Deputy Chief Technology Officer (Deputy CTO)

Responsibilities

• Support the CTO in defining and executing the Technology Directorate’s technology strategy, architecture direction, roadmap and priorities
• Translate business and product objectives into scalable technology solutions, clear priorities and measurable outcomes
• Provide senior technical leadership on system architecture, solution design, technology selection and major technical decisions, ensuring scalability, performance, security, reliability and maintainability
• Establish and maintain engineering and architecture standards, technical governance and best practices across the Technology Directorate
• Coordinate Engineering, QA, DevOps/Infrastructure, Monitoring & Operations, Architecture and AI initiatives to ensure effective cross-functional execution
• Drive engineering excellence by improving SDLC, CI/CD, testing, code quality, release management, developer experience and engineering productivity
• Partner with DevOps/Infrastructure and Monitoring teams to strengthen system reliability, observability, availability, performance, resilience and incident management
• Identify and manage technical debt, architectural risks, system dependencies and technology modernization initiatives
• Establish and monitor technology and engineering KPIs, using data to improve delivery, quality, reliability and engineering productivity
• Support the adoption of AI, automation and emerging technologies across engineering and technology operations

Languages

Required

• Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, distributed systems and scalable application development
• Strong knowledge of modern cloud and infrastructure technologies, APIs, databases, networking and containerization
• Solid understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, monitoring and production operations
• Strong understanding of software quality, automated testing, secure software development and application security
• Experience with modern architectural approaches such as microservices, event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing and high-availability systems
• Experience managing technical debt, system modernization, legacy transformation, scalability and performance optimization
• Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, AI-enabled engineering and automation, with the ability to evaluate practical technology use cases

Nice to have

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, technology or related technical roles, including 3+ years in senior technology leadership or engineering management
• Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams, technology functions or complex cross-functional technology initiatives
• Strong analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance technical excellence, delivery speed, business priorities and cost
• Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers, technical leaders and executive stakeholders
• Strong English communication skills and a high level of ownership, accountability and adaptability

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