Chief Technology Officer

The role

The CTO will lead engineering excellence across the Martell Ventures portfolio. This person will establish a technical hub in Waterloo, drive technical strategy, and provide hands-on support to help companies build scalable products.

What you will do

• Evaluate technical infrastructure, architecture, and engineering practices across portfolio companies
• Work directly with engineering teams to diagnose challenges and implement solutions
• Establish consistent engineering standards, frameworks, and tooling across the portfolio
• Drive adoption of modern AI and agentic development practices
• Ensure portfolio companies maintain technical infrastructure, security, and operational resilience
• Help portfolio leaders understand technical risks and priorities
• Support technical readiness for future acquisitions, investments, and exits
• Establish and grow Martell Ventures' technical presence in Kitchener-Waterloo
• Recruit, assess, and develop engineering talent across the portfolio
• Translate business ideas into practical technical plans

Required qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience in software engineering, systems architecture, and building scalable production applications
• Recent, practical experience developing with modern AI technologies, LLMs, agents, and agentic development tools
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate existing software architecture and implement solutions
• Strong technical credibility to work directly with experienced engineers
• Experience building and shipping software products in startup, scale-up, or fast-moving environments
• Strong product and business judgment
• Experience assessing engineering talent and making technical hiring decisions
• Ability to balance technical quality with speed and commercial priorities
• Confidence working with strong founder personalities
• Strong communication skills to translate complex technical concepts into business recommendations
• High ownership, adaptability, and comfort operating across multiple businesses

Nice to have

• Previous experience as a CTO, technical co-founder, VP of Engineering, or senior technical leader
• Experience supporting multiple products, portfolio companies, or venture-backed businesses
• Experience building or scaling an engineering function from an early stage
• Involvement in a successful company exit or technical due diligence process
• Existing connections within the Waterloo technology ecosystem, including the University of Waterloo or Communitech
• Experience establishing engineering standards and shared infrastructure across multiple teams

Before you apply

• When you apply to Martell Group, you'll automatically be considered for all open roles across our companies, not just the one you applied for

About the company

The Martell Group exists to build people, brands, and ventures that create meaningful impact. Founded by serial entrepreneur and investor Dan Martell, the company combines audience, operators, and execution to launch scalable products in Media, B2B SaaS, and AI.