TL;DR

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) (Fintech SaaS): Leading the engineering organization of a remote-first financial automation SaaS company, setting cloud strategy, scaling teams, and guiding technical decisions on an AWS-native platform with an accent on reliability, security, and performance. Focus on designing scalable cloud architectures, mentoring engineering leadership, and driving platform compliance and observability.

Location: Remote-first within CET ±2h / Europe

Company

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What you will do

Own long-term technical strategy, architecture, and cloud vision
Lead and mentor engineering managers, tech leads, and senior engineers
Oversee and optimize AWS ecosystem for reliability, scalability, cost, and performance
Strengthen engineering processes, delivery culture, and technical excellence
Collaborate with product leadership on roadmap and capacity planning
Drive platform security, observability, and compliance initiatives
Build team structure for growth including hiring and leadership development
Represent engineering in leadership and investor discussions

Requirements

7+ years engineering experience with leadership in SaaS environments
Deep understanding of AWS and cloud-native architectures
Experience scaling engineering teams of 15+ people and building leadership layers
Strong communication skills and ability to operate in fully remote organizations
Fluent English required
Experience in fintech, payments, or financial systems highly valued