Job description
Are you a visionary tech leader with a passion for building scalable digital products? Then join Neho as our Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and help shape the future of real estate in Switzerland.
Neho is one of Switzerland’s leading real estate brokerage companies, redefining the industry through innovation. We combine human expertise with powerful digital solutions to deliver a faster, more transparent, and more efficient real estate experience. Our approach has been recognised with prestigious awards, including the SEF Award 2023. What truly sets us apart is our fixed-price model, offering clients a modern alternative to traditional commission-based services, powered by advanced technology.
If you are bold, adaptable, and energized by complex challenges, you’ll thrive at Neho. Our environment is fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and driven by continuous learning. As CTO, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our technological vision, scaling our platforms, and empowering teams across the company while leading a talented, fully remote development team. Your impact will extend far beyond Neho: together, we aim not only to lead the market, but to fundamentally reinvent how real estate works.
Your Tasks
1. Technology Strategy & Architecture
1. Define and drive Neho’s technology vision and roadmap in line with business goals
2. Drive the design, development, and evolution of our internal platforms, CRM, and digital tools
3. Lead architectural decisions across platforms, data, and cloud strategy
4. Ensure scalability, performance, reliability, and cost efficiency
5. Balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability and technical debt
6. Establish best practices across software development, DevOps, testing, and quality
2. Leadership
7. Recruit senior engineers and engineering leaders as the organization scales
8. Lead and structure a fully remote team of 20 developers, provide guidance and develop internal leaders
9. Recruit senior engineers and engineering leaders as the organization scales
3. Execution & Delivery Excellence
10. Ensure fast, reliable, and predictable delivery of product and platform initiatives
11. Establish effective delivery processes (Agile/Shape-Up/Hybrid)
12. Remove blockers and manage cross-team dependencies
13. Hold teams accountable for outcomes, not just output
4. Quality, Security & Operational Stability
14. Set standards for code quality, testing, and reviews
15. Own system reliability, monitoring, and incident response
16. Ensure security, privacy, and compliance (GDPR, SOC2, etc. where relevant)
17. Identify, manage, and mitigate technical risks as the platform scales
5. Business & Stakeholder Alignment
18. Translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
19. Work closely with CEO, Head of Product, and other leaders on priorities
20. Clearly communicate technical trade-offs and translate to non-technical stakeholders
21. Support go-to-market initiatives, integrations, and evolving customer needs
What we offer
22. A unique career opportunity to lead the technology function of a fast-growing scale-up within the real estate industry
23. Shape the future of real estate tech in Switzerland: Define the technology strategy, drive platform development, and deliver data-driven, efficient, and scalable solutions that give Neho a competitive edge
24. Make a tangible impact by shaping both technology and business initiatives, contributing your ideas directly to strategic decision-making
25. Enjoy flat hierarchies, quick decision-making processes, and the freedom to work autonomously and leave your mark
26. Be part of an energetic, forward-thinking team spanning our HQ in Lausanne and our TechLab in Romania
27. Thrive in an entrepreneurial, innovative culture that values transparency, fairness, and strong team support
28. Competitive benefits including 5 weeks of vacation, fully paid maternity/paternity leave, remote work options, regular team events, and partner discounts
Job requirements
What you bring
Essential
29. 5+ years of experience in leading remote tech teams in a CTO function or equivalent role
30. Strong track record working for startups or scale-ups with the ability to thrive in dynamic, high-growth environments
31. Passionate about leading, coaching and mentoring engineering teams, challenging technical decisions, identifying skill gaps, and driving continuous improvement in team performance and efficiency
32. Minimum 7 years of back-end experience (PHP), including 4+ years with Laravel at scale
33. Deep expertise in React architecture and front-end systems
34. Strong experience in managing and maintaining CRM systems, ensuring smooth operation and supporting ongoing development and optimization
35. Results-driven with a strong commitment to achieving excellence and driving initiatives across the organization
36. Proven ability to collaborate across departments and work with management to define technology strategy, product roadmaps, and execution plans
37. Professional proficiency in English
Nice to have
38. French or Romanian language skills
39. Expertise with additional technologies listed in tech stack below
40. Experience leading AI-driven projects or integrating AI into products or processes
What you are working with
As our CTO, you will lead a sophisticated technology landscape that powers our platforms and digital products. While hands-on coding is not required, familiarity with some technologies would be beneficial.
The current stack includes:
41. Back-end: PHP with Laravel, including advanced features like service containers, facades, middleware, service providers, and optimized database interactions with Eloquent ORM (handling N+1 issues, eager loading, and scopes)
42. Front-end: ReactJS for our CRMs and customer-facing experiences, plus NextJS for a recently acquired platform
43. UI / Styling: Bootstrap (CSS framework) for responsive and scalable interfaces
44. APIs & Integrations: REST and GraphQL for seamless internal and external integrations
45. Background Processes & Queues: Redis, Horizon, and job queues for efficient, reliable asynchronous processing
46. Authentication & Security: Robust auth systems including Sanctum, Passport, and OAuth2.
If this sounds like the right professional opportunity for you, then apply now with your CV in English.
On-site
47. Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
IT