Company Description

Our client is redefining how individuals and businesses manage one of the last analog remnants of modern commerce—receipts—by building a secure, intelligent SaaS platform that transforms fragmented records into long-term financial and asset intelligence. Led by seasoned founders with deep financial markets experience, the company combines disciplined thinking with entrepreneurial speed, operating with a strong bias toward ownership, trust, and thoughtful execution. The team is intentionally small, values curiosity and accountability, and is building with long-term scale in mind rather than short-term shortcuts. As the business prepares for its next phase of growth, the company is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to help evolve the platform, scale the architecture, and serve as a true partner in realizing a multi-year vision.

Position Overview

This is a rare opportunity to step into a foundational CTO role at a company where the product is live, the vision is clear, and the technical direction is still highly influenceable. The Chief Technology Officer will own the end-to-end technical strategy while remaining deeply hands-on, shaping architecture decisions that will define the platform for years to come. This role offers exceptional visibility with founders, direct influence on fundraising and go-to-market strategy, and a clear path to building and leading an engineering organization from the ground up. For the right leader, this is a chance to combine meaningful equity upside, real ownership, and the satisfaction of building something durable in a massive, underserved market.

Position Responsibilities

• Own the existing codebase, infrastructure, and technical roadmap, guiding the platform’s evolution toward a scalable, secure foundation.
• Remain hands-on in development, particularly in the near term, contributing directly to backend systems, integrations, and data workflows.
• Evaluate and refine architectural decisions to balance speed-to-market with long-term reliability, performance, and security.
• Partner closely with founders to translate product vision into executable technical strategy and sequencing decisions.
• Design systems to support a B2B2C distribution model, enabling future partnerships and integrations.
• Lead the transition from outsourced development to an in-house engineering model.
• Establish engineering standards, development workflows, and accountability practices.
• Hire, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team over time.
• Serve as the technical authority in investor discussions, supporting fundraising and technical diligence.

Position Qualifications

Required:

• A proven track record of building and scaling software products in early-stage or high-growth environments.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in software engineering, or a combination of experience and expertise providing equivalent knowledge.
• Hands-on experience operating as a founding engineer, Head of Engineering, or CTO within a startup context.
• Demonstrated success evolving an MVP into a scalable, production-grade platform.
• Experience with B2B or B2B2C SaaS architectures and integration-driven growth models.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, with strong judgment around trade-offs, prioritization, and execution.

Preferred:

• Exposure to fintech, financial services, real estate, or other regulated or data-sensitive environments.
• Experience partnering with non-technical founders and acting as a technical translator.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to engage investors, partners, and senior stakeholders.

If you’re ready to build, lead, and shape the technical foundation of a company tackling a large, meaningful problem, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and a member of Talentfoot’s recruitment team will be in touch should your track record of success, experience, skills, and qualifications align with our client’s needs.

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