Chief Technology Officer

Are you our next CTO?
Do you have a commercial mindset with a passion for developing motivational and insightful performance software? Are you experienced in working with modern technologies, international teams and have a scale-up mentality? Then join us at Plecto and be part of a dynamic team on a mission to revolutionize data visualization and employee motivation
At Plecto, we are on a mission to create the world's no 1. Performance platform. We want to grow and become better at what we do, and this is what motivates us every day to build a platform that helps other companies and people do the same.
What you will do:
As CTO you will be a motivating and proactive leader and responsible for driving our product development and IT infrastructure with a commercial mindset. This executive role is critical for scaling our SaaS platform, fostering a high-performance culture and ensuring strong business growth.

Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Platform Stability

• Define, develop, and execute the company's long-term product strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with Plecto's business goals and market opportunities
• Oversee the entire software development lifecycle for our data-intensive web and mobile applications, ensuring efficient feature delivery and maintaining technical debt at manageable levels
• Oversee and optimize our cloud hosting, infrastructure and costs, balancing performance with financial efficiency
• Ensure a stable high performing product, managing incidents and pager duty
• Implement robust risk management protocols, compliance (including GDPR), and best practices for system security
• Defining internal processes, cross-department collaboration and efficiency
• Technical escalation point, getting hands-on with critical incidents, complex architectural challenges, and performance bottlenecks to ensure swift resolution.

Leadership & Culture

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a global team our product team consisting of 12 employees split between Aarhus and Warsaw
• Establish and enforce best practices in agile development, quality assurance, and DevOps
• Champion a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, accountability, and collaboration

Who You Are:
Leadership Style & Mindset

• You are ambitious, accountable and solution-oriented, thriving in a dynamic, high-performing environment.
• You are structured and data-driven, highly proactive and capable of ensuring rapid progress and effective execution
• You possess an empathetic and growth minded leadership style, fostering development and performance in your team
• You are not afraid of going that extra mile and get hands-on when necessary
• You are fluent in English, both written and spoken

Required Technical Expertise

• Executive Experience: 3+ years in a senior technology leadership role (CTO, VP of Engineering, or similar)
• High-performance Track Record: Proven experience from other SaaS companies is strongly preferred
• Technology Stack: Experience with our core technologies, specifically Python, Django, React, and Kubernetes
• Data Infrastructure: Experience working with data-intensive web and mobile applications and familiarity with operating and scaling ElasticSearch clusters
• Compliance & Security: Solid background in managing GDPR, compliance, and incident handling within a cloud environment
• AI: Experience with using and implementing AI both within an organisation and in the product

What your get:
This is a great opportunity to develop the next step in your career being a member of the executive management team, developing the technological core and driving product execution in a high-performing, profitable, and internationally focused B2B SaaS company.

We're a scale-up but we retain our startup mentality where we share what we know and learn what we don't. Plecto is a dynamic and innovative software that's changing how businesses see their data and boost performance. Our real-time dashboards help teams track their goals, get stuff done, and win big. We're all about teamwork, performance and making data fun. We're based in Aarhus with colleagues in Warsaw and Guatemala.

What we offer you:

• Executive Growth: Excellent opportunities for both professional and personal development
• The Plecto Culture: A open-minded workplace with focus on creating ideas, executing on initiatives, driving performance and taking ownership.
• The team: A young and international team
• Perks: Great lunch, homebaked Tuesday cake and Friday buns, yearly Workation, quarterly Plecto parties and much more
• Compensation: Salary based on experience combined with an attractive compensation package.