Chief Technical Officer (for IT company NEXA) in Ligamedia

From 02/03/2026

Be able to choose architecture by projects (languages ​​that are better for code), development economy, number of developers in teams, development priority. CTO from the IT product team (who knows how to successfully coordinate the development of large IT products)

We are looking for a CTO for the IT company NEXA

IT company: 60 developers, a total of 90 people from the digital dep.

5 national products:

• 1. sports national networks Poland/Austria
• 2. development of Saas/ERP system
• 3. sports Ukraine national network. 
• 4. media agency
• 5. IT product.

Knowledge requirements:

1. Architectural examination (Software Architecture)

• Monolith vs. Microservices: Deep understanding of when to move to microservices and when a monolith makes more economic sense. Experience in system decomposition.
• API-first & Contract-driven Development: Designing systems around APIs. Understanding of standards (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) to build a stable ecosystem of products.
• Event-Driven Architecture: Understanding of asynchronous interaction patterns (Pub/Sub, Message Queues)

2. Infrastructure & DevOps (Cloud/Hybrid)

• Cloud Strategy: Ability to choose between AWS, Azure, GCP or Hybrid Cloud. Understanding the Shared Responsibility Model.
• CI/CD & Engineering Excellence: Implementation of pipelines that provide automated testing and deployment. Understanding the concepts of "Infrastructure as Code" (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• FinOps: Control and optimization of costs for cloud infrastructure (Cloud Cost Management).

3. Reliability and stability (Observability)

• Monitoring & Logging: Ability to build a system where errors are detected earlier due to user complaints (ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Observability: Understanding the three pillars: Metrics, Logs, Traces.
• Incident Management: Building processes for responding to critical failures and implementing Post-mortem cultures.

4. Data & AI (Technology layer)

• Data Architecture: Basic understanding of Data Lakes, Data Warehouses and ETL-processes.
• AI/ML Integration: Understanding of the architecture of implementation of LLM (Large Language Models), RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and integration of AI services into the current product as a functional module.
• Data Governance: Understanding how data is stored, processed and protected (according to GDPR/ISO).

5. Process and office software (Management Tools)

• SDLC Management:Expert knowledge of Jira/Confluence for development lifecycle management. Ability to set up workflows that accelerate the team.
• Collaborative Ecosystem:Professional use of Office 365 or Google Workspace for corporate management, budgeting (Excel/Sheets) and strategic planning (Powerpoint/Slides).
• Knowledge Management: Building a "documentation culture" through internal knowledge bases.
• API-first & Contract-driven Development:Designing systems around APIs. Understanding of standards (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) to build a stable ecosystem of products.
• Event-Driven Architecture: Understanding of asynchronous interaction patterns (Pub/Sub, Message Queues)

6. Cybersecurity & Compliance

• Security by Design: Implementing security at every stage of development (DevSecOps), not as an add-on at the end.
• Data Privacy:Understanding GDPR, ISO 27001 or SOC2 standards (depending on the market).
• Identity & Access Management (IAM): Access management and protection of corporate data.

7. Talent and Process Management (People & Process Management)

• Resource Planning:Ability to assess hiring needs, balancing between Senior and Junior specialists.
• Performance Metrics: Understanding and implementation of development performance metrics (e.g. DORA metrics: Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate).
• Mentorship & Culture: Building engineering a culture that encourages innovation and continuous learning

Experience Requirements:

• 8+ years of IT experience
• 3-5+ years in leadership roles (CTO / CIO / Head of Engineering / Head of Delivery).
• Experience managing multiple teams or products at the same time.
• Experience in building or transforming an IT function as a service (delivery model).
• Experience in interacting with business stakeholders at the C-level.

You will need to do:

• Form the architecture for key products;
• Manage the development teams of 5 key products;
• Form a business development strategy, adding new IT products and roles.

We offer:

• A collaborative atmosphere where initiative and results are valued.
• Flexible work format (2 times a week work in the office, Beresteyska metro).
• Full time from 9:00 a.m. to 18:00.
• Official employment from the first working day.

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