Chief Technology Officer – CTO
Staking Facilities GmbH
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Lead
Tech Stack
Node.jsWeb3
About the role
- As CTO, you’ll sit at the intersection of executive strategy and tech execution
- You’ll lead a multidisciplinary team of infrastructure engineers, node operators, and developers while helping shape the future of blockchain architecture, both inside SF and in the broader ecosystem
- Own and continuously evolve our infrastructure and technology strategy in collaboration with the leadership team
- Be the senior technical voice in our strategic decision-making circle
- Guide roadmap priorities across infra, protocol integrations, and internal tooling
- Deep dive into validator operations, incident response, performance optimization, and monitoring
- Ensure high availability, high integrity infrastructure: this includes business continuity oversight
- Represent SF in protocol communities, partner conversations, and the broader Web3 ecosystem
- Act as a mentor to our leads and engineers, contributing architectural insights and technical guidance
- Work across functions to support the emergence of our second business unit (a trading initiative leveraging our blockspace access)
- Champion quality, ownership, and continuous learning within the tech team
Requirements
- A technical leader with deep hands on blockchain infrastructure experience
- You’re a creator with imagination, you’re able to spot opportunities for us to expand and diversify our services
- You're comfortable owning architecture decisions, challenging assumptions, and navigating ambiguity
- Able to deep dive when needed: from reading logs to debugging infrastructure issues or reviewing PRs
- You have led cross-functional technical teams and are respected for your thought leadership
- You communicate clearly and work collaboratively with a calm, no ego approach
- Familiarity with ecosystems like Ethereum, Solana, Sui, or Cosmos is a big plus
- Open to regular travel to Munich and representing SF in protocol communities and at conferences
Benefits
- Excellent package with long term career growth opportunity in a pioneering blockchain infrastructure company
- You'll work with cutting edge infrastructure, validator technologies, and top-tier protocol ecosystems
- A socially and ethically responsible employer, pushing boundaries but not at the cost of the planet
- A high trust, remote first culture with a base in Munich and a globally distributed team
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Flexible working hours
- Fully paid for team events and conferences such as Solana Breakpoint, Solana Accelerate, Berlin Blockchain Week, Sui Base Camp
- Budget and support for personal learning, growth, and skills development
- A friendly, diverse, and values-led team that prioritizes doing meaningful work
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
blockchain infrastructurearchitecture decisionsincident responseperformance optimizationmonitoringdebuggingprotocol integrationsvalidator operationsbusiness continuitycross-functional team leadership
Soft skills
strategic decision-makingmentorshipcollaborationcommunicationcalm approachthought leadershipimaginationownershipcontinuous learningnavigating ambiguity