CTO

Summary

Join Madewithlove, a remote Belgian company, as their full-time CTO ad interim. You will lead the technical strategy and vision for startups and scale-ups, building their teams from the ground up. The role involves observing client teams and processes, defining technical strategies, organizing and developing team members, and acting as the final responsible person for all technical issues. You will work on diverse projects for Belgian and international clients in hybrid teams. Madewithlove offers varied projects, competitive remuneration, flexible working conditions, and 25 paid holidays plus Belgian national holidays. The company values diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from underrepresented groups.

Requirements

• You protect our company values in and outside the company walls, politely speaking out when they are not followed. You embrace diversity, inclusivity, and (e)quality
• You have a passion for SaaS, ranging from start-ups to scale-ups and corporate ventures. You don't mind going the extra mile if needed, and you can manage your own time in a flexible environment
• You can develop a technical vision, mission and strategy for the client's product
• You can build teams aligned with the company goals by assessing and using people's competencies in the best way
• You do what you promise, and you take ownership of tasks. You always try to achieve the best quality possible within the given time and budget
• You always aim for quality, so you actively and consistently strive to expand your knowledge, both technical and non-technical. You like sharing your knowledge with colleagues and the world through different channels (blogging, presentations, group discussions, etc.). You are able to give others honest, constructive and actionable feedback. Credit is assigned accurately and generously
• You can communicate clearly, taking into account who your audience is. You are always honest, sometimes brutally so, but you are aware of the situation and always stay polite. You know which channel is right for each message or question. Diplomacy is a crucial element of stakeholder management
• You have a thorough knowledge of modern software development, technologies, services and tools
• Ideally, you have been developing code yourself and know your way around a codebase
• You can evaluate a platform's technical architecture and infrastructure and make the right technology choices to advance it
• You know the best practice development processes and policies and how to implement and maintain them while keeping the company culture in mind
• There is no need to be a polyglot, but English is the working language within the company, so we expect a working proficiency
• This is important! You have to live and work in the range of time zones UTC-01:00 and UTC+03:00
• If you are not a Belgian citizen, you will always be hired as an independent subcontractor

Responsibilities

• At the beginning of a project, you observe the client team and their processes and learn about the client's product or service
• When the observation is done, you help management define a technical short- and long-term strategy
• You organise the team (Product and/or Engineering) and assist in hiring, onboarding, evaluating, and developing team members throughout the project
• You act as the final responsible person for all technical issues: architecture, tooling, development processes, documentation, infrastructure, etcetera

Preferred Qualifications

• You have something valuable to add when discussing the product, UX and/or UI
• Conference stages feel like home to you, and you have been involved in open-source projects or organised events/meetups

Benefits

• Varied projects in a(n) (inter)national context where you can make a tremendous impact
• Remuneration in accordance with the startup market
• Flexible working conditions tailored to your personal life, giving you a real work-life balance
• Twenty-five paid holidays on top of all Belgian national holidays
• A yearly company retreat (if Corona leaves us alone)