CTO – Consumer Products (Vancouver-based – open to fully remote)

Our client is changing a massive industry that’s been doing the same old, same old for far too long. We are a well-funded tech company operating in a massive market ripe for change! We have aggressive plans to launch multiple new products and therefore need to expand our team with new top talent.

Currently flying under the radar, we’re very close to launch and are looking for an experienced CTO to join our team and help bring this exciting technology to the market. This is an incredible opportunity to get in at the ground level and have an impact on the success of our company.
About our stack: Cloud Native infrastructure (Kubernetes, NATS, MinIO), Backend (Golang, gRPC APIs, Argo DAG workflows) and Frontend (VueJS v3, SPA)

What we're looking for:

We’re looking for an entrepreneurial and customer-obsessed leader with a demonstrated history of building and leading technical teams in the SaaS industry to join us as our CTO and help build and grow our platform that will touch millions of people.

We need innovators and builders. Joining us, you’ll have the opportunity to lead our awesome development team and expand it to a much bigger team: we have aggressive plans to grow and scale. Then go ahead and execute like there’s no tomorrow with everyone’s full support. We’re creating an industry-changing product. This experience will no doubt change your career forever.

You are passionate about new technologies, and will lead the development team to deliver outstanding technical, structural and design expertise to the organization and develop software that is secure, scalable, performant and follows industry best practices. You specialize in developing maintainable software, growing, coaching and motivating people using an agile approach.

You’re a hands-on leader who excels at problem-solving, communicating clearly, and finding new ways to get things done. You will be responsible for making strategic technical decisions, hiring key employees, determining the direction of the Company’s technology, translating technical requirements and progress for business leaders.

• Thrive working in a start-up, high tech, or high growth company

• Thoroughly understand and have experience with Agile software development methodologies, including a strong partnership with product management

• Strong operational and management skills with a track record of on-time delivery and consistently meeting project deadlines

• Excellent communication skills

• Passion for new technology, knowing when to use it, and when not to use it

This role requires:

You will accelerate the development process of our platform, then maintain and grow it:

Strong understanding of system design architecture
Understanding of appropriate levels of quality, security, performance and test/deployment automation
Iterative incremental (agile) approach to maximise speed to market and responding to market feedback
Monitor and manage execution against sprint and release plans across multiple concurrent development initiatives in conjunction with the product team
Ability to translate business requirements for your team and technical requirements for business leaders
Collaborate with the leadership team and your peers to standardize consistent practices and quality measures to deliver the highest levels of quality, performance, scalability, and reliability

Why us?

We’re a well funded start-up with deep contacts in the industry we work in
We’re smart and embrace new ideas, fostering innovation in a fast paced, high energy environment
Work-life balance – we work hard but know you need a life outside of work, too
We’re local, and our Founders are at work every day, alongside the team, making a difference together.
We thrive on crazy ideas to make things better tempered by critical decision making and provide opportunities for people to learn new skills and gain experience with new technology.

The good stuff: