CTO: Architect a Next-Gen Streaming Platform

Papillon Media Group; Holmdel Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive compensation

Equity opportunity

Foundational leadership role

Executive influence

Build your team

Industry impact

Comprehensive benefits

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Papillon Media Group in New Jersey seeks an entrepreneurial CTO to own technology strategy end-to-end for a next-gen film, music, and digital entertainment platform. Lead architecture, partnerships, and execution from whiteboard to scale, building a data-driven product with AI-enabled personalization.

The role requires a builder mindset, strong leadership, and experience delivering consumer streaming products at scale. Hybrid work from NJ HQ is offered.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of progressive technology/engineering leadership, including CTO or VP roles.
• Proven track record taking a consumer digital product from concept to launch and scale.
• Strong knowledge of video/audio streaming, cloud infra, CDN delivery, APIs, and data/AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technology vision, architecture, and roadmap for a scalable streaming platform.
• Lead platform development from concept through MVP, launch, and scale across web, mobile, and TV.
• Oversee content ingestion, protection, metadata, and digital asset management.
• Partner with leadership to translate entertainment strategy into a consumer product (subscriptions, discovery, recommendations).
• Establish data/analytics strategy and leverage AI to improve discovery and engagement.
• Manage vendor selection, budgets, and internal/outsourced engineering teams.

Skills

Technology leadership

Consumer digital product

Streaming architecture

Cloud infrastructure

Budget & partnerships

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

CDN

DRM

APIs

Data/AI systems

Job description

Papillon Media Group in New Jersey seeks an entrepreneurial CTO to own technology strategy end-to-end for a next-gen film, music, and digital entertainment platform. Lead architecture, partnerships, and execution from whiteboard to scale, building a data-driven product with AI-enabled personalization.

The role requires a builder mindset, strong leadership, and experience delivering consumer streaming products at scale. Hybrid work from NJ HQ is offered.