One of London’s most exciting consumer growth stories is building a premium, design-led, multi-site brand within the
pet wellness
sector, with ambitious plans to redefine its category.
We’re looking for a
Founding CTO
to join the leadership team and build the technology function from the ground up alongside the Founder.
This is
not
a traditional corporate CTO opportunity.
We’re looking for a technical builder-someone who still enjoys writing code, architecting systems, solving complex problems and creating products from scratch before scaling teams around them.
***Can you code like Elon, and worked in scrappy high-growth environments?***
The OpportunityTechnology is central to the future of the business.
You’ll own the strategy, architecture and delivery of the platforms that power both the customer experience and day-to-day operations across a growing multi-site estate.
Initially, this is a highly hands-on role. You’ll spend as much time building, integrating and improving systems as you will defining technical direction.
As the business scales, you’ll recruit and develop the engineering team, but you’ll always remain close to the product and technology.
Working directly with the Founder, you’ll influence every major technology decision across the business.
What You’ll BuildYou’ll own technology across a real-world, multi-site operating environment, including:
CRM and customer lifecycle systems
Operational workflows and automation
Payments and POS integrations
Internal operational tools
Data platforms, reporting and commercial insight
API integrations across multiple systems
AI-enabled workflow improvements
Cloud infrastructure, security and scalability
Every technology decision should improve customer experience, operational efficiency or commercial performance.
What We’re Looking ForWe’re specifically interested in people who have:
Built products and platforms themselves—not simply managed engineering teams
Strong software engineering and architecture capability
Experience scaling technology within a startup or high-growth environment
Built systems supporting multi-site consumer businesses
Experience within retail, hospitality, healthcare, leisure or other operationally complex sectors
Worked directly alongside founders or entrepreneurial leadership teams
Built engineering teams after initially being the person doing the building
Most importantly, you’re someone who genuinely enjoys creating technology.
If presented with a new product idea today, your instinct is to open your laptop and start building.
This Role Is Unlikely To Suit
Career CIOs or corporate technology executives
Large consultancy backgrounds where delivery has primarily been through third-party teams
Enterprise transformation specialists
Governance or programme-management focused technology leaders
Leaders who have moved away from hands-on engineering
Technology executives whose role is primarily managing suppliers rather than building products
Why Join?
Founding technology leadership position
Build the technology platform from day one
Direct partnership with the Founder
Significant influence across the entire business
Meaningful equity participation
High-growth, premium consumer brand with ambitious multi-site expansion plans
Opportunity to build a category-defining business where technology is a genuine competitive advantage
The Ideal PersonYou’re an engineer first and a leader second.
You’ve earned leadership positions because you’ve built exceptional products, not because you’ve stepped away from technology.
You thrive in founder-mode environments, enjoy solving difficult technical problems and love turning ideas into products that customers use every day.
If you’re happiest building rather than administrating, we’d love to hear from you.
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