Chief Technology Officer (Co-founder)

Your core mission

The CTO is responsible for translating ambitious commercial goals into a clear, actionable technology and product roadmap, focusing on maximum Return on Investment (ROI) and platform scalability.

Your key responsibilities

• Strategic roadmapping & vision: co-create the company's platform vision with leadership and transform business objectives into concrete, phased technology roadmaps with a focus on revenue impact.
• Growth: develop a strong vision together with the leadership team for growing Annual/Monthly Recurring Revenue (ARR/MRR) streams.
• Data & AI integration: define and execute a strategy to manage robust user/partner data and innovate on core product features for enhanced UX and operational efficiency.
• Engineering & architecture: drive architectural decisions and engineering best practices to build robust, scalable, and maintainable systems. Own the strategic "build vs. buy" evaluation process.
• Team & vendor management: directly manage the engineering team (staffed engineers) and coordinate seamlessly with all SaaS vendors and external agencies to ensure high-quality, on-time product feature delivery.
• Operational optimization: lead efforts to optimize internal business processes (Finance, HR, etc.) through automation and align closely with Marketing and Sales to optimize inbound funnels.

What you're bringing

Qualifications & experience

• Proven success in a technology leadership role (CTO, VP of Engineering, Manager, Director) within a high-growth digital media, e-commerce, or SaaS environment.
• A verifiable track record of translating commercial strategy into successful, revenue-generating technology products.
• Strong team leadership, mentoring, and management skills for high-performing engineering teams.
• Financial acumen: data-driven decision-making with a focus on cost management and executing strategic build vs. buy decisions.

Technical & leadership expertise

• Deep expertise in modern web and mobile development, cloud computing, serverless computing, advanced data analytics, and the practical integration of AI/ML technologies.
• Absolute focus on data security, compliance, and governance, ensuring reliable and scalable platform performance.
• You're a proactive, collaborative, and communicative leader who makes clear, well-reasoned start-stop decisions and is hands-on where necessary to unblock teams and accelerate execution.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical strategist ready to own the technology stack and drive significant commercial success in the wedding industry.

Co-founder opportunity

We’re open to welcoming the right CTO not just as a team member, but as a co-founder who helps shape the future of House of Weddings.

Depending on your profile and ambitions, this role can evolve into a strategic partnership with:

• Equity participation through an ESOP or co-founder share package, with clear vesting and governance terms.
• A hybrid compensation model combining salary and ownership, aligned with the company’s growth and funding milestones.
• A key role in product vision, data strategy, and scaling our digital platform toward a European market.

If you’re an entrepreneurial tech leader who wants to build, own, and scale — we’d love to talk.

About us

House of Weddings is a rapidly growing digital media company focused on the wedding ecosystem, connecting consumers, retailers, and major brands. We are dedicated to innovative content and aim to be the definitive platform in the wedding space.

Excited to join our story?

Drop us your application today at hr@houseofweddings.com — we can’t wait to meet you!