Venture CTO - Automotive Startup

Salary Competitive

Rainmaking Venture is building a simple alternative to car ownership together with a leading Nordic car importer. The platform was launched in October 2016, and has grown rapidly since then. We are now looking to expand and grow in the home market and abroad. We are looking for an entrepreneurial, hands-on, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to build and lead our development team in the creation of our product.


The role

  • Be an active member of the core leadership group and shape the company strategy, particularly the product & technology strategy. Understand business requirements and dependencies, prioritize what to build, and deploy team accordingly.
  • Develop, stabilize and deploy company’s consumer and partner facing products, including the web application, APIs and apps. To do this, the person needs to be a strong process manager (e.g., comfortable allocating work, planning sprints, monitoring progress and ensuring timely releases)
  • Build / architect all engineering components (including hands on coding contribution)
  • Mentor and scale-up the engineering team (including recruitment, retention and team performance management)

 

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science Engineering or eqvivalent
  • 4+ Years of experience as a Sitecore and .NET developer and developed multiple sites
  • Good understanding of Service Oriented Architecture, Distributed Systems and Middle-ware system and have hands on all three systems.
  • Good knowledge on optimization of code and performance improvement and sound knowledge on code maintainability by refactoring code.
  • Created different Knowledge Transfer documents and shared with the team and setup Knowledge Sharing sessions across different teams to leverage the learnt knowledge.
  • Performing code review, design review and peer review for code written in .NET, Javascript and SQL
  • Worked on architecting different enterprise level and small scale web applications and implemented the solution with the help of a team
  • Fluent in Danish and English

 

Preferred Skills

  • MS: SME on Sitecore CMS
  • Languages: C#, Javascript, Jquery, CSS, SQL, HTML 5
  • Databases: SQL Server, MongoDB
  • IDEs: Visual Studio, SSMS

 

Desired Expertise and Experience

  • 4+ years of experience leading and scaling an online B2C start-up or 4+ in top tier strategy consulting firm.
  • Relevant technology experience in transport/automotive
  • A proven track record of building successful products and scaling teams
  • Experience managing corporate investor relationships
  • Experience in launching and growing online platforms in new markets

 

What we offer

  • Being part of a small, super-dedicated group of very skilled and fun people
  • A great office environment at Rainmaking Loft, where you will get a chance to hang out with 300 likeminded entrepreneurs and keep tabs on the constantly evolving Copenhagen startup scene
  • Catered lunches every day and freshly made coffee from our own barista
  • Being part of a tight-knit team that like to spend time with each other for gaming, volley, good food and beers
  • A competitive salary

 

RAINMAKING STUDIO

Rainmaking Studio is a team of entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, product experts and investors. We invent and build startups with the world’s most influential and successful companies. Learn more about us at rainmaking.io

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Free office snacks
Free office snacks

Peckish after lunch? We got your back with soft drinks, treats and fruit.

Free friday beers
Free friday beers

Friday is something special, let's enjoy a beer together.

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Working at
Rainmaking

We’re a corporate innovation and venture development firm. We create, accelerate, and scale new business with the world’s leading corporations and entrepreneurs. Our multidisciplinary team consists of some of the most experienced venture builders, strategists, engineers, designers, data scientists and growth experts around. A company’s DNA is only set once. At Rainmaking we started out as entrepreneurs. People who came together to use their experiences to build impactful businesses. Whilst our activities have evolved, the entrepreneurial spirit is hardwired into our culture. We still approach every business, as if it were our own. Today, we solve challenges across the landscape of innovation. We work with companies and organizations of all shapes and sizes, from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 corporates. Our multidisciplinary team gathers venture builders, engineers, designers, data scientists, and growth experts. Over the last 12 years, we have expanded our global reach. There are now 10 Rainmaking Innovation Studios around the world, in addition to Startupbootcamp, our accelerator program, and Talent Garden Rainmaking, our workspaces for startups and innovation teams.

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