CTO (m/f/d)

The role

You will take technical responsibility for a data platform and application architecture. You will lead software and data engineers and build the team while acting as a technical interface to the parent company.

What you will do

• Technical ownership for data platform and application architecture
• Leading software and data engineers and building the team with future hires
• Collaborating with the parent company's data platform team
• Making and defending build-vs-buy and tooling decisions under time pressure
• Managing the technical roadmap and infrastructure for the seed phase including CI/CD-Guardrails
• Translating technical questions for non-technical stakeholders

Required qualifications

• Senior-Engineering-Manager-Background with experience across Data and Software
• Proven ownership for at least one 0-to-1-build
• Ability to act as a technical counterpart for non-technical stakeholders
• Routine in AI-supported engineering
• Ability to argue in trade-offs
• Curiosity about the construction industry and tendering
• Fluent German

Nice to have

• Experience in construction, procurement or AEC
• Experience in a spin-out or carve-out from a larger company
• Knowledge of procurement law

Benefits

• Founder-close role with real creative freedom
• Startup tempo with strong support from the parent company
• Access to data, projects and know-how of the parent company
• A team that you build up yourself

About the company

A11 connects ambitious European startups, scale-ups and SMEs with top talent. The partner is an early-stage venture within an established construction company.