Chief Technology Officer (SPORTLIFE, management company) in Sport Layf

Chief Technology Officer (SPORTLIFE, management company)

We are looking for STO from large, system companies to manage:

- PBX

- ERP

- Telephony direction

- SoftGYM support (Software)

- Support of the operational management of the technical department.

We are one of the TOP-100 large companies, we have thousands of employees and we need a systematic and high-quality, targeted CTO capable of developing large IT projects

Functional responsibilities:

• Develop and implement IT infrastructure development strategies to ensure business continuity;
• Responsible for key IT business metrics and their optimization;
• Manage the technical team: development, coordination and motivation to achieve strategic goals;
• Build internal and cross-functional business processes, implement new approaches to increase efficiency;
• Implement advanced technological solutions to scale the business and increase its efficiency;

1. Architectural expertise (Software Architecture)

• Monolith vs. Microservices: Deep understanding of when to move to microservices and when a monolith makes more economic sense. Experience in systems 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 ensure automatic testing and deployment. Understanding the concepts of "Infrastructure as Code" (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• FinOps: Control and optimization of cloud infrastructure costs (Cloud Cost Management).

3. ReliableObservability

• Monitoring & Logging: Ability to build a system where errors are detected earlier than 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 a Post-mortem culture.

4. Data & AI (Technology layer)

• Data Architecture: Basic understanding of Data Lakes, Data Warehouses and ETL processes.
• AI/ML Integration: Understanding the implementation architecture 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 standards (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) to build a stable product ecosystem.
• Event-Driven Architecture:Understanding asynchronous interaction patterns (Pub/Sub, Message Queues)

6. Cybersecurity & Compliance

• Security by Design: Implementing security at every stage of development (DevSecOps), not as add-ons at the end.
• Data Privacy:Understanding of 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 implementing development performance metrics (eg DORA metrics: Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate). style="font-weight: 400">Requirements:
  • Experience in the CTO or CIO position for at least 5 years; 
  KPI;
• Non-trivial, interesting tasks within the business;
• Opportunity to realize professional ambitions;
• Opportunity to apply your talents and key knowledge;

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