Cto Web3 Jobs in Canada

Location: Remote (North America or Europe preferred).

Your primary goal will be to lead the engineering team towards building a delightful product that works well, ensure technical security, and align technology with overall business objectives.

Example of a primary metric would beTime to Market for New Products.

Your day-to-day tasks will involve:

• Share the big picture with your team, define priorities within the technical roadmap, and be accountable for the deadlines and the quality of the code
• Act as a powerhouse of ideas on all product and engineering issues.
• Own and drive the software lifecycle from design to launch to ongoing availability
• Ensure end-to-end feature implementation using Scrum and define the KPIs to follow
• Pay attention to developer experience quality and obsess over reducing maintenance friction, implementation time, error management time, and other aspects that deteriorate the programmability/buildability of the product
• Determine and manage the technology budget, ensuring that we are efficiently utilizing our resources to achieve our business objectives
• Work with the executive board and engineering team to gain extensive, in-depth insights into the product and its risk vectors
• Participate in the risk committee as a voting member and act as the main reference for sensitive, high-risk technical decisions
• Review security models, look out for weaknesses, report possible threats or software issues, and find solutions to counter or mitigate them
• Educate and foster a security-first culture across the engineering team to enforce a zero weak link policy and enable everyone to be proactive
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement across the engineering team and the company
• Author, review, and update internal and external documentation and code
• Facilitate cross-team communication and know-how exchange between team members
• Participate in client calls to provide technical explanations and show consistency
• Interview and onboard new hires, coach and manage a growing team
• Attend weekly meetings to discuss strategy with the CEO and other team leaders
• Keep abreast of the latest developments in crypto and research emerging technologies to nurture the company’s strategic orientations and propose change

• At least 10 years of experience in software engineering, with a minimum of 3 years as a CTO or similar leadership role in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment
• Proven work experience in blockchain and crypto industries
• Engineering expertise and ability to challenge the reasoning of other engineers
• Solid technical background with understanding of information security and cryptography
• Excellent technical architecture knowledge and proven systems design expertise
• In-depth knowledge of agile methodologies, modern software development processes, and lean project management
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to think out of the box
• Thorough understanding of the latest information security principles and techniques
• Extensive experience with GCP, AWS, Azure and/or other cloud environments
• Proven experience in testing secure, fault-tolerant, and resilient systems
• Experience in building products in compliance to industry-wide security frameworks such as NIST, ISO, SOC, C4, and others
• Past track record of recruiting and developing a high performing engineering team, namely in fast-scaling environments (e.g., from 20 to 100-200 engineers)
• Experienced working with remote teams across several time zones and knows well how to create great relationships and a strong work culture regardless of location
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams as diverse as cryptography, marketing and legal teams
• Founding-spirited technologist with grit and guts to tackle complex problems
• Ability to make reasonable, efficient decisions even in stressful, ambiguous situations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Humble, respectful, and very professional to others

Bonus points:

• Extensive coding skills, ideally in Typescript and/or Rust
• Experience with public key cryptography and key management
• Hands-on experience and willingness to contribute to open source projects
• Proven track record working on developer tools or cybersecurity software
• Extensive knowledge about crypto wallets and associated use cases
• Has already created or contributed to a decentralized app or protocol

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k matching or similar
• Flexible PTO
• Sponsored transportation
• Gym
• Food
• Apple devices
• Home office equipment
• Team retreats, and more

• 10 years of experience in software engineering
• 3+ years as a CTO or similar leadership role in a startup
• Proven XP in blockchain / crypto
• Extensive experience with GCP, AWS, Azure and/or other cloud environments
• Proven experience in testing secure, fault-tolerant, and resilient systems
• Experience in building products in compliance to industry-wide security frameworks such as NIST, ISO, SOC, C4, and others.
• Past track record of recruiting and developing a high performing engineering team, namely in fast-scaling environments (e.g., from 20 to 100-200 engineers).
• Excellent English