CTO

Position: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Location: Tallinn
Industry: iGaming – Platform Provider

Are you an experienced technology leader ready to take ownership of an evolving iGaming platform with great potential? Our client, an ambitious start-up founded by an experienced industry team headquartered in Malta, with its technical development in Estonia, is looking for a hands-on Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead and develop its global tech function and shape the strategic direction of its platform development.

With a vision and experience to build a robust and scalable system that caters for a players first, global multi-brand, multi-product, multi-jurisdictional gambling platform. A platform that allows launching customized gambling sites to the market in a short time frame without compromising on quality, security, or user experience. The company is investing in world-class technology and engineering leadership.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Defining and executing the company’s long-term technology strategy.

• Leading the architecture and development of a scalable and modular iGaming platform.

• Building, developing and managing a high-performing, distributed engineering team.

• Overseeing infrastructure, security, and performance of the entire tech ecosystem.

• Implement and uphold best practices for scalable software development throughout the development workflow.

• Driving performance, transformation, new technology and continuous improvement across the tech stack.

• Aligning technical decisions with business objectives and multi-jurisdictional regulatory requirements.

• Collaborating closely with business stakeholders

• Managing roadmap, timelines, budgets, and technical resources.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in a CTO or senior technical leadership role, ideally in high-growth tech or gaming environments.

• Career long hands-on background in software architecture and engineering.

• Mindset and patience to excel in a startup environment.

• Vision and courage to boldly evolve the startup environment to big business.

• Experience building scalable backend platforms and distributed systems.

• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Strategic thinker with the ability to align technology with commercial goals.

• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• A product mindset with a focus on user experience and operational efficiency.

• iGaming industry experience and interest.

• For you to play a significant role as a core team member, giving a wide variety of contributions to building a successful and competitive company.

Nice-to-Haves

• Passion for constant improvement, optimisation and emerging technologies.

• Strong business smarts and an understanding of the full product lifecycle.

• Experience scaling remote engineering teams.

• Experience with building B2B software.

• Knowledge or skills to build web apps (React)

Current Tech Stack

• Languages & Frameworks: Java 11, Spring Boot, WebFlux, REST API

• Data & Messaging: Kafka, CockroachDB, Redis

• Frontend: Angular

• Infrastructure: GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

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