Fractional Chief Technology Officer

FanEngine; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

FanEngine is hiring a fractional CTO who will own both product and engineering as the sole implementer, building an AI-native platform with Next.js and Vercel. You’ll ship features end-to-end, design scalable architecture, and own the roadmap for a multi-tenant system.

You’ll regularly work hands-on with Claude and AI coding tools, lead architecture decisions, and coordinate with creator tools integrations to push the platform forward.

Qualifications

• Senior full-stack experience shipping production web apps in TypeScript and Postgres.
• Strong product judgment to define problems and decide what not to build.
• Daily hands-on use of AI coding tools with track record of shipping fast.
• Comfort being the sole engineer owning everything from schema design to deploys.
• Clear written communication with non-technical teammates.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap and prioritize what ships next.
• Design, build, test, and deploy features end to end using Claude and AI coding tools.
• Own the architecture, data model, security, and reliability of a multi-tenant platform.
• Build and maintain integrations with creator tools.
• Shape AI-native ways of working: Claude skills, MCP connectors, agent workflows.

Skills

Full-stack development

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Product judgment

AI coding tools

End-to-end ownership

Technical communication

Tools

Claude

Next.js

Vercel

Job description

FanEngine is hiring a fractional CTO who owns both product and engineering as the sole implementer. The company is an AI-native platform built on Next.js and Vercel with integrations into creator tools. The role involves owning the product roadmap, designing and shipping features end-to-end using Claude and AI coding tools, managing architecture and reliability of a multi-tenant platform, and shaping AI-native ways of working across the organization.

What you'll do

• Own the product roadmap and prioritize what ships next
• Design, build, test, and deploy features end to end using Claude and AI coding tools
• Own the architecture, data model, security, and reliability of a multi-tenant platform
• Build and maintain integrations with creator tools
• Shape AI-native ways of working: Claude skills, MCP connectors, agent workflows
• Make build vs. buy calls and keep the platform simple

What they're looking for

• Senior full-stack experience shipping production web apps in TypeScript and Postgres
• Product judgment to define problems and decide what not to build
• Daily hands-on use of AI coding tools with track record of shipping fast
• Comfort being the only engineer owning everything from schema design to deploys
• Clear written communication with non-technical teammates