Ergonia Labs is a crypto-native venture studio and DeFi trading firm backed by DRW and Cumberland. We build, fund, and scale foundational blockchain ventures, taking ideas from zero to one. Our advantage lies in deep expertise in market infrastructure, hands-on product execution, and access to committed liquidity and leading ecosystem partners.
We’re seeking a CTO to co-lead one of these initiatives. This is a rare opportunity to build a venture-backed company from inception, with capital, network, and resources secured.
Further Ventures is an Abu Dhabi–based venture building and investment firm that partners with founders from idea stage through scale, co-creating companies that power next-generation financial markets across digital assets and fintech. Further Asset Management is an asset management platform integrating venture, fund-of-funds, and digital-asset strategies to provide institutional access to scalable digital-asset exposure with institutional-grade risk management.
Encore is a new institutional Bitcoin financial platform incubated by Ergonia Labs and Further Ventures, and backed by DRW and Cumberland. The company is focused on building durable, regulated-grade infrastructure for BTC-native yield, credit, and asset management.
Encore is being built from first principles, with committed capital, deep market expertise, and access to institutional distribution from day one. The objective is not to experiment, but to create long-lived financial infrastructure that meets the standards of professional investors and counterparties.
We are seeking a Chief Technology Officer to lead all technical decisions from inception.
As CTO of Encore, you will be the company’s first engineering hire. You will be responsible for defining the technical vision, selecting the underlying technology stack and execution environment, hiring a team, and overseeing the build of the entire platform from zero to production.
This includes making foundational decisions about blockchain or ledger choice, smart contract architecture, custody and wallet integrations, backend systems, security posture, and operational infrastructure.
You will work closely with the CEO, Ergonia Labs, Further Ventures, trading partners, and legal and compliance stakeholders to translate institutional financial requirements into robust technical systems.
This is a role with real autonomy, real accountability, and meaningful long-term equity.
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