CTO Web3

As CTO, Web3, you will set the technology strategy and roadmap across all decentralised systems. You will oversee architecture, engineering excellence, security, product-technology alignment, and innovation. You will lead high-performing teams across smart contracts, blockchain infrastructure, cryptography, data, operations, and devops, ensuring quality, scalability, and compliance. You will also represent the company’s technical leadership in strategic decisions, partnerships, investor conversations, and community engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the company’s overall Web3 technology strategy, balancing long-term innovation with scalable, secure execution.
• Architect the technology stack for decentralised applications, protocols, chain infrastructure, layer-2 / roll-ups, side-chains, bridges, privacy and identity systems.
• Oversee smart contract development, auditing, security, formal verification, upgradeability, gas optimisation, and best practices.
• Establish and enforce architecture governance — ensure modular, maintainable, testable, and upgradeable systems.
• Drive R&D into emerging Web3 technologies and assess their suitability.
• Ensure operations and infrastructure (nodes, wallets, key management, network monitoring, CI / CD, deployment pipelines) are reliable, secure, performant, and cost-effective.
• Manage security posture : penetration testing, threat modelling, risk assessments, audits; ensure compliance with relevant regulatory frameworks .
• Lead, mentor and build world-class technical teams—developers, architects, devops, security, infrastructure. Foster best practice, continuous learning, and high engineering standards.
• Collaborate with product, design, legal, compliance, finance, and business development to ensure technological feasibility, product-market fit, and alignment with business goals.
• Represent the company externally : engage with technical community, open source, partners, token holders or governance bodies, investors.
• Monitor industry trends and competitive landscape; evaluate partnership or investment opportunities; promote innovation culture.

Requirements

Nice-to-Haves

Educational Qualifications