Founding Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Quantitative Finance & Research

The Company is seeking a Founding Chief Technology Officer to lead and scale its quantitative research, machine learning, and data capabilities. The role will take an existing prototype into production, set technology strategy, and build the engineering team. Responsibilities include developing and deploying investment models through research, backtesting, and validation; building scalable data platforms; and establishing production pipelines, monitoring, model governance, risk controls, and audit frameworks. The CTO will also partner with senior leadership on investment research and strategy and recruit, mentor, and lead the technology organization. Candidates should have a strong background in machine learning, quantitative engineering, or systematic investing, along with expert Python skills and deep experience in data engineering, SQL, cloud data platforms, and software development. They must have demonstrated the ability to build systems from scratch and take ownership of a complete function. Experience in finance, investment management, or systematic trading is preferred. A master’s degree or PhD is also preferred, while experience with biotech or healthcare data is an advantage.