CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (IT)

WEBWAVE TECH PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm in the blockchain space is seeking a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to oversee the technological infrastructure of its crypto exchange. You will lead a team of developers, manage product development, and ensure cybersecurity. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in blockchain and multiple programming languages, as well as strong team management skills. Your role includes fixing technical issues and implementing innovative solutions to enhance the product's capabilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of blockchain experience.
• At least 8 years of experience with Java, Golang, or RUST.
• 1-year experience in crypto exchanges or traditional trading systems.
• Ability to conduct technological analyses and research.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with peers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the technological infrastructure of the crypto exchange.
• Fix critical technical issues promptly.
• Make architecture decisions for a scalable product.
• Deploy and maintain the exchange from source code.
• Lead the development of new products and testing.

Skills

Blockchain experience

Java

Golang

RUST

Cybersecurity

Interpersonal skills

Team management

Job description

• Design, improve and oversee the entire technological infrastructure of the crypto exchange.
• Timely fix critical technical issues that would otherwise be detrimental to the organization.
• Make architecture decisions to ensure a strong, stable, and scalable product
• Be in charge of deploying and then maintaining the entire exchange from pre-purchased source code.
• Modify and improve the source code to add new or customized features/functions.
• Leading the development of new products, transforming ideas to logic to code, then being in charge of deployment and testing of the new product, and doing everything in between.
• Supervise, test, and audit system infrastructure and all deployed code, to ensure bug-free functionality, efficiency, and most importantly, cybersecurity.
• Manage all front & back-end development or improvement,
• Work with our product/UI/UX team to constantly improve UI/UX with customer feedback and results from split testing
• Be in charge of building and managing a team of high-quality developers.
• Documenting and improving the company’s technical systems, processes, and procedures
• Researching and implementing new technologies that would benefit the organization.
• Constantly trying to automate manual processes within the organization.
• Review and deploy all money-sensitive code into our production server to ensure utmost cybersecurity and no fraudulent loopholes to access funds that hired developers may put into the code.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of blockchain experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with any 2 of the following languages with the ability and willingness to learn new languages: Java, Golang, RUST.
• At least 1-year experience of working crypto exchanges OR 1 year of experience running traditional trading systems or forex/equity exchanges
• Ability to conduct technological analyses and research
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to share/collaborate with peers
• Ability to hire and manage large technical teams, both front end, and back end, managing applications in all platforms including Web, Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, etc.
• Ability to write, audit and deploy code, and set up proper processes for other people to do this with utmost cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity:Have a strong understanding of crypto-related cybersecurity.
• Creativity think outside the box and deliver innovative and original solutions
• Tenacious: show determination to succeed and the drive to deliver outstanding results
• Result focused: set performance targets that are ambitious yet realistic and measurable, and manage their achievement in a structured way
• Highest standards: Exceeding expectations is not enough. The CTO needs to know how to supersede even the highest of standards.