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Chief Technology Officer

Chief Technology Officer

Hybrid

Birmingham, United kingdom

£ 140,000 /year

Full Time

29-04-2025

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Job Specifications

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
This company specialising in the education sector is looking for a visionary CTO to help scale their platform and shape their next phase of growth.
The Role
As CTO, you’ll provide strategic leadership, scale their engineering function, and optimize platform performance. You’ll inherit a talented team of 3 engineers and be expected to mentor, guide, and architect for scale.
This is a hands-off coding leadership role—but you'll still do code reviews, architecture planning, and guide technical decisions.
Tech Stack
MERN: MongoDB, Express (Java), React, Node.js
Simple and scalable
Focused on speed, stability, and continuous improvement
About You
Experience in fullstack engineering work
Leadership experience
Have scaled platforms in startups or early-stage companies
MERN experience strongly preferred
Naturally curious, sparky, and collaborative
Strong communicator and mentor
Passionate about education and product vision
What You'll Be Doing
Drive platform scalability and performance
Lead and grow the engineering team
Set tech vision in line with business goals
Champion product quality and engineering culture
Collaborate closely with the CEO, CPO, and wider team of designers, educators, and animators
Interview Process:
15-min intro with CPO
45-min deep dive with CEO (scalability & vision)
90-day high-level strategy presentation
Meet the team!

About the Company

Harnham provides specialist Data and AI recruitment and staffing services, along with bespoke training solutions, across multiple industry verticals, operating in the UK, the USA and EU - contact us today to discuss your requirements: info@harnham.com Our recruitment and talent teams cover all aspects of the data and AI pipeline, from collection to consumption, across multiple data roles and functions. Whether you need full-time staff, contract talent, specialized training, Data-qualified graduates, or C-suite executives... Know more