Chief Technology Officer in London

Odin is building the investment infrastructure for the future of private markets. We believe capital is one of the most powerful tools for shaping the world - and more people should know how to put it to work. Our mission is to make it radically easier to raise and deploy capital, so that anyone, anywhere, can back the companies and ideas they believe in.

Our first product is a full-stack platform for launching and running private investment firms - think Shopify for VC and PE. We handle all the infrastructure: from legal structuring and investor onboarding to KYC/AML, payments, tax, reporting, and exits.

We are already trusted by over 10,000 angels, VCs, and founders. We administer over $500m in assets, covering investments from pre-seed to series E. This includes household names like ElevenLabs, OpenAI, SpaceX, xAI, Anduril, etc., but also new companies creating everything from synthetic brains to small nuclear reactors.

The Role

This is a CTO role for someone entrepreneurial who has already played a meaningful role in building a business and is ready to do it again. You will be accountable for engineering execution. This is not a strategy role that shapes work from a distance. Your responsibility is to turn priorities into shipped outcomes: to understand what’s being asked, question it until it makes sense, estimate it honestly, and build an engineering system that delivers without surprises.

You will stay close enough to the work to set a credible bar for pace and quality. That means recognising what high performance looks like because you’ve operated at that level yourself, understanding when something is genuinely complex versus unnecessarily slow, and raising standards in a way the team can follow and respect.

You will build a team culture that uses AI as a default way of working to increase output every day. Quality matters just as much. Shipping the wrong thing, shipping something with obvious edge cases, or missing basic failure modes is not acceptable to you. When things break, they’re fixed quickly, learned from properly, and prevented from happening again.

Today, the team is six engineers. You will work closely with them, set a bar of expectation, and continue to build the team deliberately as the product grows.

The kind of person who thrives here

This role is not for someone who wants to manage from a distance, or run an engineering org that needs constant permission to move. The right person is intense in the best way: action-oriented, curious, direct, and embarrassed by slow delivery. You don’t "disagree and commit" while still confused. You ask questions until it genuinely makes sense, and you expect the same standard from the team.

You’re open-minded without being passive. You care about people, but you don’t avoid tension. You can debate hard problems without ego, change your mind when the reasoning is better, and be clear when it isn’t. You’re honest, easy to work with under pressure, and you raise the bar simply by how you operate.

Bottom line

This role shapes how engineering grows at Odin. You will set the tone for how decisions are made, how trade-offs are handled, how incidents are treated, and how quickly the team moves when something matters. Expectations are clear. Your job is to create the environment that allows people to either rise to the challenge or opt out early.

The Hiring Process

• Interview with Imani, our Head of People & Talent – In this call, you’ll unpack the role and learn more about us, while she ensures you’re the right fit for the position (30-45 mins)
• Interview with Mary, our Co-CEO & Co-Founder – During this initial interview, we’ll touch on topics like culture, values, and your experience to see if there’s alignment on both sides (60 mins)
• Live tasks with the leadership team – Two sessions to see how you think in real time, and to give you a feel for how we’d work together (60 mins)
• Final Interview with Mary & Paddy, our Founders (60 mins) - At this stage, we’re genuinely excited and believe you should spend some time with the founders, learning more about each other and our values.
• Trial Day (Paid) – We’d like to make an offer, but want to ensure that you experience working with us in a real-world setting and get a feel for our team dynamics and processes. This trial allows both sides to see if the fit is right before making a long-term commitment, ensuring mutual success.

Our process typically runs over two weeks. We share detailed feedback within 24 hours of each interview stage and aim to line up next steps quickly so momentum isn’t lost.

We’re a fast-growing startup building something very ambitious, and we expect you to work hard and relish this challenge. However, we also offer flexibility and support your life outside of work so you can bring your best to the table.

Our benefits include:

• Work from anywhere for up to 6 weeks a year
• Private health insurance, paid sick leave (including support for pregnancy loss and fertility treatments), and free access to Spill
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, paternity, and partner leave
• 4% pension employer contribution, with salary sacrifice options and NI savings reinvested into your pension
• 25 days of annual leave, 2 wellness days, and flexible bank holidays (33 days total)
• An extra day off to celebrate your birthday