CTO - Payments in Gaming - Remote

Pentasia is proudly partnered with an iGaming conglomerate, looking to scale and grow by adding a CTO to run their payments gateway products and services. This role is a remote position, ideally for someone based in Bulgaria or if not, further afield in mainland Europe. 



CTO Personal skill requirements and abilities:

• Experience as a Development / Technical Manager
• Experience building up projects from start to finish
• Good communicator and an empathetic person
• Infrastructure Overseer
• Strategic Planner
• Attention to detail, being able to foresee different events to come.
• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT or computer science program or a related field.
• Solid background and track record working in the technological industry.
• Advanced technological skillset and a demonstrated history with technology.
• Exceptional team management skills
• Leadership with exceptional soft skills, bringing people together and motivating them.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to delegate efficiently.
• Extensive industry knowledge with an eye toward the future.
• Understand the importance of taking a cross-functional team approach and understand the agile ways of working
• Comfortable challenging yourself and your team to improve their ways of working
• Passionate about teamwork, coaching, and building a collaborative research environment

Required understanding and knowledge in the full stack developer role with more focus on PHP and Laravel:

• Develops and creates software products according to previously prepared specifications.
• Monitors innovations in programming and programming languages and, following the  Company's uniform policy, creates software products.
• Installs, uninstalls and configures the application software products he creates.
• Prepares installation packages and documentation (installation manual and user manual) of the software products he has developed and keeps them up to date.
• If necessary, installs, uninstalls, and configures standard application software products.
• Performs installation, uninstallation, and configuration of all additional programs needed for the regular operation of the application software products.
• Administers, maintains, and updates the software products created by him.
• Periodically monitors the status of the software products and the correctness of the databases it has developed and handed over for operation.
• If necessary, administers the application products used in the company.
• If necessary, replaces other specialists in their main functions.
• If necessary, performs configuration, installation of an operating system, standard system and application software, and anti-virus programs of computer systems.
• If necessary, provides methodical assistance to computer users to solve complicated problems that arise when using the software.
• Keeps records and controls the condition of the computer equipment and software products provided to him.
• Maintains the information package of data on the status of the software products developed by him in the Company.
• Maintains an information bank of data on novelties and the state of the market of software products in the field of creation and maintenance of applied software.

TECHNOLOGY - POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Programming languages: PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML
Frameworks: Laravel, CodeIgniter, Bootstrap, jQuery, Alpine.js
Version Control Software: GIT
Communication: Recommended language – English

Required understanding and knowledge in system administration:

• Knowledge of Linux System Administration;
• Experience with Linux OS, web servers – Nginx, apache, SQL backup and replication, private and public virtualization – VMWare, KVM, and many other top-class world standard technologies.
• Perl, Python, or Bash scripting experience will be considered a plus
• MySQL administration experience
• Experience managing Web, SMTP, and DNS servers in a Linux environment.
• Knowledge in configuring hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc., following standards and project/operational requirements.
• Maintain critical internal applications.
• Investigate and troubleshoot issues working with hardware and software vendors.
• Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
• Contribute to and maintain system standards following best practices.
• Understanding of IT security practices and ensuring key system controls are in place.
• Excellent customer service skills, both verbal and written;
• Knowledge of networking and LAN technology;
• Excellent English verbal skills