Job description
Chief Technology Officer
Company Overview
Tektora is working with a fast-growing Series A Enterprise SaaS company that is scaling rapidly across Europe. The business is growing ARR by 400% year-on-year and is now looking for a highly hands-on CTO to lead its engineering function, shape the technical direction and help scale the company through its next stage of growth.
Job Summary
This is a demanding, high-ownership leadership role for someone who is deeply technical, AI-native and comfortable operating at speed in an early-stage environment. This role would suit a technically exceptional engineering leader who wants to be close to the code, the product and the commercial direction of the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and scale a high-performing engineering team of 5+ developers.
- Own the technical strategy, architecture and delivery roadmap.
- Remain hands-on in the code across Python, SQL and data/ML-driven systems.
- Drive product development at pace while maintaining technical quality.
- Build lean, high-output engineering teams and set a strong delivery culture.
- Work closely with founders, commercial teams and enterprise customers.
- Support customer-facing technical discussions where required.
- Use modern AI and agentic coding tools to improve engineering speed and output.
- Travel at short notice for key customer, partner or investor meetings.
Requirements / Qualifications
- Strong Python and SQL experience.
- Machine learning, data science or mathematical background is essential.
- Experience leading engineering teams of 5+ developers.
- Background in fast-growing Enterprise SaaS is essential.
- Previous experience as a CTO, Head of Engineering, Tech Lead, Head of ML or similar.
- Highly hands-on technical leader who still enjoys coding.
- Strong understanding of AI-native development and agentic coding tools.
- Experience with dbt, Airflow, BigQuery and Google Cloud Platform would be beneficial.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with strong ambition and appetite for intensity.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment.
- Willing to be office-based in Berlin or Munich.
Location
Berlin or Munich, Germany. Remote: False
Employment Type
Full Time
Salary & Benefits
- Attractive cash compensation, significant equity and benefits
Application Process
If you are a hands-on technical leader with strong Python, SQL, ML/data science experience and a background in Enterprise SaaS, please apply with an up-to-date CV or contact Tektora for a confidential conversation.
