Chief Technology Officer

Preloom; Toronto; In loco; CAD 180.000 - 260.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading tech company in Toronto is seeking a CTO to architect and build products to transform the fashion industry. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in full-stack development, particularly with Next.js, React, and PostgreSQL. You will be responsible for leading the engineering team and developing machine learning models to enhance the platform. Familiarity with payment infrastructures and AI tools is essential. This role offers a competitive compensation package including salary and equity opportunities.

Competenze

• 3+ years of full-stack experience with modern web technologies.
• Experience building and scaling two-sided marketplaces.
• Hands-on familiarity with marketplace payment infrastructure.
• Experience building two‑sided marketplaces or multi‑tenant SaaS platforms.
• Hands‑on familiarity with Stripe Connect or comparable marketplace payment infrastructure (escrow flows, payouts, commission logic)
• Comfortable owning ML pipelines end‑to‑end — data capture, feature engineering, and shipping v1 models for recommendations, scoring, or personalization
• Proven ability to architect consumer‑facing systems where data quality is a product requirement, not an afterthought
• Fluent with AI‑assisted development tools (Cursor, Copilot, Claude, etc.) and treats them as a genuine force multiplier
• Experience hiring and leading small, high‑output engineering teams
• Startup or early‑stage background — you know how to make the right tradeoffs under real constraints and ship without waiting for perfect
• Familiarity with authentication gated data collection (OAuth, Google Sign‑In) and consumer privacy compliance (GDPR, PIPEDA) is a plus
• Prior experience in fashion, retail, or consumer marketplaces is a plus but far from required

Mansioni

• Own the full stack and make foundational calls on architecture.
• Build the ML layer and develop data pipelines.
• Lead and hire small, high-output engineering teams.
• Move fast with AI‑augmented development.
• Ship products under real constraints in a startup.

Conoscenze

Full-stack fluency

Marketplace architecture experience

ML intuition

AI-augmented development

Startup speed

Strumenti

Next.js

React

PostgreSQL

Stripe Connect

Cursor

Copilot

Claude

Descrizione del lavoro

Preloom is at the forefront of a transformative shift in the fashion industry. The future of fashion will be driven not by mere guesswork but by data-driven insights and informed decision-making. At Preloom, we empower brands to gain a competitive edge through cutting‑edge tools and innovative solutions. Together, we are shaping how the fashion world stays ahead of the curve.

Role Description

Preloom's CTO will be the first engineer in the room — the person who turns a compelling product vision into something real consumers and brands use every day. You'll own the full stack, make the foundational calls on architecture, data modeling, infrastructure, and engineering culture, and build the ML layer that gets more valuable with every drop. We move fast by design, and we expect AI‑augmented development to be a core part of how you do it.

What We're Looking For

• Full‑stack fluency across the modern web stack — you can own frontend and backend without losing momentum
• Marketplace architecture experience — multi‑tenant systems, payment escrow flows, two‑sided data models
• ML intuition — you don't need to be a researcher, but you need to build clean data pipelines from day one, ship v1 recommendation and demand‑scoring models, and architect for a taste profile system that compounds over time
• AI‑augmented development — you use AI tooling to move faster and you're not apologetic about it
• Startup speed — you've shipped real products under real constraints and you know what to cut and what to get right the first time

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full‑stack experience with modern web technologies; strong proficiency in Next.js, React, and PostgreSQL
• Experience building and scaling two‑sided marketplaces or multi‑tenant SaaS platforms
• Hands‑on familiarity with Stripe Connect or comparable marketplace payment infrastructure (escrow flows, payouts, commission logic)
• Comfortable owning ML pipelines end‑to‑end — data capture, feature engineering, and shipping v1 models for recommendations, scoring, or personalization
• Proven ability to architect consumer‑facing systems where data quality is a product requirement, not an afterthought
• Fluent with AI‑assisted development tools (Cursor, Copilot, Claude, etc.) and treats them as a genuine force multiplier
• Experience hiring and leading small, high‑output engineering teams
• Startup or early‑stage background — you know how to make the right tradeoffs under real constraints and ship without waiting for perfect
• Familiarity with authentication‑gated data collection (OAuth, Google Sign‑In) and consumer privacy compliance (GDPR, PIPEDA) is a plus
• Prior experience in fashion, retail, or consumer marketplaces is a plus but far from required

Compensation

Salary + equity opportunity

If you believe you're a strong fit, feel free to email your resume to [e-mail] in advance.