Chief Technology Officer CTO - Gateshead

Reed; Gateshead; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online competition platform in the UK is looking for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead a major rebuild of their platform. In this high-impact role, you will define the technical direction, build and mentor a high-performing team, and align technology with business goals. The ideal candidate should have proven leadership experience, a strong background in software development, and the ability to scale engineering teams. Competitive salary up to £100,000 plus benefits.

Benefits

Team-building support

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior technical leadership role.
• Demonstrated success in building teams from scratch.
• Deep experience with PHP, MySQL, and modern front-end frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy and platform delivery for a major rebuild.
• Define architecture and oversee development of the next-generation platform.
• Build and mentor a high-performing engineering team.

Skills

Leadership in technical roles

Building and scaling engineering teams

PHP (Laravel preferred)

MySQL

Vue.js

React

Infrastructure understanding (NGINX, AWS)

API integrations and payment gateways

Tools

Docker

Cloudflare

Redis

Job description

Overview

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – Location: Gateshead (Hybrid/Remote options available). Salary: Up to £100,000 base, plus team-building support.

One of the UK’s leading online competition platforms. Their system goes far beyond standard e-commerce, managing complex game logic, live draws, ticket caps, automated scheduling, secure payments, loyalty systems, and more.

They’re now investing in a complete rebuild of our platform—designed to be more scalable, secure, and feature-rich. To lead this transformation, we’re hiring a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who will take full ownership of their technical direction and platform delivery.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of a high-growth digital business from the ground up. As CTO, you’ll define and execute the technical strategy, lead the architecture and development of our next-generation platform, and build a high-performing engineering team around you.

You’ll work closely with their leadership team to align technology with business goals, ensuring our platform is robust, scalable, and ready to support future growth. You’ll also take full ownership of technical hiring decisions and team structure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy and platform delivery for a major rebuild to be scalable, secure, and feature-rich.
• Define architecture and oversee development of the next-generation platform.
• Build and mentor a high-performing engineering team; own technical hiring decisions and team structure.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to align technology with business goals and growth plans.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior technical leadership role (CTO, Head of Engineering, or similar).
• Demonstrated success in building and scaling engineering teams from scratch.
• Deep experience with PHP (Laravel preferred), MySQL, and modern front-end frameworks (Vue.js or React).
• Strong understanding of infrastructure (NGINX, Apache, AWS), background workers, cron jobs, and CI/CD.
• Experience with secure API integrations and payment gateways.
• Familiarity with tools like Cloudflare, Redis, Docker, and Klaviyo is a plus.
• Bonus: Experience in gaming, lottery, or competition platforms.

Salary for this role is up to £100K, depending on experience + benefits.

This opportunity is to shape the technical future of one of the UK’s fastest-growing competition platforms. To apply please send your CV to Siobhan at