CTO

What you will do

About Gnosis Pay
Gnosis Pay provides the API and card-program infrastructure that enables wallets, fintechs, and businesses to issue stablecoin-powered payment cards and create custom payment flows. Partners can easily connect on-chain wallets to real-world spending.

With our technology, users can spend stablecoins directly from their on-chain wallet using a Visa debit card. Transactions are executed through a secure smart-wallet rather than a traditional bank account, allowing users to retain full custody of their assets while paying anywhere Visa is accepted.

About the role and vision
We are seeking an execution-focused and visionary CTO to lead our engineering team, scale our technical operations, and steer the development of our groundbreaking Web3-to-traditional payments bridge. As the CTO, you will transition the engineering team from early-stage delivery into a highly structured, scalable, and predictable product-engineering engine.

In this role, you will sit at the intersection of cutting-edge blockchain mechanics (self-custody, smart contract execution, on-chain flows) and traditional financial systems (Visa rails, banking infrastructure, settlement, and compliance). You will be a key strategic partner to the executive team, ensuring our technical architecture perfectly aligns with our ambitious commercial goals.

People Leadership & Organizational Scaling

• Engineering Culture & Growth:  Direct and scale a high-performing engineering organization. Cultivate an engineering culture rooted in technical rigor, accountability, trust, and continuous improvement.
• Talent Acquisition & Retention:  Lead strategic recruiting efforts to attract, hire, and retain top-tier talent in both the Web3 and traditional fintech/payments spaces. Define, implement, and maintain clear performance evaluation metrics and coaching systems.
• Resource Allocation:  Optimize team structures and cross-functional alignments to ensure efficient execution of the product roadmap while managing technical debt.

Stakeholder Management & Strategic Partnerships

• Executive Alignment:  Partner closely with the C-level and other executive leaders to translate business objectives into a comprehensive, multi-year technical roadmap.
• External Partnerships:  Serve as the primary technical liaison with critical external partners, including card schemes (Visa), issuing banks, payment processors, compliance/audit firms, and key Web3 ecosystems.
• Regulatory & Compliance Interface:  Collaborate with Legal and Compliance teams to ensure our architecture meets the stringent security and regulatory demands of global payment networks and local financial jurisdictions.
• Board & Investor Relations:  Clearly articulate the technology strategy, risk mitigation plans, and architectural milestones to the board and internal non-technical stakeholders.

Strategic Technical Vision & Architectural Governance

• Technical Strategy:  Define and champion the long-term technical vision of Gnosis Pay, balancing cutting-edge Web3 innovations with the robustness of institutional payment rails.
• Architectural Oversight:  Establish architectural guardrails and high-level system design standards. Ensure our core payment services remain highly available, secure, fault-tolerant, and performant at a global scale.
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD):  Champion the continued application of DDD principles to model complex financial domains (such as authorization, settlement, and disputes) within a modern, language-agnostic architecture.
• Tech Stack Evolution:  Oversee major platform transformations, migrations, and key technology decisions, particularly regarding our core Go and TypeScript-based infrastructure.

Operational & Delivery Excellence

• SDLC & Quality Standards:  Establish and enforce modern software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, automated testing strategies, and rigorous code-review standards across all teams.
• Incident Governance & Security:  Oversee the incident response framework, disaster recovery planning, and security protocols. Ensure maximum uptime and resilience for a critical global payments infrastructure.

Who you are

• Scale-Up Technical Leadership:  Proven track record as a CTO, VP of Engineering, or senior organizational leader within a rapidly scaling fintech, payments, or Web3 organization (ideally 50–200+ people).
• Deep Payments Domain Expertise:  Hands-on experience integrating with and operating card scheme rails (e.g., Visa/Mastercard), including deep familiarity with scheme rules, message flows, authorizations, clearing, settlement, and dispute resolution.
• Strong Technical Foundation:  Deep conceptual and architectural understanding of Go and TypeScript. While this is primarily a strategic leadership role, you must possess the technical depth to challenge architectural decisions and lead complex engineering discussions.
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD):  Strong practical mastery of DDD, complex …