Chief Technology Officer, Odin
2-5 days a week in office
Community & investment tools for founders, angels and VCs
Be an early applicant
Community & investment tools for founders, angels and VCs
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
2-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To give more people the ability to vote with their money, and their time, on what the future looks like.
Role
Who you are
- This role is not for someone who wants to manage from a distance, or run an engineering org that needs constant permission to move
- The right person is intense in the best way: action-oriented, curious, direct, and embarrassed by slow delivery
- You don’t “disagree and commit” while still confused
- You ask questions until it genuinely makes sense, and you expect the same standard from the team
- You’re open-minded without being passive
- You care about people, but you don’t avoid tension
- You can debate hard problems without ego, change your mind when the reasoning is better, and be clear when it isn’t
- You’re honest, easy to work with under pressure, and you raise the bar simply by how you operate
What the job involves
- This is a CTO role for someone entrepreneurial who has already played a meaningful role in building a business and is ready to do it again
- You’ll be accountable for engineering execution
- This is not a strategy role that shapes work from a distance
- Your responsibility is to turn priorities into shipped outcomes: to understand what’s being asked, question it until it makes sense, estimate it honestly, and build an engineering system that delivers without surprises
- You’ll stay close enough to the work to set a credible bar for pace and quality
- That means recognising what high performance looks like because you’ve operated at that level yourself, understanding when something is genuinely complex versus unnecessarily slow, and raising standards in a way the team can follow and respect
- You’ll build a team culture that uses AI as a default way of working to increase output every day
- Quality matters just as much
- Shipping the wrong thing, shipping something with obvious edge cases, or missing basic failure modes is not acceptable to you
- When things break, they’re fixed quickly, learned from properly, and prevented from happening again
- Today, the team is six engineers
- You’ll work closely with them, set a bar of expectation, and continue to build the team deliberately as the product grows
- This role shapes how engineering grows at Odin
- You’ll set the tone for how decisions are made, how trade-offs are handled, how incidents are treated, and how quickly the team moves when something matters
- Expectations are clear
- Your job is to create the environment that allows people to either rise to the challenge or opt out early
Application process
- Interview with Imani, our Head of People & Talent – In this call, you’ll unpack the role and learn more about us, while she ensures you're the right fit for the position (30-45 mins)
- Interview with Mary, our Co-CEO & Co-Founder – During this initial interview, we’ll touch on topics like culture, values, and your experience to see if there’s alignment on both sides (60 mins)
- Live tasks with the leadership team – Two sessions to see how you think in real time, and to give you a feel for how we’d work together (60 mins)
- Final Interview with Mary & Paddy, our Founders (60 mins) - At this stage, we're genuinely excited and believe you should spend some time with the founders, learning more about each other and our values
- Trial Day (Paid) – We’d like to make an offer, but want to ensure that you experience working with us in a real-world setting and get a feel for our team dynamics and processes. This trial allows both sides to see if the fit is right before making a long-term commitment, ensuring mutual success
- Our process typically runs over two weeks. We share detailed feedback within 24 hours of each interview stage and aim to line up next steps quickly so momentum isn’t lost
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Odin is at the apex of two major trends in finance: the democratisation of access to private markets through technology, and the increasingly social feel of finance and investing. The startup began as a social network with an investment layer built on top, though it is now a more focused financial service that simplifies startup investing.
The company's roots in social and community speak to a unique trajectory it is on. After gaining a lot of traction with its syndicate-formation service, the startup has been looking to develop further products that decentralise and simplify capital rails for the innovation ecosystem. It’s likely that the product roadmap will be developed in conjunction with its customer base, many of whom attend Odin’s salons.
Though the company has had to navigate an environment where capital going towards innovative companies is at a fraction of where it once was, it appears to have emerged unscathed, if not stronger. In 2023, it raised £2.4 million in a seed round that included contributions from 220 angels through its own platform. It plans to use these funds to roll out its marketplace for people raising money to find investors, as well as support scale-up plans across Europe and possibly into Asia.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2025
$0.8m
EARLY VC
May 2023
$3m
SEED
Total funding: $4.8m
Company benefits
- 25 days paid holiday, excluding public holidays
- Flexible hours (we care about the results, not when you work)
- Laptop assigned, Mac or Dell (Windows)
- Parental leave
- £1000 yearly learning & wellness budget
- Generous options package
- Free lunch on Wednesdays
Company values
- Impact - You focus on doing the highest priority things first, and recognise they are often harder or less fun than other things you could be doing. You exhibit bias-to-action, and avoid procrastination and “paralysis by analysis” at all costs. You accomplish amazing amounts of important work in an efficient manner .You focus on results rather than on process (but you understand how a great process can help in some instances).
- Judgement - You make wise decisions calmly (people, technical, business and creative) despite ambiguity and stress. You keep us nimble by minimising complexity and finding time to simplify. You think strategically and can prioritise what makes sense for now vs later. You assess problems from first principles. You show depth to your reasoning and differentiate facts from assumptions.
- Honesty - You show integrity and always do what is right - for our customers, for your team, for the business. You are known for candour and directness. You do not shy away from difficult conversations. You are non-political: you only say things about fellow employees that you would say to their face. You are honest with yourself and quick to admit mistakes.
- Selflessness - You seek what is best for Odin rather than best for yourself or your group. You think beyond yourself about how you can positively impact others around you. You are not driven by ego or personal emotions in your decision-making. You share information openly and proactively that would be helpful for others.
- Curiosity - You understand things quickly and have an inherent thirst for knowledge. Everything is a strong opinion, weakly held, and you’re always open to changing your mind. You seek to gain a deep understanding of things and always question why things are a certain way, challenging prevailing assumptions. You seek to deeply understand Odin’s business: the strategy, product, industry, customers, and suppliers.
- Passion - You care intensely about Odin’s success. You celebrate wins. You are tenacious and you never give up. You inspire others with your thirst for excellence.
- Communication - You listen well, instead of reacting fast, so you can better understand. You are clear, concise and thoughtful in speech and writing, showing respect for others’ time in how you communicate. You treat people with respect regardless of their status or disagreement with you. You are a calm and level-headed presence in stressful situations.
Company HQ
Dalston, London, UK
Leadership
Mary Lin
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Ex-Product Manager and Software Engineer at multiple venture-backed startups. On Entrepreneur First: 5th cohort.
Paddy Ryan
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously worked at the Irish embassy in Moscow, before working at CrowdCube and building out Coca Cola's venture arm.
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