We are hiring a CTO for a well-established B2B software company operating in a regulated industry. The company develops a core platform that supports complex operational workflows and plays a central role in its clients’ day-to-day business.

The product has been on the market for many years and is widely used by a stable customer base. It combines deep domain expertise with practical functionality and is considered a trusted solution in its niche. Backed by an international investment group, the company is entering a new phase of growth.

The focus now is on evolving both the product and the engineering organization: improving scalability, introducing more structured practices, and gradually adopting modern technologies, including AI-driven workflows.

This is a high-impact role for a leader who wants to shape both the technical direction and the way engineering operates within an established, mission-critical product.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first senior-level technical leader shaping long-term engineering direction

• Define and execute a pragmatic modernization strategy (not a full rebuild)

• Lead the transition from legacy systems to a more scalable architecture

• Introduce best practices in system design, reliability, observability, and automation

• Implement AI-assisted development workflows and code generation approaches

• Improve predictability, transparency, and delivery quality

• Deliver a clear and realistic modernization roadmap in the first months

• Align technical decisions with business impact and ROI

• Build trust within a long-tenured engineering team and lead them through change

• Manage resistance and gradually evolve the team’s ways of working

• Clarify roles and help shape a scalable engineering organization

Requirements & nice-to-have

• Proven experience as a CTO, Head of Engineering, or similar senior technical leader

• Track record of leading successful migration from legacy systems to modern tech stacks

• Experience working with mature products (not only greenfield)

• Strong background in system architecture, backend/platform development, and databases

• Experience with distributed systems and scalable architectures

• Practical understanding of modern AI tools and interest in AI-driven development

• Strong leadership skills and ability to lead senior, experienced engineers

• High emotional intelligence and ability to build trust

• Ability to drive change in a structured and pragmatic way

• Strong business mindset, with focus on impact, risk, and ROI

• Experience in regulated industries (e.g. energy, utilities, fintech) is a strong plus

• Familiarity with PHP/Laravel, .NET/C#, and Microsoft SQL is a strong plus