BlockDelta
Job Description:
Our client is building a crypto-native trading platform powered by AI and modern market infrastructure. The goal is simple - create scalable, high-performance systems that can support sophisticated participants across global markets. They are now seeking a visionary Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the design, architecture, and execution of this platform from the ground up.
Role Overview
The CTO will define and execute the companys technology strategy across blockchain systems, AI-native product architecture, and high-performance trading infrastructure.
This is a hands-on executive role suited to a builder - someone who has architected and scaled complex, real-time financial or market-based systems, and who understands how to orchestrate AI agents and autonomous systems within production-grade environments.
The ideal candidate has deep experience across crypto and Web3 infrastructure, has built or led advanced trading systems, and understands mechanism design and market dynamics in digitally native environments.
Key Responsibilities
Technology Strategy & Architecture
Define and execute long-term technology vision aligned with product and business objectives
Architect scalable, secure, high-availability systems for real-time market environments
Design hybrid architectures spanning centralized matching engines and decentralized settlement layers
Lead technical decisions across blockchain protocols, AI infrastructure, and cloud architecture
AI & Agentic Systems Leadership
Architect and oversee AI-native systems leveraging autonomous coding agents and LLM-driven orchestration
Design multi-agent frameworks for market modeling, automated strategy execution, and decision support
Evaluate and integrate LLM infrastructure across edge, cloud, and fallback tiers
Ensure production-grade reliability, observability, and cost-optimized inference architecture
Blockchain & Digital Asset Infrastructure
Lead smart contract architecture and protocol design (EVM and/or alternative ecosystems)
Oversee token mechanics, settlement layers, and on-chain/off-chain coordination
Implement secure, upgrade-safe smart contract patterns
Ensure compliance-aligned infrastructure in regulated or semi-regulated environments
Trading & Market Infrastructure
Architect low-latency, high-throughput trading systems
Design matching engines, auction systems, or alternative market mechanisms
Oversee order management, pricing logic, and risk controls
Ensure scalability across global liquidity environments
Engineering Leadership
We are looking for a technically elite founder-type CTO with:
15+ years of engineering experience, including deep systems-level development
Proven experience building trading platforms, exchanges, auction systems, or real-time financial infrastructure
Strong blockchain background - Solidity, Rust, Web3 integrations, on-chain settlement logic
Experience designing hybrid centralized/decentralized architectures
Demonstrated experience working with AI-native or agentic engineering environments
Deep understanding of distributed systems, caching, concurrency, and data modelling
Experience operating in regulated financial environments is advantageous
Prior founder or early-stage startup experience strongly preferred
Technical Environment (Indicative)
Smart Contracts - Solidity, Rust (Anchor), EVM ecosystems
Backend - Type
Script, Node.js, C#, Rust, or similar
Frontend - React / modern web frameworks
Cloud - AWS / Azure
Data - SQL, NoSQL, Redis
AI Stack - LLM orchestration, embedding models, inference routing, multi-provider integration
Profile Traits
Builder mentality - comfortable architecting from first principles
Strong product intuition with UX sensitivity
High velocity, low-ego operator
Comfortable managing complexity across AI, blockchain, and financial systems
Capable of interfacing with institutional partners and investors
If you bring the technical depth, builder mentality, and execution focus to architect something category-defining, this role offers the platform and autonomy to do exactly that. Please submit your CV via the link.
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