Deputy Chief Technology Officer

IdeaSoft.io; Abu Dhabi; Remote; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

IdeaSoft.io, on behalf of a major blockchain platform, seeks a Deputy CTO to shape technology strategy and oversee architecture for secure, scalable solutions used by governments, corporations, and large institutions.

This full-time remote role partners with product and business teams, mentoring engineering leads, driving security, performance, and reliability, and defining standards across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in tech leadership roles (Head of Engineering, Deputy CTO, etc.).
• Strong ability to explain complex systems to non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with blockchain/Web3 concepts and modern stack concepts at a high level.

Responsibilities

• Represent the CTO in day-to-day discussions with leadership.
• Stay informed on projects, initiatives, progress, risks, and blockers.
• Translate technical context into clear, business-friendly status updates.

Skills

Leadership

Technical architecture

Blockchain knowledge

Executive communication

Non-code explanations

Tools

TypeScript

Rust

Go

Kubernetes

Job description

We are looking for a specialist for our client, a large-scale enterprise blockchain platform building financial infrastructure for governments, corporations, and large institutions.

The platform focuses on secure and scalable blockchain solutions for institutional use. Its core network is already live, with an active product roadmap ahead. Key areas include stablecoin infrastructure and custodial and non-custodial wallets.

Role Description

The Deputy Chief Technology Officer is a full-time remote role responsible for supporting the CTO in shaping and executing the company's technology strategy, particularly around blockchain and ADI Chain solutions. Day-to-day tasks include overseeing software development initiatives, guiding solution architecture, and ensuring technical alignment with product and business goals. The role involves collaborating with product, delivery, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable designs, reviewing technical proposals, and managing key technology projects. The Deputy CTO will mentor engineering leads, promote best practices in security, performance, and reliability, and help define standards and processes across distributed teams. This role also contributes to long-term IT strategy, evaluates emerging technologies, and represents the technology organization in stakeholder and client discussions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in tech, including time in a technical leadership, technical product, or technical-communication role (Head of Engineering, Technical Product Owner/Manager, Engineering Manager, or Deputy/Associate CTO);
• Enough architectural/technical background to understand how a complex platform is built and how its parts fit together - the role is about understanding and explaining the system, not owning the code;
• Conceptual knowledge of blockchain/Web3 (networks/L2, EVM, ZK, wallets, staking, stablecoins) - deep protocol expertise is not required, but the person must be able to follow these topics and explain them clearly;
• Proven ability to represent engineering to executives and non-technical stakeholders, translating technical status, risks, and constraints into clear, structured business updates;
• Able to engage with a modern stack (TypeScript, Rust, Go, cloud/Kubernetes) at a conceptual level, without needing to code in it.

Responsibilities

• Represent the CTO in day-to-day on-site communication with company leadership;
• Stay closely informed about ongoing projects, technical initiatives, team progress, risks, and blockers;
• Translate technical context and the team's current work into clear, structured, and business-friendly status updates.
• Handle status-related and general technical questions from leadership without requiring the CTO's constant involvement;
• Collect questions, requests, and feedback from leadership and communicate them back to the CTO and engineering team;
• Ensure that leadership and the technical team have a consistent and accurate understanding of priorities, progress, and current challenges;
• Identify and elevate topics that require the CTO's technical expertise or decision-making.