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The CTO will play a central role in establishing and leading Martell Ventures' Waterloo technical hub.\nSalary: $150,000- $250,000 CAD base.\nThe opportunity also includes a proposed portfolio-level phantom equity component designed to align long-term incentives with the performance and success of the Ventures portfolio. Final terms are subject to confirmation.\n\nAbout Martell Group\nThe Martell Group exists to build people, brands, and ventures that create meaningful impact. Across our four companies, we combine audience, operators, and execution to launch scalable products and empower ambitious leaders in Media, B2B SaaS, and AI.\nFounded by serial entrepreneur and investor Dan Martell (investor in Udemy, Intercom, and Unbounce), we're building a company that values leadership, growth, and simplicity, and we're looking for people who live those values too.\nOur goal is to attract world-class talent and align people where their impact is greatest. 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.\n\nPosition Responsibilities\nMartell Ventures is looking for a highly technical builder and strategic thinker to lead engineering excellence across its growing portfolio of businesses.\nThis is not a traditional CTO role focused solely on executive oversight. We need someone who can think strategically, challenge assumptions, and get directly involved in the technical work when it matters most.\nYou will be the technical authority across the Ventures portfolio, helping companies build better products, solve complex engineering challenges, strengthen technical teams, and move faster with modern AI and agentic development.\nYou'll work closely with Dan Martell, portfolio business leaders, and experienced technology advisors to turn ambitious ideas into practical, scalable solutions.\nA significant part of your mandate will be establishing Martell Ventures' technical presence in Waterloo, building a strong local engineering community, and creating the standards that enable our portfolio companies to scale.\nThis is an opportunity to shape how multiple businesses build, operate, and grow while remaining close to the technology itself.\nWhat You'll Do\nTechnical Strategy & Architecture\nEvaluate the technical infrastructure, architecture, codebases, and engineering practices across portfolio companies, identifying opportunities to improve quality, security, scalability, and performance.\nWork directly with engineering teams to diagnose technical challenges, improve architecture, and implement practical solutions.\nEstablish consistent engineering standards, shared development practices, frameworks, and tooling across the portfolio.\nDrive adoption of modern AI and agentic development practices to improve engineering speed, efficiency, and product delivery.\nEnsure portfolio companies maintain appropriate technical infrastructure, security practices, backups, and operational resilience.\nHelp portfolio leaders understand technical risks, opportunities, and priorities so they can make informed business decisions.\nSupport technical readiness for future acquisitions, investment opportunities, and potential exits.\nBuilding & Developing Technical Talent\nEstablish and grow Martell Ventures' technical presence in Kitchener-Waterloo.\nHelp recruit, assess, and develop exceptional engineering talent across the portfolio.\nPartner with portfolio business leaders on technical hiring decisions, including engineering leads and senior technical positions.\nProvide technical guidance and mentorship to portfolio engineering leaders while maintaining a dotted-line relationship with those leaders.\nEstablish consistent technical practices, knowledge-sharing, and training opportunities across portfolio teams.\nDevelop relationships with the University of Waterloo, Communitech, and the broader Waterloo technology ecosystem to build a sustainable talent pipeline.\nCollaborate with Waterloo-based technology advisors Michael Litt and Marcelo Cortes to strengthen the group's engineering capabilities and local network.\nProduct Development & Execution\nTranslate ambitious business ideas into practical technical plans with clear priorities, realistic timelines, and measurable outcomes.\nProvide hands-on technical support when portfolio companies face complex engineering challenges or execution bottlenecks.\nEvaluate build-versus-buy decisions and help prioritize technical investments based on business value.\nSupport engineering teams in delivering reliable, scalable products that meet customer needs.\nIdentify opportunities to share technical capabilities, infrastructure, and resources across portfolio businesses.\nBalance long-term technical architecture with the immediate needs of fast-moving businesses.\nStrategic Partnership & Leadership\nServe as a trusted technical thought partner to Dan Martell and the Ventures leadership team.\nBring independent technical judgment, including the confidence to challenge ideas, push back on unrealistic commitments, and recommend alternative approaches.\nHelp establish a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.\nWork across multiple businesses and priorities while maintaining a clear focus on the highest-impact opportunities.\nCommunicate technical decisions, risks, and progress clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.\nLead by example through a combination of strategic thinking, practical execution, and strong technical credibility.\nWhat You Bring\nWe are looking for someone with exceptional technical depth, strong product judgment, and the ability to build in fast-moving environments.\nYou may have held a CTO or VP of Engineering position, or you may be an exceptional Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or technical founder ready to take on broader responsibility.\nWhat matters most is your ability to solve difficult technical problems, raise engineering standards, and build products that work.\nDeep hands-on experience in software engineering, systems architecture, and building scalable production applications.\nRecent, practical experience developing with modern AI technologies, LLMs, agents, and agentic development tools.\nDemonstrated ability to evaluate existing 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