Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Location: Los Angeles, CA (Remote OK)
About The Company
We are an early-stage FinTech company reinventing how active ETFs are created, distributed, and owned. We are building the first ETF-native trading super-app by combining AI-driven portfolio intelligence with tokenized ownership and tax-optimized infrastructure.
As active ETFs scale from roughly $1T in AUM today toward a projected $10T by 2035, we are positioned to unlock a new ownership and distribution model for issuers and investors—moving beyond traditional index-based products toward smarter diversification, improved tax efficiency, and programmable ownership.
We have already launched and scaled products in-market, including a top-performing HealthTech ETF, and received regulatory approval for an innovative ownership model. To date, we have secured $10M in net assets and signed commitments as early validation.
The company is based in Los Angeles with a distributed team and a culture focused on technical rigor, speed, and innovation.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a CTO to lead our technology vision and execution as we scale from early traction to a category-defining platform. This is a hands-on, strategic role focused on building new infrastructure within the ETF and asset-management ecosystem.
You will own architecture across AI systems, portfolio analytics, trading and market data pipelines, and tokenized ownership—working closely with the CEO, product, legal, and regulatory partners.
What You’ll Do
- Lead development of AI-powered classification, analytics, and decision-support systems
- Build and scale production-grade data pipelines, portfolio analytics, and digital-asset trading infrastructure
- Drive internal adoption of AI tools and agents to accelerate product development and operations
- Partner with legal and regulatory stakeholders to deliver compliant, innovative ETF solutions
- Recruit, lead, and scale a high-performing, multidisciplinary engineering team
Who You Are
- 10+ years of engineering experience building and scaling VC-backed startups, ideally in FinTech or WealthTech
- PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from a top-tier university
- Deep expertise in AI systems, semantics, NLP, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Proven track record building secure, reliable, high-performance systems in regulated industries (ex. Healthcare, Finance, Aerospace and Defense, etc.)
- Strong understanding of capital-markets infrastructure, including broker-dealer systems, trading platforms, market data, and portfolio analytics
- Working knowledge of asset-management and ETF regulatory frameworks
- Hands-on experience across traditional finance and DeFi, including tokenization and smart contracts.
Why Us
- Build the AI-native, tokenized operating system for the active ETF industry.
- Launch and scale regulated financial products with real market impact
- Own the technical strategy in a multi-trillion-dollar market opportunity
- Competitive equity aligned with long-term value creation
- Flexible work environment with a strong LA base
