CTO

The role:

You’ll lead the engineering side of an in-flight AI-first transition at wealth product company operating in the GCC. You own architecture, delivery speed, engineering excellence, and the AI-first engineering practice at the team level. You partner with Product on the org-wide AI transformation.

What you’ll own:

• AI-first engineering practice.The team is mid-transition — Cursor is in daily use, licenses in place, foundations under construction. You take ownership of what’s next: deeper.cursor/rules/ , mature MCP context (Notion / GitHub / DB / Figma), agent-based PR review, custom Cursor skills, Managed Agents for internal workflows. You personally use these tools every day and set the bar for the team.
• Delivery speed.Primary KPI: meaningfully reduce median time-to-market. You own the process changes and tooling that get there.
• Architecture calls.Lead near-term mobile platform strategy decisions. Own backend evolution, infrastructure direction, tech-debt vs feature pacing.
• DevOps / security calibration.With 3 DevOps and a regulated product, security matters — but over-securitization is expensive. You decide where the line is per feature/system, not by default max.
• Team coordination.Coordinate a flat, IC-strong engineering org. Team composition and hiring decisions — when to grow, when to invest in tooling instead, when to reshape.
• Regulatory and audit posture.Meet wealth/investment regulatory requirements without letting compliance become a default shipping blocker.

Must-have:

• You use AI (Cursor / Claude / agents) in your own daily engineering work today.Non-negotiable. „I’ve tried it“ — not you.
• 8+ years engineering, 3+ years in engineering leadership(CTO / Head of Engineering / EM in a 10-50 person eng org).
• Shipped in a regulated or trust-sensitive product.Wealth/fintech ideal; payments/insurance/health Tech.
• Player-coach mode.Still reviewing PRs, still making technical calls. Not „manager-of-managers only.“
• Comfortable leading a flat, IC-strong engineering org(10-20 people) without formal middle management. You’ve done it before and can explain how decisions flowed.
• Mobile-heavy team experience.You’ve led teams where mobile ≥ 40% of eng. You have real opinions on native vs cross-platform (Kotlin Multiplatform, Flutter, etc.).
• Concrete architectural opinions.Real takes on Kotlin Multiplatform, monorepo vs multirepo, agent architectures. „It depends“ without follow-up is a fail.
• Full lifecycle team-building experience.You’ve grown, restructured, and made hard people calls when needed — not just hired.
• English fluent

Nice to have:

• Direct experience with Kotlin Multiplatform migration or similar cross-platform consolidation.
• Experience running an internal AI-first engineering transformation (not shipping AI features to customers — the way the teambuilds).
• Managed Agents / Agent SDK hands-on experience (Claude / OpenAI).

What we offer:

• A competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including:
• Health insurance
• Multisport card.
• Food voucher
• 2 weeks fully paid sick leave.
• 3 days per week work from home option.
• 28 days paid leave.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development, including certifications and training.