Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

About Blinqx Verzekering & Hypotheek

Blinqx Verzekering & Hypotheek is embarking on a new technological phase. In recent years, several companies, platforms, and development teams have been brought together within a single organization, resulting in a strong portfolio of SaaS products for the insurance and mortgage sectors. The next step is to further strengthen the technical foundation of these products and structurally leverage new technologies, including AI. As CTO, you will guide this development, determine the organization's technological direction, reinforce the architecture of our platforms, and ensure AI becomes an integral part of our products, development processes, and decision-making. This way, you ensure technology not only supports but actively contributes to innovation, scalability, and new opportunities for our clients.

What You Will Do

As CTO, you will determine how our software and technology will develop in the coming years. You will establish the technological direction for our products and platforms and translate this into clear architectural choices, development standards, and technological priorities. You will ensure our software remains scalable, secure, and maintainable as usage grows. A crucial part of your mandate is the structural application of AI within our organization. You will develop the strategy for how AI is deployed in our products, processes, and decision-making, and ensure teams actively embrace this technology in their daily work. You will connect technological developments with product strategy and commercial opportunities, translating them into concrete choices for our products, organization, and investments. You will foster an R&D organization where teams can collaborate effectively, take ownership, and where there is continuous attention to workload, quality, and job satisfaction.

Your Responsibilities

• Determining the technological direction of Blinqx Verzekering & Hypotheek and translating this into a clear roadmap for our software products.
• Developing a strategy for applying AI within our products, development processes, and internal workflows.
• Stimulating AI adoption within development teams and ensuring new technologies are actually applied in daily work.
• Establishing and monitoring architectural principles and technological standards for a scalable and secure software environment.
• Monitoring the technical quality of our platforms and actively steering on aspects like scalability, security, and technical debt.
• Structuring architecture, development standards, and delivery processes within the R&D organization.
• Managing and developing an organization of approximately 70 engineers and technical specialists, in collaboration with the Head of Engineering.
• Ensuring a well-functioning R&D organization with attention to collaboration, workload, and sustainable employability of teams.
• Translating product and commercial objectives into technological choices and development priorities.
• Justifying and prioritizing investment decisions in technology based on product strategy, risks, and business impact.
• Leveraging technology and data to create better insights for product development and strategic decision-making.
• Advising the CEO and management team on technological developments, investments, and strategic choices.

About The Team

Within Blinqx Verzekering & Hypotheek, an R&D organization of about 70 professionals works on multiple SaaS products for the insurance and mortgage sectors. The teams consist of software engineers, architects, QA specialists, product owners, and platform specialists. Together, they develop and maintain software used daily by thousands of professionals in the sector. As CTO, you will guide this organization and work closely with the Head of Engineering and the product organization. You will be part of a management team of seven professionals where technology, product, commerce, and operations jointly determine the direction.

What You Bring

• Experience as the ultimate technological responsible person within a software or SaaS organization.
• Experience in managing a substantial R&D organization (preferably 50+ engineers).
• A strong technical foundation and broad knowledge of software development, cloud infrastructure, security, and data architecture.
• Experience with applying new technologies, including AI, within software products or development organizations.
• The ability to link technological choices to product strategy, market developments, and business objectives.
• Experience in designing and monitoring scalable software architectures.
• A leadership style that provides direction while allowing teams space and responsibility, with attention to collaboration, workload, and sustainable performance.
• The ability to translate technological vision into concrete choices and execution.
• Clear communication with both technical teams and management, making complex matters accessible.

What We Offer

• A strategic role within the management team of Blinqx Verzekering & Hypotheek.
• The opportunity to shape the technological direction of a market leader in the SaaS sector.
• Leadership over an R&D organization of approximately 70 engineers and technical specialists.
• The freedom to structurally integrate new technologies, including AI, into our products and workflows.
• Collaboration with a management team where technology, product, commerce, and operations are closely connected.
• Based in Amsterdam or Gouda, with flexibility for hybrid working.

Key skills/competency

Chief Technology Officer, CTO, AI Strategy, Software Architecture, R&D Management, Scalability, Security, Cloud Infrastructure, SaaS, Technical Leadership