Hyphen Connect · 22 hours ago
Founding CTO (Web2)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
8+ years expHyphen Connect is a venture-backed, early-stage technology company building a white-label consumer engagement and rewards platform for global brands. The Founding CTO will define the system architecture and engineering culture, taking end-to-end ownership of the technology organization and ensuring the platform can support multiple partners and regions.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Define and build the core platform architecture supporting engagement mechanics, rewards, commerce, and analytics
Establish system design principles covering scalability, security, and performance
Make key build-vs-buy decisions and select vendors, tooling, and infrastructure partners
Architect and implement backend services supporting real-time event ingestion, points/wallet systems, identity, and compliance controls
Design robust data pipelines, storage, and API layers
Own production readiness, including monitoring, alerting, SLOs, and incident response processes
Oversee development of mobile (iOS/Android) and web applications delivered under partner branding
Ensure high-quality user experience across consumer touchpoints
Lead design and integration of tokenised reward systems, including smart contracts and distribution logic
Manage wallet integrations and fiat on/off-ramps in collaboration with external providers
Build and maintain APIs connecting to external data feeds, ticketing systems, commerce platforms, and sponsor tools
Hire, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team
Establish engineering standards, documentation practices, and development workflows
Act as a hands-on technical leader while progressively transitioning to strategic oversight
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience building consumer-facing technology products
Proven experience delivering at least one 0-to-1 platform
Track record of shipping and operating products at scale (100K+ users)
Strong backend engineering background (distributed systems, real-time data, API design)
Experience designing production-grade systems with high reliability requirements
Comfortable working across frontend, backend, and infrastructure layers
Strong written and verbal communication skills (architecture docs, technical strategy, roadmap planning)
Preferred
Experience with loyalty, gaming, or marketplace-style mechanics (e.g. rewards, auctions, prediction-style systems)
Familiarity with blockchain or tokenised systems (smart contracts, wallets, settlement flows)
Background in security-sensitive or compliance-aware systems
Experience building white-label or multi-tenant platforms
Company
Hyphen Connect
Hyphen Connect: The Nexus of Web3 Talents As your premier Web3 talent acquisition partner, Hyphen Connect is dedicated to driving innovation by connecting passionate talent with forward-thinking enterprises.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase