Deputy Chief Technology Officer (Deputy CTO)
Are you GAME to JOIN US and be our new Deputy CTO ? SoftConstruct is on a search for a new player to join our Technology Directorate team.
Description The Deputy Chief Technology Officer (Deputy CTO) is a key technology leadership role responsible for supporting the CTO in shaping and executing the organization’s technology strategy, strengthening engineering excellence, and ensuring effective coordination across the Technology Directorate. The role combines strategic technology leadership, strong technical expertise, engineering execution, operational excellence and people leadership. The Deputy CTO works closely with Engineering, QA, DevOps/Infrastructure, Monitoring & Operations, Architecture, AI, and Product teams to ensure that technology initiatives are delivered effectively, systems remain scalable and reliable, and the Technology Directorate continuously evolves to meet business needs. The Deputy CTO may act as the CTO’s delegate when required, ensuring continuity of technology leadership, decision-making and execution.
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
Evaluate and recommend technologies, platforms, frameworks, tools and strategic technology investments based on business value, technical feasibility, security, scalability and cost
Partner with the CTO on technology organization design, leadership development, strategic hiring, capacity planning and succession planning
Lead, coach and mentor technology leaders and contribute to a culture of technical excellence, ownership, accountability and continuous learning
Ensure strong collaboration between Technology, Product, Business and Operations, translating complex technical topics into clear business implications, risks and recommendations
Lead high-impact cross-functional technology initiatives and represent the Technology Directorate in strategic discussions when required
Act as the CTO’s delegate when assigned, supporting executive-level technology decisions and continuity of technology leadership
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 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
Ability to evaluate and challenge technical designs, architecture decisions, technology stacks and engineering approaches at a senior level
Experience managing technical debt, system modernization, legacy transformation, scalability and performance optimization
Experience using engineering and technology metrics to improve delivery, quality, reliability and productivity
Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, AI-enabled engineering and automation, with the ability to evaluate practical technology use cases
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
Experience working across or closely with Engineering, QA, DevOps/Infrastructure, Monitoring/Operations, Architecture and AI functions
Hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, microservices, event-driven systems and high-availability platforms
Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP, containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with modern engineering ecosystems including Git-based workflows, CI/CD platforms, automated testing and infrastructure automation
Experience with SRE, observability, incident management, performance engineering and operational maturity
Experience implementing engineering performance frameworks such as DORA metrics and technology health indicators
Experience working directly with CTOs, CEOs or executive leadership, including acting as a technology executive’s delegate or second-in-command
Do you like to learn hard, work hard and play hard? Do you imagine better things, technologies, future? If you answered “Yes” to at least two of these questions then we might be a great fit for you.