We are looking for an exceptional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the technology and engineering organization of a fast-growing gaming company in Serbia. The CTO will own the company's technology vision, game development architecture, engineering strategy, technical delivery, infrastructure, and technology team. This is a hands-on strategic leadership role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong commercial and product understanding.

Key Responsibilities :

- Define and execute the company's long-term technology strategy aligned with business and product objectives.

- Establish the technical vision and architecture for current and future game titles.

- Provide technical leadership across the complete game-development lifecycle: concept, prototype, production, launch, and live operations.

- Build, lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering organization.

- Own the technical architecture of game and platform infrastructure.

- Partner with Product and Game Operations teams to support live games and continuous releases.

- Work closely with the CEO and leadership team to translate business strategy into technology initiatives.

- Establish appropriate cybersecurity and data-protection standards.

Required Experience :

- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, game technology, or related technical fields.

- 5+ years in senior engineering/technology leadership, preferably as VP Engineering, Head of Technology, Engineering Director, Technical Director, or CTO.

- Proven experience in the gaming industry with shipped commercial titles.

- Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and large-scale technical initiatives.

- Strong understanding of the complete game-development lifecycle.

- Experience with one or more major game engines, particularly Unreal Engine or Unity.

- Strong understanding of software architecture, backend systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs, databases, networking, and DevOps.

- Experience managing technical roadmaps, budgets, hiring, vendors, and delivery.

- Experience working with international teams and globally distributed products.