Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Web3

Job Title: Chief Technology Officer (CTO) — Web3 Wallet & Exchange
Location: On-site : Dubai
Employment: Full-time, on-site only

About the role

We’re building a product-first Web3 stack: a non-custodial wallet (mobile) with on-chain & cross-chain swaps, plus integrations toward exchange functionality. We’re hiring a hands-on CTO to own architecture, security, and execution, and to build/lead an A-team of engineers on-site.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & delivery: Design and ship wallet, swap/bridge services, and exchange integrations (CEX/DEX).
• Team leadership: Hire, mentor, set engineering standards (code quality, testing, CI/CD, reviews).
• Security by design: Key management, signing flows, encryption, secure storage, audits/threat modeling.
• Scalability & reliability: Observability, incident response, SLOs, retries/fallbacks, RPC health.
• Integrations: DEX aggregators/bridges (e.g., Jupiter/0x/LI.FI), CEX APIs, on/off-ramp, KYC/AML, nodes/RPCs.
• Product partnership: Translate business goals into a clear technical roadmap with measurable milestones.

Must-have qualifications

• 7–10+ years engineering; 3+ years in Web3/crypto.
• Shipped at least one of: non-custodial wallet, DEX/aggregator, CEX integration, cross-chain/bridging.
• Strong in at least two of: TypeScript/Node, Go, Rust, Python; plus mobile (Kotlin/Swift/React Native/Flutter) or browser extension.
• Deep blockchain fundamentals: EVM/Solana basics, token standards (ERC-20/721/1155, SPL), RPCs, mempools, gas/fees, confirmations/finality.
• Proven security mindset: key handling, hardware-backed storage, secret management, secure release practices.
• DevOps: Docker/K8s, CI/CD, infra-as-code, monitoring/logs/metrics/traces.
• Prior team leadership and stakeholder communication.

Nice to have

• Solana + EVM/L2s experience, MEV/quoting, liquidity/MM concepts.
• Payments/card systems, on/off-ramp, fraud/risk controls, KYC/AML providers.
• Mobile security, biometrics, secure enclave, and App Store/Play release pipelines.
• Startup leadership, partner-facing demos, fundraising support.

What we offer

• Competitive salary + meaningful equity/token-linked incentives.
• On-site, high-ownership culture; fast shipping, direct impact.
• Opportunity to build products used by a global audience.

Screening questions (Indeed)

• Share links to a wallet/DEX/exchange you shipped; what was your role?
• Describe your approach to non-custodial key management and secure recovery.
• Outline a resilient cross-chain swap design (quoting, RPC health, retries, fallbacks).
• Primary stacks you’d use for mobile + backend.
• Confirm you can work on-site in and your earliest start date.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: AED10,000.00 - AED15,000.00 per month