Job Title: Chief Technology Officer - Berlin - EUR 200k-250k + Bonus + ESOP

Location: Berlin / Hybrid

Our Series D FinTech client is transforming the movement of money across Europe - enabling instant, secure payments for hundreds of millions of users. Their platform reaches over 90% of bank accounts across 27 countries and powers real-time payments for more than 650 million accounts, working with global leaders such as Mastercard and BNP Paribas. With over £120m raised to date, including a recent 2025 round, they’re scaling essential financial infrastructure that reduces fraud, lowers processing costs, and supports high-value payments across major sectors.

Role Description:

You’ll join as the Chief Technology Officer, steering a cloud-native, real-time payments platform used by major banks and PSPs, driving technical excellence and scaling systems that process millions of transactions.

Responsibilities:

 - Shape and execute the long-term technology direction, ensuring the platform evolves in line with business goals, regulatory expectations, and customer needs.
 - Champion engineering excellence by guiding architectural decisions, elevating delivery standards, and promoting modern development practices - including intelligent automation and AI-enhanced tooling.
 - Build and mentor distributed engineering teams across regions, establishing a culture focused on learning, measurable delivery, and operational clarity.
 - Oversee the resilience of production systems, raising availability beyond already strong benchmarks while reinforcing security, compliance, and incident-readiness.
 - Strengthen DevOps and platform-operations processes to support scale, reliability, and rapid iteration.
 - Drive the organisation’s approach to AI in software engineering, expanding its use in design, testing, development, and productivity.

Qualifications:

 - Background in fast-growing environments that include a strong payments component.
 - Significant senior leadership background - Director, VP, or CTO level - within high-scale businesses serving major enterprise clients.
 - Demonstrated ability to run cloud-native, API-first platforms that support real-time financial transactions.
 - Interest or experience in using AI tools to accelerate engineering output and quality.
 - Confident operating in regulated environments where security, compliance, and operational resilience are critical.
 - Willing and able to spend one week per month on-site in Berlin.

If you’re excited by the chance to lead the technology powering next-generation account-to-account payments for 650m+ accounts - improving speed, security, and financial access across Europe, please email contact@impalasearch.io or click apply now.