CTO – Digital Assets

Build the platform, shape the org, set the roadmap.

We are currently supporting a client in the digital assets space to hire a CTO to own their technology strategy, build-out, and credibility with regulators and capital providers.

This is a hands-on, entrepreneurial role for a crypto/fintech engineering leader who has built platforms before and can both set the strategy and work directly with developers.

Technology Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and maintain technology vision and architecture roadmap.
• Align tech priorities with business goals, regulatory demands, and investor milestones.
• Lead key “build vs buy” decisions and oversee partner/vendor selection.

Architecture & Platform Oversight

• Assess current systems (including a Salesforce-centric core stack) and design a scalable, secure target architecture.
• Ensure the platform can support multi-channel growth (D2C, RIA, Family Office, B2B2C).
• Own security, data and integration frameworks end-to-end.

Development Team Assessment & Optimisation

• Evaluate current team structure, skills and ways of working.
• Recommend the go-forward org design (roles, hiring, outsourcing, leadership model).
• Raise the bar on delivery speed, code quality and agile practices.

Product & Technology Alignment

• Integrate the product roadmap with realistic technology execution.
• Prioritise releases and ensure delivery meets commercial and regulatory objectives.

Strategic & Investor Support

• Partner with the CEO and leadership team on overall company strategy.
• Represent technology in investor meetings and board sessions, giving credible, detailed answers.
• Provide technical input for due diligence and fundraising materials.

Security, Risk & Compliance

• Review current security posture and define a regulatory-compliant roadmap across UK/US/CH.
• Prepare for institutional-grade certifications (e.g. SOC 2, ISO 27001) and audits.

About you

• Senior engineering leader (VP/CTO-level) with experience in crypto, digital assets or fintech.
• Proven track record building and scaling platforms, not just maintaining them.
• Comfortable being hands-on with the codebase and the dev team while also operating at board/investor level.
• Deep focus on security, risk, and regulatory readiness in financial services.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, pace, and building the organisation as well as the product.