Chief Technology Officer Wanted

We are data driven software company in the Powersports business, we are growing and hiring additional staff. If you are interested in working for a fast growing company in the exciting world of motorcycles and powersports keep reading.

We are seeking to hire a Chief Technology Officer with skills in full LAMP stack development, MySql, and PHP. The candidate needs to have a high-level of competence with web development best practices, front end web development, PHP/MySQL, and javascript.

There is a need to be well-versed in responsive design using frameworks such as Bootstrap or Foundation CSS. The CTO should be familiar with testing for cross browser compatibility issues and load time.

This position will be responsible for guiding all of the companies technology as we grow and add services to our existing customers.

The position is full time in our Denver, NC office and answers directly to the president and CEO of the company.

Requirements:

• Full-stack web development
• PHP and MySQL
• Must be skilled in writing clean, efficient code
• HTML5 and CSS3
• jQuery or Javascript

 

I just read your requirements and can't figure out 1/10th of what you are asking. I'm out.

 

He seems to be wanting to hire a web developer but give them a CTO title and salary or he wants a CTO that writes code and pay them like a web developer. The job description doesn't match the job title.

 

So No Machining my and No Welding is required?

 

Any entry level positions?

 

No this position is for a CTO level salary that also writes code, the position will also need to work with outside contractors that do programming as well. If you are a CTO you should be able to write code.

 

I know a retired CTO of a Fortune 100 company who can't even spell the word code.

 

If you are a CTO you have people that do that. CTO's don't code.

 

Maybe the position should be titled "Coding Technology Officer" as not to be confused with an executive level leadership position.

 

No.

Perhaps work with an IT recruiter so you can target your recruiting efforts more appropriately.

 

I've been in smaller companies and/or startups where the CTO is a jack of all trades and does some coding, or can at least evaluate code, but definitely not common once you get above a handful of employees. It's pretty hard to do both as it really is 2 completely different mindsets and you have to task switch back and forth.

 

I'm betting this isn't the outcome you were banking on.

 

How can you guys know more about what his company needs than he does??

 

I don't think they're questioning the company's needs so much as the incorrect position title being assigned based on the actual job details.

 

Sorry, as a fan of The Office, this immediately came to mind:

 

I'm about 100% sure they need a new website, LOL

www.Gittere.com

 

You're going to pay a mid level coder $250k?

 

So far this is exactly what I would have expected.

 

I know and I didn't see sh$t about fuel tanks so we are both screwed, guess that's why I'm still up working listening to people speak Japanese for the last 10 minutes while I just be patient.

 

If they are I'm gonna find out how to be a mid level coder real fuckin fast.