Hybrid Chief Technology Officer - French fluent 🇫🇷 chez Paradox

Wait a minute. 

Deep inside you are looking for a new adventure with 🗽Freedom, 🔥Ambition and 😍Impact

Are you inspired in being a key player in building a massive EdTech company that will empower millions of people?

Are you a mission-driven technologist who wants to shape the future of education — and human potential — using cutting-edge tech?

At Paradox, we’re not building just another learning platform. We’re on a mission to redefine how millions of people unlock their ambition—through breakthrough digital experiences, captivating storytelling, and frontier technology.

Deep inside you are looking for a new adventure with… 

• 🗽 Freedom: feeling free to work remotely or hybrid and being trusted to deliver

• 🔥 Ambition: growing up surrounded by smart colleagues driven to create an iconic brand like Nike

• 😍 Impact: contributing to transform people lives at scale and feel your own impact in the company

For us, being Iconic is to innovate at the intersection of Psychology x Creativity x Technology.

You also happen to want to use your experience as an awesome CTO to contribute to impacting the lives of thousands of people? 

Then, you have found the next adventure that will fulfill you !

You'll work closely with our founding team to define our technical vision.

This is a full-time position, carried out from our beautiful offices in Dubai, Lisbon or full-remote from anywhere in the world (with frequent travels to Dubaï).

French and English fluency is required.

YOUR MISSION 🚀 

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Think Nike meets Netflix, powered by neuroscience and soft skills. Now inject it with AI, immersive media, and obsession-level execution. That’s where we’re headed—and we need a visionary CTO to take us there.

🎯 Your main goal will be to build the platform that powers our ecosystem.

As our CTO, you’ll shape the tech vision, architect scalable systems, and lead our engineering efforts in close partnership with product. Together, you’ll move fast—from idea to prototype to live product — crafting seamless learning experiences that set us apart. This product–tech collaboration is core to our strategy and central to how we build, iterate, and differentiate.

You’ll sit on the leadership team, driving the evolution of the platform, the product, and long-term performance.

Our sources of inspiration are Apple, Nike, Spotify, Disney for their obsession of excelling, having a worldwide impact and not just selling products but crafting experiences. You will be playing a pivotal role in making Paradox play at that level and becoming an iconic brand.

Here are your 7 responsibilities : 

1 | SET THE TECH VISION

• Architect the future of learning tech.

• Align tech with product, growth & design for maximum impact.

• Explore and apply breakthrough tech—AI, speech recognition, adaptive learning engines, and mobile-native UX—to enhance how users learn.

2 | BUILD THE PRODUCT & PROTOTYPES

• Lead the full-stack development of our core platform.

• Co-create MVPs with product & design, test relentlessly, iterate and ship fast.

• Prioritize simplicity, performance, and “wow” moments.
  

3 | SUPERCHARGE INTERNAL SYSTEMS 

• Streamline infrastructure, automation, and back-office tooling.

• Choose best-in-class tools (buy vs build) to scale fast and stay lean.

• Design robust, scalable architectures that power every business unit (finance, ops, CS).
  

4 | DRIVE DATA STRATEGY & OBSERVABILITY  

• Build a modern data stack that enables real-time decisions.

• Implement clean pipelines, automated dashboards, and A/B testing.

• Ensure full visibility on product usage, engagement, and outcomes.
  

5 | OWN DELIVERY & PRIORITIZATION 

• Translate the product vision into a real life roadmap.

• Align with product on what ships when, with ruthless prioritization.

• Manage tech budgets, timelines, and key metrics.
  

6 | REPRESENT TECH INTERNALLY & EXTERNALLY

• Speak at events, write articles, and build our visibility in tech circles.

• Be a true partner to business, product, and design teams.
  

7 I LEAD YOUR TEAM TO EXCELLENCE

• Mentor, and retain world-class engineers.

• Set high standards in code quality, documentation, and velocity.

• Cultivate a culture of ownership, experimentation, and high performance.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE YOURSELF? 😍

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• You have a track-record being startup-savvy CTO building world-class teams and products from 0 → 1.

• You’re obsessed with shipping, learning, and improving—always data-informed, never perfectionist.

• You’re both strategic and hands-on: able to design architecture and jump into code when needed.

• You care deeply about education, personal growth, and impact—and want your work to matter.

• You lead with energy, clarity, and empathy—and attract A-players who want to follow your lead.

LANGUAGES

French & English fluency

Currently, 20% of the team is International, from the cherry blossoms of Japan, the Canadian lakes and to the forest of Madagascar. 

OUR STACK (AND WHAT’S NEXT)

• Backend: Nest.js (with Typescript),

• Frontend: Next.js

• Architecture: microservices, AWS (EC2, Lambdas, RDS, Cloudwatch), Vercel

• Containers & DevOps: Docker, CI/CD pipelines

• Data:, DBT, ETLs,Metabase, Redshift

• Productivity: Notion, Webflow, Make, Airtable, N8N

We love clean code. We move fast. We optimize for impact.

IT MIGHT NOT BE FOR YOU 🙅‍♀️

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Let’s be clear, we are looking for someone who is not just Great, and for whom Paradox ambition isn’t just another cool project; but a true mission.

So if those personal interests : personal development / coaching / professional growth / education / edtech / teaching / edutainment are not things you REALLY love, and want to solve for other, let’s forget it

Let’s forget about it also if,

• You don’t like to be challenged and grow in your job

• You don't like receiving or giving tough feedbacks

• You don’t question the status quo: the process are there for a reason, we have always done it this way

• You like to have very specific & fixed tasks assigned to you. Be told what to do and how to do it.

