Chief Technology Officer, OpenCorporates

Salary not provided

Offers share options and a bonus scheme

AWS

Python

Ruby

Senior and Expert level

London

Office located in Greater London

The largest source of open company data in the world, covering +200m companies and +300m officers

Be an early applicant

The largest source of open company data in the world, covering +200m companies and +300m officers

21-100 employees

B2BMarketplaceAnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceSaaSData Sharing

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

Offers share options and a bonus scheme

AWS

Python

Ruby

Senior and Expert level

London

Office located in Greater London

21-100 employees

B2BMarketplaceAnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceSaaSData Sharing

Company mission

To deliver genuine corporate transparency for the benefit of business and society

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

The ideal candidate will have previous technology senior leadership experience, in a company that has scaled from circa $5m to $25m ARR
Proven track record as a CTO or senior technology leader within a product-led company that has achieved ARR growth from $5m to $25m
Deep understanding of data technologies and big-data architectures
Knowledge of AWS or other cloud infrastructure services
Experience developing and maintaining a variety of self-service delivery mechanisms including web applications, API and data exchanges
Experience working with, and refactoring/rewriting, a legacy codebase
Familiarity with multiple programming languages (Ruby is our primary language at the moment, but we have a diverse tech stack, including Python)
Expertise in agile development methodologies
Familiarity with data science methodologies and their application to large-scale datasets

What the job involves

This is a unique opportunity to join a scaling company and make a significant impact on our success. As Chief Technology Officer you will shape the technology strategy and lead the development and implementation of cutting-edge data solutions, ensuring that our products meet the evolving needs of our customers
You will champion cross-functional collaboration, bringing together engineers, data analysts and scientists, sales and business stakeholders into cohesive, high-performing teams capable of supporting our growth
Develop and execute a technology strategy that aligns with OpenCorporates business goals
Lead the technology roadmap, ensuring timely delivery of key product features and enhancements that align with customer needs and market demands
Be a key technology advisor to the CEO and a key member of the executive leadership team, providing technology expertise to inform business decisions
Lead the technology team in building and maintaining robust data platforms and infrastructure and delivering our data services, ensuring their
High performance, security, and scalability.
Drive efforts around data governance, security, and compliance, ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards
Lead and grow multidisciplinary teams, fostering a collaborative, high performing team culture
Cultivate an inclusive, diverse, and positive environment that emphasises our culture: learn, innovate, move quickly, get things done, be accountable
Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor products in the open data and corporate transparency space
Oversee the technology budget, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to drive business growth

Salary benchmarks

Our take

With an estimated £88 billion laundered through the UK each year, companies like OpenCorporates have become an increasingly vital resource for watchdogs the world over. Founded in 2010 by a former magazine publisher, OpenCorporates has built a subscription-based open database of companies operating in the global corporate world.

From 3 million companies on its platform in the 2010s, OpenCorporate has grown to more than 200 million in the 2020s. The rate of its database growth reflects not only the need for more transparency in corporations, but also technological innovations in big data.

Bootstrapped since birth, OpenCorporates has maintained impartiality in its work. Its database of companies not only proves useful in the age of watchdogs and transparency, but in an individual's search for potential clients and employment opportunities. OpenCorporates also provides structured data for journalists and NGOs, having a tangible and positive effect on a global scale.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Glassdoor (3.8)

Trustpilot (2.3)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Dec 2021

$0.3m

GRANT

Nov 2015

$0.2m

GRANT

Total funding: $0.5m

Company benefits

Competitive salary
Share options scheme for all new joiners
Remote-first within the UK/US
£1000 learning and wellness allowance, plus quarterly learning days
28 days holiday plus bank hols
1 additional days’ holiday each year
Time off for life events
£500 home office budget
Quarterly socials
Life assurance

Company HQ

London, UK

Leadership

Chris Taggart

(CSO)

Previously CEO of OpenCorporates and Managing Director of Beach Magazines & Publishing.

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