Chief Technology Officer

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP); New York (NY); Remote; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP) is recruiting a CTO for a growing fintech that is putting mortgage and private credit on-chain. You will lead the technical integration of a traditional lending business onto the platform and then own engineering and product going forward. This is a build‑phase seat with real ownership, not a maintenance role.

Location: Fully remote in the U.S. Compensation: $250K–$350K base + equity + milestone-based bonus + benefits including employer-paid health coverage

Qualifications

• Must-have: player-coach who still writes code and reviews architecture while leading a team.
• Mortgage or lending technology background (servicing, origination, vendor ecosystem).
• Blockchain fluency to direct and review the work; not required to author smart contracts.
• Experience leading a technical integration after an acquisition.
• Comfortable working with legal and compliance in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical integration of a traditional lending business onto the platform.
• Own engineering and product going forward; build-phase ownership.
• Mentor and scale engineering and product teams through growth.

Skills

Hands-on coding

Architecture review

Team leadership

Lending tech

Blockchain fluency

Integration leadership

Tools

Solidity

EVM

Job description

We're recruiting for a CTO with a growing fintech that is putting traditionally illiquid assets, starting with mortgages and private credit, on-chain. The platform is live and the regulatory groundwork is done. The founders also bring real institutional relationships. You'd lead the technical integration of a traditional lending business onto the platform, then own engineering and product going forward. This is a build‑phase seat with real ownership, not a maintenance role.

Location: Fully remote in the U.S.

Compensation: $250-$350K base + equity + milestone-based bonus + benefits (employer-paid individual health coverage, 401(k) match, flexible PTO)

Must-Haves:

• Player-coach who still writes code and reviews architecture while leading a team
• Mortgage or lending technology background (servicing, origination, vendor ecosystem)
• Enough blockchain fluency to direct and review the work. You don't need to author smart contracts.
• Experience leading a technical integration after an acquisition
• Comfortable working with legal and compliance in a regulated environment

Strong Pluses:

• Hands‑on tokenization, custody, or digital asset experience
• Experience with EVM chains or Solidity
• Experience leading both engineering and product teams
• Prior early‑stage or growth‑stage fintech experience
• Experience migrating legacy (Web2) systems onto a new platform

Candidates must be authorized to work in the US.