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 data schemas, and backend refactoring or language migration initiatives in high-throughput environments.

Web3 & Blockchain Literacy: Familiarity with Web3 infrastructure, smart contract interactions, self-custody wallets, and decentralized finance (DeFi) primitives.

Exceptional Communication: Outstanding ability to translate highly complex technical concepts into clear, actionable business strategies for non-technical stakeholders, partners, and the executive board.

What we can offer you

Personal Development: Pursue your professional goals with our support, including personal education budgets and conference allowances. We invest in your growth and learning.

Innovation and Experimentation: Interested in exploring new ideas? Dedicate your Friday afternoons to research or work on a side project within our ecosystem. We encourage creativity and experimentation.

Flat Hierarchy: Navigate with ease in our organization. Our flat hierarchy ensures your ideas and contributions are valued and heard, without getting lost in a complex structure.

Flexible and Remote Work: Not a morning person? No problem! We embrace flexible working schedules and have a long-standing culture of remote work. Balance your professional and personal life in a way that works for you.

State-of-the-Art Equipment: Receive the latest hardware and all the tools you need. We make sure you're well-equipped to do your best work.

Growth and Opportunity: Grow with us in an exciting industry. As Gnosis rapidly expands, so do the opportunities for you to make a significant impact. We value initiative and a proactive approach.

Community and Mission: Join a team that's passionate about our mission and enjoys working together. We’re not just colleagues; we’re a community driven by a shared goal.