• Your only driver is joining a full-remote company: yes, our company culture is cool, but we want people to care about our mission, products, and their job!

🤩 JOIN US IF YOU CRAVE

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Growth & Ambition 🚀

🏅 We hire only the best, it’s exhilarating to be surrounded by A-players who strive to perform whilst being in a good mood. You'll be working with some of the best minds. We understand that "A" people attract "A" people.

🏋️‍♀️ No more bosses, but ongoing conversations to support your professional development.

⚡️ Being part of an ambitious company with a lot of growth opportunities

Impact & Meaning 🔥

🦄 Playing a crucial role in the development of a company whose content and products are enjoyed by millions of people
🤩 Waking up in the morning knowing you are making a difference: we receive messages every day from clients who have successfully lost weight, quit smoking, reach a milestone in their business, built better relationships, and made positive changes in their lives.

But that’s not all, we believe that driven people deserve…

Freedom & Well Being* 🗽☀️

😎 A company culture based on autonomy & accountability
🗽 Flexible working hours
🌎 A remote culture from day one with the freedom to work from wherever you want
🏤 Magnificent offices in Dubai and Lisbon: you’re at home worldwide
⌨️ Standing desks paid by the company, if you live far from our offices
💻 Macbook: to be the most efficient in your work
🏀 350€ per year paid by the company to take care of yourself (for your gym, or dance class or whatever make you feel great)
📚 150€ per year paid by the company to boost your knowledge (books, education): we are passionate about learning and want to support your growth)
🤝 1:1 coachings: a Paradox coach supporting you personally or professionally to live your best life
✈️ Team building

* those benefits are only for full-time employees

HIRING PROCESS 📃

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That job description resonated with you?

Here is your tailor made hiring process

📃 A 6 to 8 minutes application survey (with a short video assignment)

📞 A 15–20 minute WhatsApp call with Chloé, our Talent Manager, to tell you more about the challenge and see if it fits your experience and expectations

💻 A video call with Chloé to deep dive into your career path and ambitions

💻 A video call with Rashad, Head of Product, to explore your technical skills and see how we can align your goals with our needs

💻 A video call with Gab, Head of Engineering, to discuss how you'd fit into Paradox’s tech team

💻 A culture-fit video call with Timy, our Culture Coach, to assess alignment with our values and mindset

💻 A final Tech Case Study presentation to our Leadership Team—your chance to showcase your vision, strategy, and how you’d contribute to building our success

💼 Reference check to understand how you operate across environments and help set you up for a smooth onboarding

🫵🚀 Welcome aboard!

About our hiring process

Our recruitment process is tailored to do our best to avoid that you or us realize that we’re not a perfect fit. Every step serves a purpose and will allow us to get to know you better as much as it’ll help you understand more where you’ll be stepping in.

We also want you to have time to ask all of your questions regarding the mission, the long-term vision of your team and the company, our values, with the relevant interlocutor in front of you.

But maybe YOU WONDER WHAT’S OUR STORY ? 😉

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At Paradox, we are convinced that people do not want “just a job” anymore.

We are all craving to have an impact through our professional journey. Some want to start their own venture, some want to become an intrapreneur in their current organization, some others just want their day-to-day tasks to have more meaning.

🎯 PARADOX HAS ONE GOAL: TO EMPOWER PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS TO LIVE THEIR TRUE AMBITIONS.

But where do we start?

If you have an interest in personal development, you probably already know that:

• Making things happen is a real struggle when you don’t know what truly inspires you and how to get there ;

• Available resources are either boring 😴 or full of crazy unsubstantiated theories 🤪.

It needs to change, and we’re here to make it happen!

⭐️ OUR AMBITION IS TO MAKE SUCCESS THE ONLY POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR OUR CLIENTS (WHATEVER SUCCESS MEANS FOR THEM), BY CRAFTING INNOVATIVE & CAPTIVATING BREAKTHROUGH EXPERIENCES.

In other words, we want to make personal growth as entertaining as watching Netflix.

How, you might be wondering?

• We travel the world and surround ourselves with top entrepreneurs (Richard Branson - Founder of Virgin, Marc Simoncini - Founder of Meeting, Fred Mazzella - Founder of BlablaCar), world athletes (Tony Parker - Hall of fame NBA Player, Frederick Bousquet - World record in 50m free swimming, Frank Leboeuf - WorldCup Footballer), and artists (Gad Elmaleh - Comedian, Franck Dubosc, Barry Osborne - Producer of Lord of the Rings and Matrix) ✊;

• We reverse engineer their strategies for achieving success and fulfillment and lean on the latest researches about neurosciences ⚙️;

• We deliver trainings & educational contents around Power Skills (critical thinking, productivity, leadership, public speaking, coaching, stress management, etc.), self-growth and performance, through a balanced set of e-learning programs, events and edutainment videos 💡.

From one well-known Founder to a team of +40 people today (and counting!), this approach has paid off and enabled us to exceed 2 million followers on social networks, and to have thousands of people attending our online events and training courses.

🔥 TOGETHER, WE ARE DRIVEN BY ONE DREAM:

1. Helping 100 000 people achieve their dream and display their pictures on what we call the “100 000 dreams wall” ;

2. Giving our clients access to constant personal growth by reinventing their learning experience ;

3. Leverage AI and other technology to provide an outstanding customized experience to millions of people for them to transform their lives. 

And that’s where you come in. Join the Paradox Revolution !