow a small, high-leverage engineering team; enable the AI Software Crafter and partners; set a delivery-driven culture with light, effective governance (standards, testing, CI/CD, sensible tech-debt management).

YOU WILL ROCK AT THIS ROLE IF...

• Have led engineering at a high-growth product company — as a Senior EM / Eng Director / Staff+ — and are ready to own technology end to end.
• Are hands‑on and modern: cloud‑native (GCP ideally), API‑first / event‑driven systems, solid data architecture — you still get into the details.
• Have real, recent AI/LLM experience — agents, RAG, LLMs in production — not just an interest in it. This is the single most important thing.
• Think product‑first: you optimize for user and business impact, not tech for its own sake.
• Scale through others: you build, but you also grow people and orchestrate partners.
• Fashion / retail / e‑commerce and Shopify / ERP exposure is a strong plus (not a hard requirement).
• Are pragmatic and frugal — clarity over complexity, simplicity and resilience over gold‑plating.
• Are based in Barcelona (hybrid) and fluent in English and Spanish.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• A unified, reliable stack across B2C, B2B and Retail, with clean Shopify ERP finance/logistics integration.
• AI genuinely embedded in how the business operates — agents and automations delivering measurable impact.
• Trustworthy, automated data flows powering decisions.
• A small, high‑performing team shipping steadily, with low tech debt and transparent tech costs.
• ALOHAS recognized as a digitally mature, data‑driven, AI‑native global brand.

WAYS OF WORKING

• Full‑time, hybrid, with regular presence at our office in Barcelona.
• Close, ongoing collaboration with the CEO, the COO and the AI Software Crafter.
• Impact‑driven, with a strong bias toward enablement over control.

Benefits

• Freedom, responsibility & trust — real autonomy and ownership.
• Flexible working hours.
• Summer intensive hours (July & August).
• A company with soul: sustainability, family‑life balance, parenthood, gender equality and diversity.
• Mental‑health support + two paid "disconnect days" a year.
• Up to 70% employee discount (family & friends too).
• Creative office in Barcelona + home‑office setup.
• Growth & learning support and monthly after‑work events.

Our website: alohas.com and IG: @alohas