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Chief Technology Officer

🗓️ Posted 2026-10-18 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Full-time Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market AED 55,000–AED 100,000/mo

About the Company

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Dubai, UAE Reports to: CEO Full-time, Executive Leadership Our client, a leading global provider of background verification, screening and compliance services to governments, regulators and employers, is hiring a hands-on, AI-native Chief Technology Officer to lead its next phase of platform growth and business transformation.

About the Role

The CTO will own all technology delivery: architecture, engineering quality, live platform operations, security, data and AI-enabled verification. This is a deeply technical executive role for someone who will roll up their sleeves, challenge engineering assumptions and personally drive AI-enabled development practices. Direct reports: Team of Engineering, Head of Data & AI, Head of DevOps & Security, Head of QA Budget: Full Technology P&L (development, infrastructure, tooling, vendor contracts, live service support) Team: 60-80 engineers across multiple global locations Hiring From : Product Based Organisations only

Responsibilities

  • ● Technology Strategy & Architecture
  • ● Own and deliver a multi-year engineering roadmap aligned to business growth
  • ● Lead the evolution of a cloud-native, microservices core platform (AWS)
  • ● Champion AI-first engineering, including AI-assisted coding, code review and testing
  • ● Make commercially grounded build vs. buy vs. partner decisions
  • ● Platform & Product Engineering
  • ● Own end-to-end delivery of the verification engine, API marketplace, client and regulator portals, and document processing engines
  • ● Scale the platform to tens of millions of verifications a year with sub-second response times
  • ● Consolidate legacy and new platforms into one unified, right-sized engineering organisation
  • ● AI, Data & Intelligent Automation
  • ● Build and deploy OCR, NLP and computer vision models for automated document verification
  • ● Implement fraud detection for document tampering, credential forgery and identity misuse
  • ● Drive data strategy end-to-end: governance, warehousing, analytics and MLOps
  • ● Use LLMs and AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, etc.) to raise engineering velocity
  • ● Security, Compliance & Risk
  • ● Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, PDPA, DPDP (India), ADGM and DIFC
  • ● Define and enforce zero-trust architecture, encryption and data residency standards
  • ● Lead incident response, business continuity, vulnerability management and penetration testing
  • ● Own technology risk reporting to the Board and CEO
  • ● Engineering Leadership

Requirements

  • ● Engineer-first
  • ● Speed with rigour
  • ● Commercial translator
  • ● Team builder
  • ● Constructive challenger
  • ● Outcome-focused
  • ● WHY THIS ROLE
  • ● Shape the technology backbone of a trusted, globally expanding organisation
  • ● Purpose-driven, fast-paced environment
  • ● Work with multicultural teams and top-tier stakeholders
  • ● Interested Apply here or DM me directly. All applications are treated in strict confidence.
  • ● Email : [email protected]