CTO

Fanalysis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A startup in football media is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to lead the product and tech journey, building a consumer-facing mobile app and architecting backend systems. This full-time, hybrid role based in London requires experience in scaling platforms, data architecture, and leading tech teams. You'll collaborate across departments and ensure timely, high-quality data delivery, working to enhance fan engagement in sports media. Ideal candidates are motivated by improving user experiences and have a background in tech startups.

Qualifications

• Experience leading the technical build of a consumer-facing mobile app.
• Proven track record in scaling platforms through high growth.
• Fluency in data architecture and API design.
• Experience with B2B data platforms and SLAs.
• Ability to manage tech debt while ensuring long-term scalability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the product and tech journey for the app.
• Build and scale a consumer-facing mobile app.
• Architect backend systems for data delivery.
• Manage and motivate a high-performing tech team.
• Set roadmap for infrastructure and tooling.

Skills

Technical build of consumer-facing mobile app

Platform scaling during high growth

Data architecture and design

Cross-functional engineering team leadership

Collaboration with commercial partners

Job description

Fanalysis

We’re building the go-to app for real football fans - a central home where trusted and passionate supporters can share their voices, insights, and emotions with clarity, cutting through punditry and the noise of fragmented social media

Founded by Michael McIntyre and Gary Neville, we’re already partnering with Sky Sports to amplify the perspectives of those who live and breathe the game, bringing authentic fan opinion to millions of viewers.

Having closed our seed round with personal backing from some of the world’s most exceptional venture investors, we’re now focused on building the team, app, and data platform that will power Fanalysis.

This is a thrilling opportunity to join our founding team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of fan-powered football media.

The Role, CTO

We’re looking for a hands‑on and strategic Chief Technology Officer to lead the next phase of Fanalysis’ product and tech journey. This is a pivotal role at the heart of a fast‑scaling startup that sits at the intersection of fan engagement, real‑time community sentiment, and data infrastructure.

You’ll be responsible for building and scaling a consumer-facing mobile app that thousands of football fans use simultaneously and for architecting the backend systems that support both the product experience and the delivery of high‑integrity, time‑sensitive data to our media and commercial partners.

You’ve been through scale before, whether it was growing a consumer app from 0 to 100,000+ users, or solving real‑time performance issues during high‑traffic peaks. You understand how to balance fast iteration with technical robustness, and how to design systems that power both fan‑facing experiences and data products with serious SLAs.

You’ll build and lead a lean, high‑performing tech team, set the roadmap for infrastructure and tooling, and work closely with product, commercial, and data teams to bring the Fanalysis vision to life.

About You

• You’ve led the technical build of a consumer-facing mobile app, ideally with a strong community or data component

• You’ve scaled a platform through high growth, handling issues like concurrency, latency, caching, and load balancing under pressure

• You’re fluent in data architecture and know how to design data stacks, APIs, and dashboards that deliver timely, accurate insights to clients

• You’ve worked on or built a B2B data platform, including delivery to third‑party clients under SLAs

• You’re confident balancing speed of delivery with tech debt management and long‑term scalability
  You've built or led cross‑functional engineering teams, and know how to attract, motivate, and retain top tech talent

• You’re comfortable working with commercial partners to scope out data needs, debug delivery issues, and keep systems accountable

• You’re collaborative, low‑ego, and motivated by building something that genuinely improves the fan experience

• Bonus: experience working in sport, media tech, or startups with high fan or user emotion at their core

This is a full‑time, hybrid role based in London. Our office is in Soho and we believe in the benefits of working together, so ideally you’d be able to join us in the office at least 3 days a week.