Chief Technology Officer

• Location: Kassel , Germany • Work Policy: Remote-first within Germany; optional office days; not advertised as fully remote internationally • Work Experience: Several years in a CTO/VP Engineering (or similar) role within FinTech or banking • Language Requirement: English C1, German C1 • Employment Type: Full-time • Technical Skills Required: Engineering Management, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), REST/GraphQL APIs, data analytics & AI/ML stacks, banking security & compliance frameworks • Industry: FinTech/Data Analytics for Banking • Positions Available: 1 Company Mission Account transaction data reflects the entirety of a customer's life—we help our partners understand this data quickly, easily, and efficiently, and leverage it profitably. Core Values Scope to Shape Your Role: High level of personal responsibility, open communication, active involvement in shaping the business, and a motivated, success-oriented team Flexible Work: Remote-first with hybrid options, flexible working hours, modern equipment, "workation" opportunities—plus time off on December 24th and 31st Tech & Innovation: Modern tech stack and AI-driven culture Attractive Perks: Annual bonus, gifts for work anniversaries and milestone birthdays, corporate benefits program, discounted mobile phone plans, company pension contributions exceeding statutory requirements, capital-forming benefits, and automatic salary adjustments at fixed intervals Health & Mobility: Commuter pass, bike leasing, and discounted fitness & wellness offers in your city (egym) Tasks • You position the company as a pioneer of data-driven business models in Europe and help define how the financial industry of tomorrow will utilize data • You actively drive the company’s technological vision—ranging from new technologies to entirely new product concepts—while maintaining a consistent customer-centric focus • You independently conduct sales discussions at the C-level, inspiring decision-makers with your technological foresight and a clear understanding of the business value for them • You collaborate with our customers to identify new use cases and develop viable business ideas and models based on our existing capabilities • You own the technology roadmap, prioritizing initiatives clearly and based on data to ensure engineering and product teams focus on the areas that deliver the greatest impact. • You work closely with our founder and executive leadership as a strategic partner, actively shaping fino’s strategic direction • You measure the success of your decisions using clear metrics and consistently derive the next steps from those insights Requirements • You bring several years of experience in a CTO, VP of Engineering, or comparable technical leadership role, ideally within the FinTech or banking sector • You possess an entrepreneurial and visionary mindset, a keen sense for emerging technologies, and the ability to independently derive promising business models from them • You are characterized by a strong hands-on mentality and genuinely enjoy championing and advancing your ideas directly in client discussions • You communicate clearly and persuasively with clients, your team, and executive management—including at the decision-maker level • You possess a deep technical understanding of modern cloud architectures, APIs, data analytics, and AI, as well as the security and regulatory requirements of the banking industry • You are fluent in German and English (negotiation level) and—given our ongoing European expansion—ideally possess additional foreign language skills Benefits • Key role in positioning the company as a European pioneer of data-driven business models and significantly shaping the tech vision. • Direct collaboration with the founder and CEO offers great strategic scope and quick decisions. • Mixture of technology leadership and customer-centered business development enables high impact right up to your own C-level sales. • Remote-first with 5 home office days, flexible working hours and workation option creates maximum freedom and work-life balance. • Modern cloud, API and AI tech stack as well as strong AI culture promote continuous learning and innovation. • Attractive package: fixed salary, individual annual bonus, 28 vacation days plus December 24th/31st free, job ticket, bike leasing, egym and much more. • Medium-sized, unbureaucratic environment with regular team events and dog-friendly Kassel office strengthens cohesion and ownership. Why Work With Them • Strategic freedom to shape a market-leading FinTech • Direct impact on European expansion • Modern AI-first stack • Remote-first flexibility without corporate red tape Find Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow