Chief Technology Officer in Sport Layf

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 (Cybersecurity & Compliance)

• Sesecurity by Design: Implementing security at every stage of development (DevSecOps), not as add-ons 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:

• Work with Softgym development;
• Work with operational tasks of product support; 

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