CTO – Startup Experience, Rust

Travoom

. Define and lead the long-term technical architecture of OleOle .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in backend architecture and infrastructure strategy, particularly with Rust-based systems, while leading engineering teams in fast-paced startup environments. Capable of designing scalable systems for real-time communication, financial infrastructure, and AI-powered applications.

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Rust-Based Systems DevelopmentBackend Architecture DesignReal-Time Systems EngineeringTechnical Leadership and MentoringScalable Infrastructure Design

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringArchitecture DesignSystems DesignProduction CodebasesAsynchronous Backend SystemsEvent-Driven SystemsAPIsDatabasesCachingDistributed Infrastructure

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsEntrepreneurial JudgmentOwnership MentalityExecution Focus

Tools & Technologies

AI InfrastructureMessaging PlatformsStreaming SystemsFinancial InfrastructureWallet SystemsCrypto Systems

Industry Keywords

Consumer TechnologyHigh-Growth StartupsSocial FeedsMicroblogging SystemsReal-Time CommunicationSEOContent InfrastructureFootballSports MediaGlobal Fan Communities

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and lead the long-term technical architecture of OleOle
Lead backend architecture and infrastructure strategy using Rust-based systems
Help build scalable systems supporting feeds, messaging, live updates, video, and data infrastructure
Oversee engineering direction across backend, frontend, infrastructure, and product systems
Partner with leadership on product and company strategy
Establish engineering culture, hiring standards, and technical execution processes
Work directly with engineers on architecture reviews, tradeoffs, and implementation decisions
Help design future financial infrastructure including rewards, wallets, payments, and crypto-related systems
Support AI-powered systems including translation, recommendation, search, and football history infrastructure
Ensure scalability, reliability, performance, and security across all systems
Build and ship the football-focused social network and super app alongside the engineering team
Potentially evolve into a co-founder-level position

Requirements

What you’ll need

7–15+ years of software engineering and technical leadership experience, ideally within startups or high-growth consumer technology platforms
Strong hands-on engineering background with active involvement in architecture, systems design, and production codebases
Significant experience building and scaling modern consumer platforms involving real-time systems, high concurrency, and large-scale user engagement
Strong production Rust experience building asynchronous backend systems and distributed infrastructure
Deep understanding of backend architecture, APIs, event-driven systems, databases, caching, and scalable infrastructure design
Experience building or operating social feeds and microblogging systems, messaging or real-time communication platforms, TikTok-style video or media infrastructure, financial/wallet/fintech/gambling infrastructure, AI-powered consumer products, or large-scale SEO/content infrastructure
Ability to make pragmatic technical tradeoffs balancing scalability, performance, speed, maintainability, and operational simplicity
Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams while remaining deeply technical and hands-on
Comfortable operating in fast-moving startup environments with ambiguity, evolving priorities, and limited process
Strong communication skills for explaining architectural decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Strong entrepreneurial judgment, ownership mentality, and execution focus
Experience personally designing and operating production systems at scale
Experience with Rust-based consumer platforms, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, feeds, messaging, streaming, recommendation systems, payments, crypto, wallet infrastructure, gambling systems, AI infrastructure, search, recommendation, or translation systems is a strong plus
Startup leadership experience building products from zero to one is a strong plus
Existing network within startup, venture capital, or fundraising ecosystems is a strong plus
Passion for football, sports media, or global fan communities is a strong plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Deferred compensation intended to convert into a normalized salary structure post-funding
Significant equity ownership
Long-term token participation
Founding-level influence over the company and platform
Remote work while the company completes its fundraising process