Chief Technology Officer

Pipped; Bradford; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pipped is seeking a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for a pioneering analytics start-up. This role involves leading product vision, designing scalable architectures, and building a top-tier engineering team in a dynamic environment, all while supporting cutting-edge social media intelligence solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ senior engineering leadership in SaaS, data or analytics scale-ups.
• Deep experience with API data ingestion, distributed systems and ML in production.
• Proven track record of shipping 0→1 products in fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Translate product goals into a clear architecture from MVP to full platform.
• Design compliant data pipelines for social media and third-party sources.
• Hire, mentor, and inspire a leans group of data scientists & engineers.

Skills

Leadership

API Data Ingestion

Machine Learning

Full-Stack Development

Analytics

Influencer Analytics

Network Science

Job description

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – Influence Analytics Start-up

Type: Full-time | Location: UK / EU Remote (occasional London meet-ups)

Start: Flexible – ideally before Sept 2025

Pipped is partnering with a stealth-mode analytics start-up that is reinventing how social-media influence is tracked, measured and predicted. We’re searching for a mission-driven CTO to turn product vision into a scalable platform, ship the first MVP, and build a top-tier engineering organisation from the ground up.

What you’ll own

Tech vision & roadmap – Translate product goals into a clear architecture from MVP to full platform. Data collection at scale – Design compliant pipelines that pull from X/Twitter, Meta, Reddit, YouTube and third-party sources. Infrastructure & ML – Deliver real-time + batch processing, embedding AI/ML models directly into production. Social-media intelligence – Craft novel metrics for hidden-influencer detection, bridge mapping and predictive analytics. Team leadership – Hire, mentor and inspire a lean group of data scientists & engineers.

What you’ll bring

5+ years’ senior engineering leadership in SaaS, data or analytics scale-ups. Deep experience with API data ingestion, distributed systems and ML in production. Full-stack fluency and a track record of shipping 0→1 products in fast-moving environments. Bonus: graph AI / network-science expertise, prior social-media analytics background, start-up scaling experience.

Why join?

Green-field ownership, genuine technical challenge, and the chance to shape a category-defining product—while recruiting the team that makes it happen.

Keen to learn more? Message Pipped for a confidential chat.