CTO

FanalysisWe’re building the go-to app for real football fans - a central home where trusted and passionate supporters can share their voices, insights, and emotions with clarity, cutting through punditry and the noise of fragmented social mediaFounded by Michael McIntyre and Gary Neville, we’re already partnering with Sky Sports to amplify the perspectives of those who live and breathe the game, bringing authentic fan opinion to millions of viewers.Having closed our seed round with personal backing from some of the world’s most exceptional venture investors, we’re now focused on building the team, app, and data platform that will power Fanalysis.This is a thrilling opportunity to join our founding team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of fan-powered football media.The Role, CTOWe’re looking for a hands-on and strategic Chief Technology Officer to lead the next phase of Fanalysis’ product and tech journey. This is a pivotal role at the heart of a fast-scaling startup that sits at the intersection of fan engagement, real-time community sentiment, and data infrastructure.You’ll be responsible for building and scaling a consumer-facing mobile app that thousands of football fans use simultaneously and for architecting the backend systems that support both the product experience and the delivery of high-integrity, time-sensitive data to our media and commercial partners.You’ve been through scale before, whether it was growing a consumer app from 0 to 100,000+ users, or solving real-time performance issues during high-traffic peaks. You understand how to balance fast iteration with technical robustness, and how to design systems that power both fan-facing experiences and data products with serious SLAs.You’ll build and lead a lean, high-performing tech team, set the roadmap for infrastructure and tooling, and work closely with product, commercial, and data teams to bring the Fanalysis vision to life.About YouYou’ve led the technical build of a consumer-facing mobile app, ideally with a strong community or data componentYou’ve scaled a platform through high growth, handling issues like concurrency, latency, caching, and load balancing under pressureYou’re fluent in data architecture and know how to design data stacks, APIs, and dashboards that deliver timely, accurate insights to clientsYou’ve worked on or built a B2B data platform, including delivery to third-party clients under SLAsYou’re confident balancing speed of delivery with tech debt management and long-term scalability You’ve built or led cross-functional engineering teams, and know how to attract, motivate, and retain top tech talentYou’re comfortable working with commercial partners to scope out data needs, debug delivery issues, and keep systems accountableYou’re collaborative, low-ego, and motivated by building something that genuinely improves the fan experienceBonus: experience working in sport, media tech, or startups with high fan or user emotion at their coreThis is a full-time, hybrid role based in London. Our office is in Soho and we believe in the benefits of working together, so ideally you’d be able to join us in the office at least 3 days a week.