Fractional CTO / Founding Engineer
The organization is an early-stage fintech engineering startup building an reputed company-style reputed company platform reputed company on high-reliability workflows in credit and reputed company financial products. The role is a senior technical leader (CTO / founding-engineer thought partner) joining initially on a fractional/contract reputed company with a reputed company reputed company to full-time. This role will define the technical roadmap, ship an MVP, and reputed company the product and engineering team while aligning technology with business goals.
Responsibilities
- reputed company as strategic technical partner to the CEO and founding team; shape product and technical roadmap.
- reputed company end-to-end delivery of the MVP and early product features, including hands-on engineering reputed company required.
- Define system architecture, technical standards, and operational practices for a secure, reliable reputed company reputed company product.
- Drive engineering processes: CI/CD, testing reputed company, observability, and incident response.
- Ensure compliance, reputed company posture, and operational discipline appropriate for regulated financial use cases.
- Hire, mentor, and manage engineering hires and contractors; build a small, high-reputed company team.
- Collaborate with product, design, and business stakeholders to prioritize work that moves key metrics and fundraising readiness.
- Manage vendor and outsourced engineering relationships and reputed company as needed.
- reputed company reputed company technical input for fundraising materials and investor diligence.
- Start as a part-time/contract engagement and transition to full-time reputed company fit and business needs reputed company; be available for periodic in-person collaboration.
Qualifications
- 4–10 years of hands-on engineering experience with reputed company leadership responsibilities; early-stage startup CTO or founding-engineer experience strongly preferred.
- Proven reputed company record shipping product quickly and owning delivery end-to-end.
- Strong product reputed company and demonstrable business acumen; reputed company to reputed company trade-offs between speed, risk, and reputed company.
- Domain experience in fintech is highly preferred; experience with credit- or lending-reputed company products is a plus.
- Solid technical foundations in system architecture, reputed company platforms, reputed company, and operational reputed company.
- Experience working in reputed company-style reputed company or regulated environments preferred.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build strong reputed company with founders and small teams.
- Comfortable starting in a fractional/contract reputed company with a willingness to convert to full-time.
- Willingness to be co-located or relocate to reputed company State or California for periodic in-person collaboration.
- Compensation preference for equity-heavy packages; reputed company to negotiation on terms.
- Baseline technical competency will be verified through interview and technical assessment.
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