Chief Technology Officer

Purpose of the Job

As Chief Technology Officer, you will oversee the Computable Contracts architecture working directly with stakeholders to understand the business strategy and to define the capabilities required to meet the long-term needs of the Computable Contracts solution. You're the primary point of engagement for Computable Contracts' relationship with AXA Group functions (Group Technology Office, Group Technology Operations, Group Security) and with any relevant third parties such as technology and research partners. Your role will encompass several significant functions including, but not limited to: Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Technical Architecture, Security Architecture, and Cloud Infrastructure Engineering.

We expect a design and development of the Computable Contracts Software-as-a-Service products in a pragmatic way to ensure ease of implementation, industrialization as well as alignment with business needs. We don't intend to "play" with technology, we do really seek for impact. Hence, the ideal candidate will have experience in tech-driven programs or product-oriented companies with an entrepreneur mindset, meaning a wide understanding of technologies coupled with a sense of strategy and business impact. We expect you to be autonomous and able to learn. Openness, curiosity, respect, and engagement are requested.

Main Responsibilities

1. Define, document, align and promote Computable Contracts architecture and products.
2. Select and manage technology life cycles of architectural components and products.
3. Review designs and implementations and take part in shaping strategic paths of our software platform.
4. Ensure that stability, performance, security, and platform reusability aspects are always considered.
5. Evaluate the impact of different software solutions on the overall system design.
6. Identify dependencies and drive requirement clarifications to ensure a consistent end-to-end solution.
7. Define and communicate design rules for the overall product portfolio.
8. Contribute to hands-on to software development activities (e.g., foundational research, Proof-Of-Concept implementation, system configuration contribution/review).
9. Advocate, facilitate and communicate publicly on Computable Contracts and correspond concepts.

Expected Skills and Experience

• Scientific/Engineering/Computer science education (M.Sc. is a must, PhD is a plus).
• More than 7+ years of experience as Solution Architect or Lead Developer for complex software products.
• Deep understanding of architecture and engineering principles, design patterns, and other best practices.
• Experience in working with larger and/or distributed teams, including technical leadership of such teams.
• Able to work in interdisciplinary teams (infrastructure, engineering, QA, product managers).
• Comfortable with an agile environment demanding strong communication skills and a teamwork mentality.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication. Skills in French or Spanish are a plus.
• Considering new challenges as an opportunity and see solutions before problems.
• Practical experience in public cloud (AWS, GCP or Azure), virtualization and container technologies are a must.
• Practical experience in API design, data modeling and semantic modelling techniques are a must.
• Experience in NoSQL document and/or graph databases (e.g., neo4j) is a plus.
• Experience in logic programing, information retrieval and/or natural language processing is a plus.
• Experience in deep learning and language transformer models (e.g., GPT, BERT, etc.) is a plus.
• Experience in OpenAI, Docusign, Guidewire or Salesforce are a plus.