Chief Technology Officer

Shou; Remote; GBP 125,000 - GBP 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global crypto infrastructure company is seeking a CTO / Head of Engineering to define the technology strategy for their crypto exchange. This role involves building and evolving the core trading systems, ensuring security, scalability, and leading engineering teams effectively. Candidates need to have at least 3 years of experience in a similar role within crypto or trading platforms, and a deep understanding of trading systems. The position offers a remote-first work environment with flexible hours and generous vacation days.

Benefits

20 paid vacation days per year

12 additional bonus days

Fully paid sick leave

Support for professional growth and training

Corporate pricing for company products

Qualifications

• 3+ years as CTO / Head of Engineering / Lead Architect in crypto or trading.
• Proven delivery of a CEX/trading platform.
• Deep understanding of order books and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Define technology strategy and architecture for the exchange.
• Build and evolve trading stack including matching and risk management systems.
• Establish security and compliance standards.

Skills

CTO / Head of Engineering experience

Leadership in engineering culture

Understanding of trading systems

High-load backend experience

Security and compliance

Job description

EMCD is a global crypto infrastructure company powering millions of users worldwide. Our ecosystem combines a top-7 global mining pool, a secure multi-currency wallet, high-yield crypto savings, and an instant P2P exchange - all in one seamless app.

We're looking for a CTO / Head of Engineering to define and execute the technology strategy of our crypto exchange and lead engineering across backend, frontend, QA, DevOps/SRE and security. You will own the exchange architecture, delivery discipline, and platform reliability in a high-load, security-critical environment.

What you'll do

• Define the technology strategy and target architecture for the exchange
• Build and evolve the core trading stack: matching engine, order management, risk management, and market data systems
• Establish and enforce security, redundancy, and protection standards; work closely with security leadership to protect data, keys and infrastructure
• Own API strategy and integrations for users, market makers, and partners (payments/custody/liquidity providers)
• Build engineering excellence: CI/CD, testing, monitoring, code review, documentation and technical debt management
• Ensure SLA/SLO ownership, incident management, and post-mortems; plan migrations and platform optimizations
• Lead and grow teams: performance management, mentoring, and a culture of ownership and transparency
• Communicate architecture and progress clearly to stakeholders and partners; manage vendors when needed

Requirements

• 3+ years as CTO / Head of Engineering / Lead Architect in crypto or trading, with proven delivery of a CEX/trading platform (spot/futures/margin)
• Deep understanding of trading systems: order books, settlement, and risk management
• Experience with high-load backend and microservices; strong leadership and engineering culture building
• Strong grasp of security, redundancy, and compliance requirements

What We Offer

• We operate as a remote-first company, and you can work from anywhere in the world without location constraints
• Working hours are fully flexible
• We provide extended time off: 20 paid vacation days per year, plus 12 additional bonus days
• Sick leave is fully paid and handled without unnecessary bureaucracy
• We support professional growth by covering the cost of relevant courses, certifications and training programs
• You will have real impact and ownership of meaningful, high-value tasks, along with the opportunity to help shape core infrastructure in the fintech and crypto space
• Corporate pricing for company products and the opportunity to set up your own mining farm using EMCD's infrastructure