VP Engg/CTO (Backend heavy)

houzen ,
London, Greater London
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Job Type: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: 35000 - 55000 per annum

Overview

The Job We are looking for someone who will lead our London office, and help us build out our tech stack and our tech team. We alerady have 5 engineers in Pakistan, and a data scientist out of London. We need someone to come in and structure the team, the code, the future hires and take ownership of the engineering roadmap and vision of the company From the VP engineering / CTO, we expect a strong sense of leadership (they should tell us what to do, rather than the other way around) and accountability. We will be looking at this person with a 3 to 4 year commitment, so we can co-build and scale the platform across globally. Today, we are based in London and Singapore (with strong presence in China). This year, we are working hard in trying to expand further into China and India. A solid tech leader would give us comfort and confidence that the rest of us can bring users onbaord and together we can create an amazing product ecosystem for users We have been growing 3x year on year, and are a team of 20 now across locations. This year we aspire to grow 5-6x, and meet our next (big) fundraise metrics. Join us in our journey as we try and become a large (global) company.  You will be strong in backend (we use python) and have a good understanding of front end (we use react). You’ll build your own team of developers to help you drive our ambitious goals for the product.  You'll need to have a track record of creating and maintaining interactive web apps, delivering high-quality software and guiding/mentoring fellow team members. As the lead engineer, you will be closely working with our product Lead for for the strategic development of the platform – whether that’s codebase language, application architecture or hosting infrastructure.  This is a brilliant opportunity to take an existing, successful, live web application to the next level.  Responsibilities Owning the development, testing, deployment and technical strategy of Houzen Xchange. Manage our current tech team of 5 people located abroad. Technical Skills Python, Django Highly proficient in HTML5, JavaScript. Working knowledge of React.js AWS and Continuous Deployment Browser testing and multi-browser/multi-platform compatibility Familiarity with accessibility standards Strong grasp of data protection and web application security principles Some experience of implementing and managing payment processors Agile software development experience Must be London-based, our office is near Liverpool Street/Moorgate.

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