Chief Technology Officer
TypeRemote job
LocationRemote
Posted2 hours ago
Location: Kassel , Germany
Work Policy: Remote-first within Germany; optional office days; not advertised as fully remote internationally
Work Experience: Several years in a CTO/VP Engineering (or similar) role within FinTech or banking
Language Requirement: English C1, German C1
Employment Type: Full-time
Technical Skills Required: Engineering Management, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), REST/GraphQL APIs, data analytics & AI/ML stacks, banking security & compliance frameworks
Industry: FinTech/Data Analytics for Banking
Positions Available: 1
Company Mission
Account transaction data reflects the entirety of a customer's life—we help our partners understand this data quickly, easily, and efficiently, and leverage it profitably.
Core Values
Scope to Shape Your Role:
High level of personal responsibility, open communication, active involvement in shaping the business, and a motivated, success-oriented team
Flexible Work:
Remote-first with hybrid options, flexible working hours, modern equipment, "workation" opportunities—plus time off on December 24th and 31st
Tech & Innovation:
Modern tech stack and AI-driven culture
Attractive Perks:
Annual bonus, gifts for work anniversaries and milestone birthdays, corporate benefits program, discounted mobile phone plans, company pension contributions exceeding statutory requirements, capital-forming benefits, and automatic salary adjustments at fixed intervals
Health & Mobility:
Commuter pass, bike leasing, and discounted fitness & wellness offers in your city (egym)
Tasks
You position the company as a pioneer of data-driven business models in Europe and help define how the financial industry of tomorrow will utilize data
You actively drive the company’s technological vision—ranging from new technologies to entirely new product concepts—while maintaining a consistent customer-centric focus
You independently conduct sales discussions at the C-level, inspiring decision-makers with your technological foresight and a clear understanding of the business value for them
You collaborate with our customers to identify new use cases and develop viable business ideas and models based on our existing capabilities
You own the technology roadmap, prioritizing initiatives clearly and based on data to ensure engineering and product teams focus on the areas that deliver the greatest impact.
You work closely with our founder and executive leadership as a strategic partner, actively shaping fino’s strategic direction
You measure the success of your decisions using clear metrics and consistently derive the next steps from those insights
Requirements
You bring several years of experience in a CTO, VP of Engineering, or comparable technical leadership role, ideally within the FinTech or banking sector
You possess an entrepreneurial and visionary mindset, a keen sense for emerging technologies, and the ability to independently derive promising business models from them
You are characterized by a strong hands-on mentality and genuinely enjoy championing and advancing your ideas directly in client discussions
You communicate clearly and persuasively with clients, your team, and executive management—including at the decision-maker level
You possess a deep technical understanding of modern cloud architectures, APIs, data analytics, and AI, as well as the security and regulatory requirements of the banking industry
You are fluent in German and English (negotiation level) and—given our ongoing European expansion—ideally possess additional foreign language skills
Benefits
Key role in positioning the company as a European pioneer of data-driven business models and significantly shaping the tech vision.
Direct collaboration with the founder and CEO offers great strategic scope and quick decisions.
Mixture of technology leadership and customer-centered business development enables high impact right up to your own C-level sales.
Remote-first with 5 home office days, flexible working hours and workation option creates maximum freedom and work-life balance.
Modern cloud, API and AI tech stack as well as strong AI culture promote continuous learning and innovation.
Attractive package: fixed salary, individual annual bonus, 28 vacation days plus December 24th/31st free, job ticket, bike leasing, egym and much more.
Medium-sized, unbureaucratic environment with regular team events and dog-friendly Kassel office strengthens cohesion and ownership.
Why Work With Them
Strategic freedom to shape a market-leading FinTech
Direct impact on European expansion
Modern AI-first stack
Remote-first flexibility without corporate red tape
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Work Policy: Remote-first within Germany; optional office days; not advertised as fully remote internationally
Work Experience: Several years in a CTO/VP Engineering (or similar) role within FinTech or banking
Language Requirement: English C1, German C1
Employment Type: Full-time
Technical Skills Required: Engineering Management, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), REST/GraphQL APIs, data analytics & AI/ML stacks, banking security & compliance frameworks
Industry: FinTech/Data Analytics for Banking
Positions Available: 1
Company Mission
Account transaction data reflects the entirety of a customer's life—we help our partners understand this data quickly, easily, and efficiently, and leverage it profitably.
Core Values
Scope to Shape Your Role:
High level of personal responsibility, open communication, active involvement in shaping the business, and a motivated, success-oriented team
Flexible Work:
Remote-first with hybrid options, flexible working hours, modern equipment, "workation" opportunities—plus time off on December 24th and 31st
Tech & Innovation:
Modern tech stack and AI-driven culture
Attractive Perks:
Annual bonus, gifts for work anniversaries and milestone birthdays, corporate benefits program, discounted mobile phone plans, company pension contributions exceeding statutory requirements, capital-forming benefits, and automatic salary adjustments at fixed intervals
Health & Mobility:
Commuter pass, bike leasing, and discounted fitness & wellness offers in your city (egym)
Tasks
You position the company as a pioneer of data-driven business models in Europe and help define how the financial industry of tomorrow will utilize data
You actively drive the company’s technological vision—ranging from new technologies to entirely new product concepts—while maintaining a consistent customer-centric focus
You independently conduct sales discussions at the C-level, inspiring decision-makers with your technological foresight and a clear understanding of the business value for them
You collaborate with our customers to identify new use cases and develop viable business ideas and models based on our existing capabilities
You own the technology roadmap, prioritizing initiatives clearly and based on data to ensure engineering and product teams focus on the areas that deliver the greatest impact.
You work closely with our founder and executive leadership as a strategic partner, actively shaping fino’s strategic direction
You measure the success of your decisions using clear metrics and consistently derive the next steps from those insights
Requirements
You bring several years of experience in a CTO, VP of Engineering, or comparable technical leadership role, ideally within the FinTech or banking sector
You possess an entrepreneurial and visionary mindset, a keen sense for emerging technologies, and the ability to independently derive promising business models from them
You are characterized by a strong hands-on mentality and genuinely enjoy championing and advancing your ideas directly in client discussions
You communicate clearly and persuasively with clients, your team, and executive management—including at the decision-maker level
You possess a deep technical understanding of modern cloud architectures, APIs, data analytics, and AI, as well as the security and regulatory requirements of the banking industry
You are fluent in German and English (negotiation level) and—given our ongoing European expansion—ideally possess additional foreign language skills
Benefits
Key role in positioning the company as a European pioneer of data-driven business models and significantly shaping the tech vision.
Direct collaboration with the founder and CEO offers great strategic scope and quick decisions.
Mixture of technology leadership and customer-centered business development enables high impact right up to your own C-level sales.
Remote-first with 5 home office days, flexible working hours and workation option creates maximum freedom and work-life balance.
Modern cloud, API and AI tech stack as well as strong AI culture promote continuous learning and innovation.
Attractive package: fixed salary, individual annual bonus, 28 vacation days plus December 24th/31st free, job ticket, bike leasing, egym and much more.
Medium-sized, unbureaucratic environment with regular team events and dog-friendly Kassel office strengthens cohesion and ownership.
Why Work With Them
Strategic freedom to shape a market-leading FinTech
Direct impact on European expansion
Modern AI-first stack
Remote-first flexibility without corporate red tape
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