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Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - Trading/Crypto

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2021-12-03 11:30:03

Job location Barkingside, Greater London, United Kingdom

Job type: fulltime

Job industry: Engineering

Job description

SoCode have been appointed to begin the search for a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) for our client - an emerging Trading/Blockchain/Crypto customer who are entering the next phase of their impressive growth and require a seasoned, experienced CTO to guide their Engineering function through this exciting period.

Working alongside the Head of Engineering and established Team Leaders, you will lead a remote 30 person function team comprising of Full Stack Software Engineers, Software QA, DevOps Engineers and Blockchain Professionals. As a senior leader within the business. you'll be reporting directly into the CEO and Founding Members.

You'll be responsible for building a greenfield, next generation DeFi Trading Platform which will be run by the "Community". People with a passion for DeFi / Open Source / Communities would be highly beneficial.

Our client will need someone who is increadibly Human and enjoys taking the responsibility for Managing and Organising a function. The team is extremely intelligent and techical, so the Softer Skills are more important to achieve the desired balance.

Having launched their Crypto offering to great fanfare in 2021 (raising £30m+) , they will be expanding this throughout 2022 with a full-scale launch and scale of all areas of their operation.

Key Skills and Experience:

Management Capability within a fully remote and highly intelligent Engineering Unit.

Strong Delivery Mindset (inc Project Management) - Achieving successful launch dates to budget, quality and time.

Process Formation - Establishing formal Processes, Procedures and Structure within a newly formed, high growth Engineering function.

Technical Strategy - Working with the Head of Engineering and Architects to display a deep understanding of the Product and Technology Roadmap.

Domain Knowledge - A strong knowledge within Trading Platforms / Digital Assets / Financial Markets / Crypto / Blockchain domains.

Impact - Representing the organisation globally at events / conferences / speaking etc.

Rewards & Package:

Our client is completely open minded about location and rewards - this role will be based remotely. They would like to see candidates with all salary requirements.

We will consider both Permanent and Contract applications for this post.

Next Steps:

To apply - please forward your CV via this advert, we'll be shortlising until 10th December 2021 and interviewing in the run up to Christmas with a view to make the appointment prior to the end of the year

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