Founding CTO – Abu Dhabi Blockchain Payments Platform (Tax-Free)

Set2recruit LTD; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 820,000 - 984,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive-level role with CEO andBoard

Founding-team phase

Abu Dhabi, UAE location

Job summary

Set2recruit LTD is seeking a founding CTO for an Abu Dhabi-based blockchain and cross-border payments platform. You will own the technology vision and end-to-end platform, from stablecoins and wallets to partner APIs, building the engineering team from the ground up and ensuring 24/7 reliability for a regulated payments service.

You will drive architecture decisions, review designs, and lead a hands-on, executive-level team guiding licensing discussions with VARA and regulators.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering with senior technology leadership in startup/fintech/payments.
• Hands-on experience building stablecoin, blockchain, wallet, custody or related infra in production.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, APIs and payment ledgers.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the technology strategy, architecture and roadmap, aligned to corridor expansion and regulatory requirements.
• Lead design and delivery of the payment orchestration platform—transaction routing, settlement, ledgering and reconciliation across on-chain and off-chain systems.
• Oversee stablecoin, wallet and custody integrations (MPC, multisig and third-party custody) with the CISO.
• Build robust APIs and integrations with banks, exchange houses, custodians and payout partners.
• Own reliability, scalability and incident management for a 24/7 payment service.
• Embed secure SDLC, testing, change management and release practices for VARA and UAE data protection.

Skills

Distributed systems

Public blockchains

Cloud-native architecture

APIs

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

MPC

Multisig

APIs

Job description

Set2recruit LTD is seeking a founding CTO for an Abu Dhabi-based blockchain and cross-border payments platform. You will own the technology vision and end-to-end platform, from stablecoins and wallets to partner APIs, building the engineering team from the ground up and ensuring 24/7 reliability for a regulated payments service.

You will drive architecture decisions, review designs, and lead a hands-on, executive-level team guiding licensing discussions with VARA and regulators.