Chief Technology Officer

Startup Bakery srl Milano Italy ICT and Information Systems Hybrid
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Company Description

We are Startup Bakery. Nice to meet you!


We are an Italian startup studio and we specialize in creating SaaS startups with a B2B focus. Every project we undertake combines a simple user experience, advanced data gathering and processing as well as AI elements.

Our team is made up of founders, investors and serial entrepreneurs, open innovation enthusiasts, lean startup fanatics and experts in cloud technologies, user experience and digital marketing.


Our values

Success for a startup is not reached by chance or luck, but it’s the result of expertise, methodology and resources. These are the essential ingredients of our startup studio:

  • Sustainability: Each new startup we create must be useful to society and have a positive impact on people and on our planet by pursuing at least one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
  • Holacracy: ‘Old school’ hierarchies generate bottlenecks and hinder agility and innovation. On the contrary, through a hierarchy of roles and not of people, clear responsibilities are shared and we proceed quickly and compactly towards our goals;
  • Lean approach: Nothing must be produced if its usefulness to the end customer is not demonstrated first.


The way we work

We strive to create the best working environment for individuals to succeed by following these principles:

  • Trust and initiative: Trust is essential to an effective team. We appreciate people who take decisions without fear of making mistakes, who are independent and proactive. No one is left alone but it’s important to leave the right space for initiative.
  • Work-life balance: What matters is the result, not the working hours.
  • Flexible remote work: Some people need an office environment while others perform better at home, or need to combine a career with personal circumstances. By reducing travel, you save money, are more productive (less stressed ;)) and pollute less. Human contact is also important and we have an office in Milan where we can meet whenever we need to work together (and have fun too!).

Position

We are looking for motivated CTOs for our new startups to be responsible for the technical development of our solutions. You will be building and maintaining scalable and reliable architecture and backlog, leading the technical direction of new startups.

You’ll have the chance to build your own tech team, working closely with Startup Bakery's operating team as well. In fact, the Technology Department in Startup Bakery will provide support in all product strategy implementations, structures and key decisions making processes.

Being in a flexible and fast-changing environment, you will play a critical role in taking strategic choices and will feel the impact of these choices right away, having the opportunity to actively participate in the success of our startups and achievement of our mission.


Key responsibilities:

  • Be responsible of platform development and technical direction, contributing to the development of our core algorithms
  • Be responsible of all the product key technical decisions
  • Coordinate the tech team and third party agencies for software development
  • Work closely with the CEO and the board to identify risks and opportunities
  • Liaise and collaborate with the Technology Department team in Startup Bakery
  • Be accountable for supporting hiring of potential technical members and engineers

Requirements

Must have:

  • Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or relevant fields
  • 6+ Years experience as a Software Engineer/Tech Lead/IT Manager
  • Experience taking an early stage projects forward
  • Experience with server side languages - we work with Node.js, but we’re also Python/Scala/Java friendly

(Check out our Stackshare: https://stackshare.io/companies/startup-bakery)

  • Knowledge of SQL and No-SQL databases
  • Experience with Cloud Platforms, at least one among AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Experience with Software Versioning systems (Git, Svn, etc.)
  • Highly organised and able to manage time effectively
  • Collaborative and well suited to work in team
  • Good written and spoken English

Bonus points:

  • Master's Degree, PhD, Certifications or similar
  • Experience with frontend frameworks like React, Vue, Angular
  • Experience with big data and AI projects
  • Knowledge of Docker or Kubernetes
  • Knowledge of ElasticSearch/Mongo
  • Experience as Tech Lead in startups

Other information

What we offer:

  • Remote work (or an hybrid work solution if you’re living in Milan) and flexible working hours
  • Salary range: 45-50K
  • A unique opportunity to achieve your learning goals and speed up your career path
  • Access to online self-development courses with certification of the acquired skills
  • Office with swimming pool, gym and sauna included
  • Coffee and tea available at the office


Location:

Remote/Milan