Company Description

Rocket Internet incubates and invests in internet and technology companies globally. It provides operational support to its companies and helps them scale internationally. Rocket Internet focuses predominantly on four industry sectors of online and mobile retail and services that make up a significant share of consumer spending: Food & Groceries, Fashion, General Merchandise and Home & Living. Rocket Internet’s selected companies are active in a large number of countries around the world with more than 33,000 employees. Rocket Internet holds stakes in two significant publicly listed companies, Delivery Hero and HelloFresh. Rocket Internet SE is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE000A12UKK6, RKET) and is included in the MDAX index. For further information please visit www.rocket-internet.com.

Job Description

At Rocket you help launching successful startup companies all over the world. Through this application, you will be proposed available positions compatible with your experience within the Rocket network.

If scale and speed of execution are exciting to you, if you are passionate about your craft and if you are striving to build systems that matter to millions of people around the world, Rocket will be the right place for you!

To pursue our ambitious expansion strategy, we are looking for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with both, deep technical knowledge and strong managerial background. The successful candidate will develop and implement a technical strategy for both the short term and long term growth of the company that builds on a centralized platform for international deployment.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will:

• Have 8+ years of demonstrated results in Software Development, Architecture and (Agile) project management, preferably with LAMP (e.g. PHP, MySQL, Zend Framework) and knowledge of relevant trends/technology

• Be familiar with high scalability transactional environments

• Have proven track record in operating international platforms

• Be a hands-on leader with bias for action; e-commerce & marketplace experience (in international environment) is a plus

• Be capable of leading and motivating a team

• Be fluent in French and English

Additional Information

Up for a challenge?

We are looking forward to receiving your convincing application in English.