Chief Technology Officer

BUZZworthy is part of 3BG LLC, a globally leading Amazon consulting services agency with a hands-on approach in helping brands grow their product sales on the largest eCommerce platform in the world. 

We’re also the fastest growing start-up in Romania with an 8-figure annual turnover (in US Dollars). We’re a highly specialized group of creative, strategy and data-driven eCommerce & Digital Marketing professionals and we know how to create BUZZ!

Our blueprint is: listing creation + optimization, product ranking, Amazon PPC management, brand protection & 24/7 monitoring and account growth management.

We are now looking for someone who will join our team on a full-time office position as

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Your main responsibilities will be to:

• Drive company’s technology development through strategy creation

• Advise on company’s strategic business decisions related to technology 

• Evaluate and implement new technology systems and infrastructure

• Ensure technologies are used efficiently, profitably, securely and in accordance with the latest industry trends across all departments in the company

• Build quality assurance, data protection processes and disaster recovery plans

• Develop networking safeguards to reduce the risk of outside technological breaches

• Identify and solve security problems with your team

• Oversee automation projects and processes and advise on development and implementation of complex infrastructure automations

• Supervise the extension of the functionalities of current tools/automations

• Use deep technical expertise to set up requirements for the teams to develop workflows

• Establish the IT and data team and form part of the recruitment process

• Give guidelines and supervise IT and data team members in making plans for technology solutions

• Collaborate with other teams and departments to assist on the technology and data related strategies

Your core competencies and skills:

• Proven experience for at least 3 years as a CTO/similar managerial role and 8+ years experience in IT in general

• Knowledge of technological trends to build strategies

• In-depth knowledge of web systems architecture, design and development

• Knowledge of all functions and roles within IT departments

• Knowledge of best information security practices

• Ability to conduct technological analysis and research

• Understanding of budgets and business-planning

• Proven high technical expertise in end to end Automation IT Infrastructure Build, including of Cloud Architecture, APIs and Orchestration

• Proven high technical expertise in software engineering/development 

• Proven experience in automated infrastructure deployments

• Strong understanding of the following technologies: Selenium,  Java EE - Maven/Gradle, NodeJS/Python/Vanilla JS, MySQL/MariaDB/SQL Server, Redis, RESTful API, Git, Jenkins

• Understanding of: MongoDB/NoSQL, WorkFusion or UiPath, Cucumber, Phantom JS

• Leadership and organizational abilities 

• Problem-solving attitude

• Strategic thinking

• Receptiveness to feedback and adaptability

• Able to work independently and as a part of a team 

• Able to work within a diverse and cross-functional team

• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

• Highly self-organized and able to realign priorities as needed

Nice to have:

• Experience working in a startup

• Familiar with Google Suite, , Slack

• Experience organizing files and systems in the cloud database

• Experience with Amazon/Google/Microsoft cloud services and server setup will be considered as a plus

What is cool about this job:

• Attractive salary

• Great work environment: American management and friendly teammates

• Challenging projects on the world’s largest marketplace: Amazon

• Work from home when needed and flexible work hours

• Central office location (easy access by car or public transportation)

• All the support you need to learn and develop (tools, knowledge and expertise of our team)

• Access to the most up-to-date learning channels (international trainings, seminars and webinars)