Chief Technology Officer at Black Pen Recruitment

Black Pen Recruitment – Our client, an American-based remote company is recruiting to fill the position below:

Location: Lagos
Work Type: Remote (Full time)

Job Description

Do you have software development experience? Do you have previous experience in the FinTech, Cryptocurrency or Startup industries? Then we have the opportunity for you!
We are looking to hire a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) located within Africa, to join their exciting remote team. We are one of the first movers in bringing Cryptocurrency to the masses in Africa and the Middle East.
As a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) you will make an extremely high impact on a small, fast scaling team. You’ll have the ability to help build a product used by thousands of people with taking full ownership of the product. They are looking for someone who has experience not only with their tech stack in a successful SaaS company, but also with agile methodologies and web development.
Top candidates are clear communicators who are highly self-motivated; have an entrepreneurial and business developement background who are eager to collaborate, exchange knowledge, apply new skills and pitch in for whatever the team needs to ship new code. Previous experience within starts-up, fintech or cryptocurrency industries is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Set technical direction and own the architecture and implementation of features
Provide guidance and assist in helping knock down walls and clear path towards work completion
Lead a group of engineers and cross-functional team members in the implementation of new and existing features
Provide clear and concise communication regarding feature development statuses to the team and stakeholders
Plan, supervise and manage releases for the work the squad is performing
Empower team members – including other developers as well as Technical Support and QA – through technical mentoring, contributions to the team’s documentation, libraries, and providing automation for manual tasks where appropriate
Define and adhere to internal coding standards, development processes, and design best practices
Ensure quality by performing thorough testing and leveraging peer reviews for your work and the work of cross-functional teams
Help scope, estimate, and prioritize work
Embrace and demonstrate our values: humility, creativity, and independence
Write and maintain clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for the future (and present) of the company’s platform
Participate in the mandatory weekly call.

Requirements

3+ Previous experience as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) within financial markets
Previous experience in the FinTech, cryptocurrency or start-up industry required
Solid experience with Vue.JS, NodeJS and Flutter
Previous experience as a Senior Full Stack Developer within financial markets
Experience in a software development environment, with capability in back-end development and/or depth of experience with at least one modern front-end framework (React, Vue, AngularJS, etc.)
Experience working in AWS, with a strong desire to further one’s skills
Experience driving technical projects, prioritizing work, identifying dependencies, facilitating technical decisions and cross-functional team discussions
Experienced in designing and implementing application architectures and code that are highly scalable, available, maintainable, and performant
Ability to work independently while also putting an emphasis on mentorship of those around you
Comfortable collaborating closely with product managers and designers, providing estimates or product ideas that will influence your team’s roadmap
Being a thoughtful communicator – some teams are partially or fully distributed so effective written communication is key.