FinTech

Payment gateway

Lean

Waterfall Model

Agile Engineering

Agile

Django

Laravel

Ruby on rails3

Ruby on Rails

Svelte

Vue.js

Angular 2

Angular

# Role Overview
Mightycause is an innovative online fundraising platform dedicated to empowering nonprofits by connecting them with donors, raising funds, and expanding their impact. We are seeking an experienced part-time **CTO/VP Engineering** to join our leadership team. This strategic role focuses on enhancing our engineering team's efficiency, improving development processes, and guiding design and technology decisions to accelerate our platform's evolution.

## Responsibilities
*   Provide strategic guidance on technology decisions, including exploring AI integration opportunities.
*   Evaluate and optimize current product, design, and engineering team structures, processes, and workflows to boost development velocity and product delivery.
*   Assess technical skill gaps within the team and recommend hiring or training initiatives to address them.
*   Collaborate with senior leadership on product roadmap development and technical feasibility assessments.
*   Refine our modified Agile implementation to ensure consistent application and improved project delivery timelines.
*   Improve requirements gathering and project scoping processes to reduce missed deadlines and context switching.
*   Advise on best practices for our Ruby on Rails and Angular-based platform.
*   Participate in leadership meetings and contribute to company-wide strategic planning.

## Required Skills
*   Proven experience as a CTO, VP Engineering, or similar leadership role in B2B SaaS companies, preferably in fintech or nonprofit technology sectors.
*   Strong background in leading and scaling engineering teams in growth-stage environments.
*   Deep familiarity with Ruby on Rails and Angular frameworks.
*   Experience implementing and refining Agile methodologies to improve team productivity.
*   Track record of successfully reducing context switching and improving project delivery timelines.
*   Strong understanding of emerging technologies, including AI and its practical applications.
*   Experience in mentoring and developing engineering talent.
*   Excellent communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
*   Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

# Nice to Have
*   Previous work with donation/payment processing platforms.
*   Experience in the nonprofit technology sector.
*   Background in financial technology or systems handling financial transactions.
*   History of successful fractional leadership roles.

Florencia Suarez Varady

Nonprofit

CTO/VP Engineering (RoR/Agile/Angular) - PT Freelance - North America