Internet portal in the tourism sector

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Our client is a growing internet portal in the tourism sector. You will have the chance to play an active role in an innovative and high-potential company and you will have a hugh influence on the business success.

For the further expansion of the team at the location in Berlin or Leipzig we are looking for an enthusiastic, inspiring

Chief Technical Officer - CTO (m/f)

Key Responsibilities

• Technological responsibility for the whole development area with subjects like development, integration, testing and launch of new production functions as well as for the internal and external infrastructure
• Building up, including the disciplinary and organizational responsibility of the business area product development and product innovation
• Development of the software architecture with regard to security, scalability and technical performance
• Management of a team of top professionals in the development area
• Coordination with all stakeholder in terms of the product roadmap and balancing between business interests and development needs

Key Experience

• You have already proved that you are able to develop young organizations and / or business models in a similar dynamic and challenging market environment on the technology side and align sustainable
• You have several years of experience in the fields of IT-Governance, Software-development, IT-infrastructure, IT-security and the corresponding tools and operating systems in the travel- or rather in the hospitality area
• You are familiar with the construction and operation of high performance and scalable internet applications on international level
• You are passionate interested in modern web- and mobile-applications and you are excited in beautiful and pragmatic codes. You also know exactly the development of innovative digital applications
• You are versed in developing of web-applications, frontend/backend and you have advanced knowledge and experience in Java and JVM
• Experience in another programming language like Javascript, Go, Python or Ruby is a plus
• You have Experience in the agile project management (e.g. Scrum, Kanban)
• You have the ability to adapt new technologies easily
• You have first leadership experience and a quick understanding and enthusiasm is characteristic for you and you are able to give that to your team
• You work structured and results-oriented and you stay in complex situations flexibly capable of acting and you reach a goal-oriented result in an pragmatic way
• Excellent communication skills in German and English
• You are a dynamic and confident personality with marked hands-on-mentality

You receive

• Working with a dedicated team that pays attention to performance and fun at work
• A diverse and responsible task area that you will always expand
• A good salary with a corresponding performance-related component or shares because you can influence a lot in the company with your performance

We assure to treat your application confidentially and to respect restriction notices.

Are you interested in the position? We are looking forward to receiving your complete
application (cover letter, resume) stating your salary expectations and your earliest possible starting date with the code CTO0916 by e-mail: bewerbung@personal-excellence.de

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