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Ergonia · 3 weeks ago

Chief Technical Officer - Encore

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

7+ years exp

Ergonia Labs is a crypto-native venture studio and DeFi trading firm seeking a Chief Technology Officer to lead the technical vision and execution of Encore, a new institutional Bitcoin financial platform. The CTO will be responsible for defining the technical architecture, overseeing the engineering team, and ensuring the platform meets the standards of professional investors.

BlockchainCryptocurrencyInformation Technology

Responsibilities

Define Encore's end-to-end technical architecture, starting from a blank sheet

Evaluate and select the appropriate execution environments, including blockchain, DLT, or hybrid architectures

Design and implement core protocol or platform logic, including smart contracts where applicable

Build or oversee backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, and operational infrastructure

Design integrations with custodians, wallets, trading venues, and off-chain services

Partner with leadership on product strategy, security design, and go-to-market execution

Establish development standards, deployment pipelines, and security best practices

Act as the technical authority in discussions with investors, partners, auditors, and counterparties

Hire, mentor, and scale the engineering team over time

Qualification

Blockchain architectureSmart contractsBackend systemsFintech experienceTechnical leadershipSystems-level thinkingOperational reliabilityComfort with ambiguityHigh ownership mindset

Required

7+ years of experience building production systems in fintech, crypto, or financial infrastructure

Strong systems-level thinking across smart contracts, backend services, and operational reliability

Experience making early architectural decisions with long-term consequences

Ability to build hands-on as an early engineer while also setting technical direction

Comfort operating with ambiguity and incomplete information

High ownership mindset and willingness to be accountable for outcomes, not just code

Preferred

Familiarity with institutional finance, including BTC markets, credit, custody, or trading infrastructure

Experience working with regulated entities, compliance teams, or audited environments

Prior founder, CTO, or early technical leadership experience

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits

Equity with long-term upside aligned to the success of the company

Company

Ergonia

Ergonia combines a DeFi-centric proprietary onchain trading arm with a venture builder allowing us to support projects across multiple dimensions: from investment capital and a range of dedicated operational resources, to infrastructure, liquidity and technical input.

Founded in 2022

Singapore, Central Region, SGP

11-50 employees