Chief Technical Officer

Location: New York, NY (fully onsite 5 days)

Please note: We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship.

Role Overview

We're looking for an Chief Technical Officer who leads people and writes code.

This is not a pure management role. You'll manage a small backend team while staying hands-on technically. Reviewing PRs, contributing to architecture decisions, and shipping code. We need someone who can do both well without losing the thread on either.

You'll work closely with founders and report directly to the CEO. If you're a senior engineer who's started leading people and wants more of that, or an EM who still codes and doesn't want to give that up, this is for you.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team of backend engineers: 1:1s, growth conversations, unblocking work, setting standards
• Stay technically active: contribute to architecture, review code, and ship code
• Partner with product and design to scope and prioritize backend work
• Help build a culture where engineers do their best work and take real ownership
• Drive technical decisions on distributed systems, broker integrations, and platform scalability
• Hire and grow the team as we scale

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend engineering experience, with at least 1 - 2 years managing engineers
• Still writes and reviews code regularly, not just directs
• Strong TypeScript or similar backend language; experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS)
• Experience with distributed systems, API integrations, and scaling backend services
• Direct communicator who can translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable with ambiguity and building in a fast-moving startup environment

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in Fintech, particularly with integrations involving platforms like Robinhood, Stripe, Plaid, or similar platforms/apps.
• Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or other cloud infrastructure.
• Passion for building user-centered solutions and delivering impact.
• A self-starter mentality with strong ownership and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with some of these backend tech stacks: Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, Nest.js, GCP, Google Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL, etc.

Benefits

• Benefits: Generous Unlimited PTO.
• Mandated two-week holiday shutdown at the end of the year for Christmas and New Year's + company holidays.
• Covering of 100% of premiums for employee and dependent benefits (health, dental, vision).
• Equinox Memberships.
• Top-of-the-line equipment: laptops, external monitors, standing desks, etc.