CTO

Tech4 Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative EdTech startup in London is seeking a mission-driven CTO to lead their technology development and foster innovation within the team. The role demands a hands-on strategic thinker with experience in technology leadership and budget management. This hybrid position offers a competitive salary plus significant equity, aimed at making a global impact in education through gaming.

Benefits

Significant equity

Hybrid work environment

Qualifications

• Experience as a Tech Lead, VP of Technology, or CTO.
• Proven ability to drive complex technology shifts.
• Hands-on software engineering experience, particularly in Back End systems.

Responsibilities

• Set goals and OKRs for the tech team.
• Develop long-term tech strategy aligned with global expansion.
• Design and manage architecture for innovation.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Technical architecture

Innovation management

Budget management

Machine learning

Agile methodologies

Software engineering

Tools

React

Unity

Kotlin

AWS

PHP8/Symfony4

Azure

Job description

CTO - fast growing, multi award-winning EdTech Gaming startup - significant equity on offer

They are seeking a mission-driven, highly-skilled CTO / Tech Lead with a passion for education and video games! This role provides an opportunity to not only develop the company's technological backbone but to influence the culture of a multi-award winning, fast growing Edtech gaming startup. The CTO will be incentivised, and tasked with making executive technology decisions on behalf of the company, including managing a technology budget and leading hiring. If you're a hands-on strategic thinker, an effective communicator, delivery focused expert in innovative technological development across Web3 and immersive mobile games, then we'd like to hear from you! Working with the CEO, you will act as both a technology and business expert, making decisions that will impact the current and future growth of the company.

Responsibilities

• Set OKRs/Goals; Establish goals and OKRs based on high standard for success, drawing on strengths of and inspiring/motivating team Strategy; Develop long-term vision for the company's tech strategy
• Tech architecture; Execute tech strategy/framework for resource allocation aligned with ambitions for global expansion and localisation
• Innovation; Design and manage platform architecture, innovation and improvements
• Knowledge transfer; Cultivate and coach technology leaders and team leaders that may not be tech inclined
• Leadership; Lead and mentor engineers enabling them to realise their full potential
• Methodologies; Define processes and methodologies for effective execution by teams
• Team; Partner with other teams aligning to achieve company goals and highest quality product
• Efficient; Ensure technologies are used innovatively, efficiently, profitably, and securely
• Budgets: Manage budgets and resources Hiring: create hiring plans and support recruitment (eg, interviewing potential candidates)

Requirements

• Experience in a Tech Lead, VP of Technology, Principal Architect position, and/or CTO ideally having experience with building and running a SaaS in a start up/scale up and across some of the following: Video Content, Social, Commerce, Community, Games, Edtech etc.
• Ability to think strategically and anticipate technology needs 6-12+ months down the road
• Capable of driving complex technology shifts, including the ability to break down complex innovation processes and projects into clear, ambitious, and realistic strategies for execution so they can be built rapidly and tested as MVPs
• Execution so they can be built rapidly and tested prototypes prior to deployment
• Track record with front-end (React, Unity, WebGL, Android, iOS, React), back-end (Kotlin, REST, AWS, PHP8/Symfony4, AWS/Azure), AI, ML, web
• Past experience as a hands-on software engineer, ideally on Back End systems
• Ability to take concepts from vision to technical solutions working with business, technical, management, and subject matter experts to deliver products or platform capabilities
• Experience with applying machine learning solutions to real world problems, ideally around natural language processing. Proven track record of building and leading high-performance technology teams, and an ability to attract and retain talented individuals
• An inspirational leader, capable of motivating a team towards both innovation and implementation, and motivating peers and leadership towards a comprehensive strategy and vision

Basic salary (phone number removed) + significant equity

Hybrid role/office in London

Amazing opportunity to make a huge impact and change the lives of millions of children globally.