Chief Technical Officer

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
14 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 325K

Job location

Remote
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Tech stack

API
Blockchain
Backend
Data Strategy
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations
Data Pipelines
Go
Microservices

Job description

As CTO of Encore, you will be the company's first engineering hire. You will be responsible for defining the technical vision, selecting the underlying technology stack and execution environment, hiring a team, and overseeing the build of the entire platform from zero to production.

This includes making foundational decisions about blockchain or ledger choice, smart contract architecture, custody and wallet integrations, backend systems, security posture, and operational infrastructure.

You will work closely with the CEO, Ergonia Labs, Further Ventures, trading partners, and legal and compliance stakeholders to translate institutional financial requirements into robust technical systems., * Define Encore's end-to-end technical architecture, starting from a blank sheet.

  • Evaluate and select the appropriate execution environments, including blockchain, DLT, or hybrid architectures.
  • Design and implement core protocol or platform logic, including smart contracts where applicable.
  • Build or oversee backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, and operational infrastructure.
  • Design integrations with custodians, wallets, trading venues, and off-chain services.
  • Partner with leadership on product strategy, security design, and go-to-market execution.
  • Establish development standards, deployment pipelines, and security best practices.
  • Act as the technical authority in discussions with investors, partners, auditors, and counterparties.
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Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience building production systems in fintech, crypto, or financial infrastructure.
  • Strong systems-level thinking across smart contracts, backend services, and operational reliability.
  • Experience making early architectural decisions with long-term consequences.
  • Ability to build hands-on as an early engineer while also setting technical direction.
  • Comfort operating with ambiguity and incomplete information.
  • High ownership mindset and willingness to be accountable for outcomes, not just code.

Strong Positives

  • Familiarity with institutional finance, including BTC markets, credit, custody, or trading infrastructure.
  • Experience working with regulated entities, compliance teams, or audited environments.
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Benefits & conditions

  • Competitive salary and benefits.
  • Equity with long-term upside aligned to the success of the company.

About the company

Ergonia Labs is a crypto-native venture studio and DeFi trading firm backed by DRW and Cumberland. We build, fund, and scale foundational blockchain ventures, taking ideas from zero to one. Our advantage lies in deep expertise in market infrastructure, hands-on product execution, and access to committed liquidity and leading ecosystem partners. We're seeking a CTO to co-lead one of these initiatives. This is a rare opportunity to build a venture-backed company from inception, with capital, network, and resources secured., Further Ventures is an Abu Dhabi-based venture building and investment firm that partners with founders from idea stage through scale, co-creating companies that power next-generation financial markets across digital assets and fintech. Further Asset Management is an asset management platform integrating venture, fund-of-funds, and digital-asset strategies to provide institutional access to scalable digital-asset exposure with institutional-grade risk management., Encore is a new institutional Bitcoin financial platform incubated by Ergonia Labs and Further Ventures, and backed by DRW and Cumberland. The company is focused on building durable, regulated-grade infrastructure for BTC-native yield, credit, and asset management. Encore is being built from first principles, with committed capital, deep market expertise, and access to institutional distribution from day one. The objective is not to experiment, but to create long-lived financial infrastructure that meets the standards of professional investors and counterparties., Chief Executive Officer Bristol (Hybrid)£120,000-£150,000 DOE + Bonus + Long Term Incentive PlanLead a High-Growth Subscription Business to a sale and beyondWhat is the Opportunity?Leading a profitable, fast growing subscription business through to sale, and scale it..., Chief Data Officer - UK or Poland (Home-Based)Executive Leadership | Data Strategy | Enterprise TransformationA leading global life-sciences organisation is seeking an accomplished Chief Data Officer (CDO) to drive enterprise-wide data strategy, architecture, and... Chief Compliance and Risk Officer - Crypto Digital Asset Management Austin Werner Chief Compliance and Risk Officer - Crypto & Digital Asset Management (AM) - London or Abu Dhabi **this role can be based in London, UK or Abu Dhabi** A leading institutional digital asset manager operating at the forefront of the UK and global cryptocurrency markets is...

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