Between £110,676 and £147,568 Per Month
Job description
Our client, a fast-growing, technology-intensive company, is looking for a technical leader to take ownership of a mission-critical platform built over many years of development. This CTO role is a rare opportunity to step into a strategic technology leadership role, owning a complex, established system while building and growing your own team. You'll work directly with end users to shape the roadmap and bring new technologies into daily workflows.
Benefits & Extras
- Profit sharing tied to team and company performance
- Salary-based holiday bonus
- Health, dental, and vision fully paid for individual or family from day one
- 401k match up to 3%
- Generous PTO structure
Compensation: $150-200K Based on experience
What You'll Be Doing
- Oversee the ongoing health and improvement of a core technology platform, including how data flows in, gets processed, and reaches end users
- Build out and lead a technical team, with full say over hiring and personnel decisionsPut a coverage plan in place so critical systems stay supported around the clock, without requiring you personally to be on call
- Act as the main technical liaison to business leadership, driving regular planning conversations
- Turn big-picture priorities into actionable team plans and see them through
- Get close to the people using the system day-to-day so you understand what's working and what needs to change
- Explore where new AI tools could fit into existing workflows and help lead that effort
What You'll Need to be Considered
- Infrastructure-focused technology background from a small, lean shop
- Comfortable being hands-on when the situation calls for it
- Strong proficiency in MySQL, including how you explore data and identify anomalies (will be tested)
- Experience as a technical generalist across multiple technologies and systems
- Proven management experience with full authority over hiring and personnel decisions
- Strong communication and documentation skills
Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- Birmingham
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Salary indication
- Between £110,676 and £147,568 Per Month
- Published at
- 30-08-2026
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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