Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Role Overview

As CTO, you will shape the next stage of a growing platform and make decisions that affect its scale, resilience and delivery. You will work with skilled engineering teams on distributed systems and cloud-native architecture. The scope spans platform evolution, technical debt and modern delivery practices, including DevOps.

About the Client

Our client develops white-label payment software for financial service providers and businesses. Its platform supports payments, accounts, cards and operational workflows through modular tools and APIs. It serves an international market.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technology strategy in line with business goals and long-term growth plans.
• Evolve the platform architecture for scalability, resilience and maintainability.
• Guide engineering teams, develop technical leaders and establish clear ownership and accountability.
• Maintain system performance, availability and reliability as transaction volumes and complexity grow.
• Set engineering standards and delivery practices that balance speed, quality and sustainability.
• Guide the adoption of distributed systems, event-driven architecture and cloud-native technologies.
• Oversee architectural decisions, technical debt and technology investments.
• Work with Product, Operations, Security and business stakeholders to align technical priorities with business needs.

Requirements

• Significant experience as a CTO, VP of Engineering, Director of Engineering or in a comparable senior technology role.
• Strong background in fintech, payment service providers, payment processing or payments infrastructure.
• Proven experience building and scaling high-load, mission-critical platforms.
• Strong expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, microservices and API-driven platforms.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies, DevOps and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience managing engineering teams and developing technical leaders in distributed organisations.
• Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, performance optimisation and security.
• Experience in regulated or compliance-sensitive environments is an advantage.
• Languages: English, Russian.

Key Soft Skills

• Ownership and accountability, with a proactive approach to solving problems and delivering outcomes.
• Strategic thinking that balances immediate priorities with long-term technology goals.
• Leadership through influence, trust-building, talent development and shared accountability.
• Cross-cultural communication with stakeholders from varied professional backgrounds.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary aligned with experience.
• Collaborative and transparent team culture.
• High-impact role in a scaling fintech company.
• Recognition of personal milestones and achievements.
• Social benefits.