Chief Technology Officer

The Company:

Our client is a groundbreaking healthcare startup in MENA, with over three million users, a growing portfolio of products, and an expanding geographical footprint.

Key Responsibilities:

Technology Strategy

• Ensure that the company has the best technology platform and languages for the projects at hand
• A strong contributing voice to the company strategy. More specifically, your role is to think up ways to fulfil the CEO and the stakeholders’ goals
• You are the public face of technology for the company
• Tend to the internal wellbeing of the company’s tech and be the driving force behind the brand’s technical prowess and insight
• Be responsible for the recruitment and retention of your team and be responsible for building relationships with communities, vendors and customers

Leadership Strategy

• Manage Epics to Roadmaps to Deadlines: lead the technology strategy and design and lead the delivery through superior product and project management skills to deliver on the vision
• Rise to challenges and be hands on, proving that you can contribute as well as delegate orders and tasks
• Work on the frontlines however remain as the ultimate resource planner to get all work done in the most efficient and most optimized manner

Skills Required:

• Frontend Technologies (React, JavaScript,…)
• Object Oriented Analysis and Design (C#, C++ or Java)
• Database engines (Elasticsearch, Redis, SQL server, MySQL,…)
• Distributed Systems (Design Patterns, Microservices Architecture, Data Structure, Algorithms)
• Source Control management tool