Co-Founder & CTO @ B2B Travel Venture (m/f/d)
in Berlin

Job summary
cloopio’s mission is to connect distributed teams around the world. With our one-click booking platform, companies can plan team events (offsites, retreats, summits) in Europe. With our curated employee experiences, we offer accommodation, meeting facilities, transfer, and activities. 

After our successful launch in 2023 we are now looking for a CTO & Co-Founder that helps us tackle the next stage of our growth.

As Co-Founder & CTO, you’re at the forefront of our platform’s development and automation scaling. Leading the technology and product roadmap, you focus on enhancing our platform to meet customer needs. From conception to delivery, you ensure a seamless customer experience. Managing the technological infrastructure, you optimize processes for efficiency, leveraging automation to streamline operations and boost customer satisfaction. Collaborating closely with the CEO, you drive business growth by aligning the roadmap with market demands and securing funding.

With your entrepreneurial spirit and leadership experience in tech scale-ups, you propel our venture forward, positioning it as the premier platform for events in Europe.

What You’ll Do

• As Co-Founder and CTO, spearhead platform development and automation scaling
• Hands-on software development: improve our current application or rebuild our tech with the tool stack of your choice to shape the perfect product
• Hire your own developer team, product owners & UX team
• Support our funding process, talk to investors & stakeholders to secure necessary resources
• Lead technology and product roadmap to enhance platform for evolving customer needs
• Manage the entire product lifecycle from conception to delivery, ensuring seamless customer experience
• Oversee technological infrastructure, optimizing processes for efficiency
• Utilize expertise in automation to streamline operations and boost customer satisfaction

Requirements

• Several years of experience as CTO or Engineering Lead building great software or data science products and leading teams
• Previous experience in a startup or scaleup environment
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
• Experience working with and integrating third-party tools and SaaS platforms
• Familiarity with database systems (SQL, NoSQL)
• Proven ability to efficiently manage all aspects of the software development life cycle, including successfully managing distributed teams
• Strong operational mindset; ability to drive a team to achieve beyond their perceived capabilities
• Desire to work at a startup, embracing the fast-paced nature of the environment
• Track record of leading engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable technical solutions that meet product/business requirements
• Track record of growing engineering teams through the identification of key roles and recruitment of talented engineers

Tech Stack

• Full-stack Engineer with focus on back-end development
• Solid understanding of backend technologies, including server-side languages (e.g., Node.js, Python, Ruby) and API integration
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
• Experience working with and integrating third-party tools and SaaS platforms
• Familiarity with database systems (SQL, NoSQL)
• Nice to have: Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frontend frameworks (e.g. React or Angular)

Valuable additions

• Previous experience in building a SaaS / Marketplace product
• Experience with machine learning, NLP, and neural networks
• Previous experience with a travel-tech company
• Experience with CRM platforms, such as Salesforce
• UX/UI design skills

What we offer

• Become part of an exciting travel tech venture 
• Participate in our share options program 
• Flexibility to work hybrid, with a base in Berlin
• Close exchange with Lufthansa Innovation Hub (LIH) and other LIH spin-offs and ventures
• Experience a truly unique setting in a beautiful office space in the heart of the Berlin tech ecosystem
• Become part of a fantastic, dedicated team 
• Regular fun team outings and offsites

At LIH, we are super committed to fostering an environment that promotes diversity and inclusivity. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of factors irrelevant to merit, qualifications or business need such as age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, medical status, or any other status covered by the relevant law in the areas where we operate.