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TECHNICAL CO-FOUNDER / CTO- An Opportunity to own a substantial share of a New Tech Startup in NORTH CYPRUS
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Confidential Digital Marketplace Venture — North Cyprus
Location: North Cyprus / Cyprus preferred; exceptional candidates elsewhere considered
Position: Technical Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Compensation: Substantial founder equity + salaried CTO position following successful investment
Stage: Pre-investment / founding team formation
English: Professional / near-native fluency essential
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THE OPPORTUNITY
We are preparing an ambitious new digital marketplace venture for European and international investment.
The business has been conceived specifically around the North Cyprus market and is designed to address a clear gap between the fragmented digital services currently available and what a modern, properly funded consumer marketplace could become.
This is not another small classifieds website.
The objective is to build a serious, scalable consumer technology company capable of becoming a household digital brand in North Cyprus.
The concept, market opportunity, competitive landscape, financial model, product requirements and investment case have already undergone substantial development.
We are now moving from business definition into technical execution and investment preparation.
The missing piece is the right technical co-founder.
We are therefore looking for an exceptional, highly capable and genuinely hands-on Technical Co-Founder / CTO to join the founding team, take ownership of the technology and help take the company from concept to funded product.
Full details of the business, product architecture and commercial strategy will only be disclosed to suitable shortlisted candidates.
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WHO IS BEHIND THE VENTURE?
The founder is a British-Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur from London, now based in North Cyprus for approximately six years.
He holds two Master's degrees, has an extensive professional background in sales and commercial strategy, and is currently involved in several entrepreneurial ventures.
This includes the development of a substantial AI-driven sales software platform, which is also being prepared for external investment.
Market research, commercial modelling, product strategy and preliminary investor preparation for this new marketplace venture are already underway.
This is therefore not an individual looking for a developer to “make an app.”
We are assembling the founding team of a company.
The commercial side will be led by the Founder/CEO.
We are now looking for the person capable of owning the technical side.
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WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for considerably more than a conventional software developer.
We need a hands-on technical founder.
The successful candidate must have the technical breadth and depth to credibly say:
«“If necessary, I could build the substantial majority of this platform myself.”»
That does not mean we expect one person to permanently build and maintain an entire technology company alone.
Following investment, additional engineers, specialists and junior developers can and will be recruited where appropriate.
However, the CTO must not depend upon other people to understand how the core platform works.
You must be capable of architecting it.
You must understand how its major systems interact.
You must be capable of building substantial parts of it yourself.
And ultimately, you must be capable of recruiting and leading the engineering team that takes it to scale.
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TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
We are primarily interested in candidates with strong senior full-stack engineering capabilities and genuine experience taking digital products from concept to production.
You should be highly competent across most of the following areas:
Full-Stack Development
Strong modern frontend development capability using technologies such as:
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript / JavaScript
- Or comparable modern frameworks
Strong backend capability using technologies such as:
- Node.js / TypeScript
- Python
- Go
- Java
- .NET
- Or comparable production-grade backend technologies
We are not committed to a predetermined technology stack.
Choosing and defending the appropriate architecture will ultimately be part of the CTO's responsibility.
Databases & Data Architecture
Strong understanding of:
- Relational databases
- PostgreSQL / MySQL or equivalent
- Data modelling
- Caching
- Transaction integrity
- Performance
- Scaling
- Backups and recovery
Cloud & Infrastructure
Practical experience with technologies and environments such as:
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Containers
- CI/CD
- Deployment
- Monitoring
- Logging
- Infrastructure security
- Production environments
Marketplace / E-Commerce Architecture
Experience with transactional platforms is highly desirable.
This may include:
- Marketplaces
- E-commerce
- Ordering systems
- SaaS platforms
- Consumer applications
- Multi-sided platforms
- Merchant systems
Understanding of areas such as:
- Orders
- Checkout
- Inventory
- Transaction states
- Seller accounts
- Merchant systems
- Refunds
- Disputes
would be particularly valuable.
Payments
Experience integrating payment infrastructure is strongly desirable, including areas such as:
- Payment gateways
- APIs and webhooks
- Tokenisation
- Refunds
- Chargebacks
- Recurring payments
- Marketplace payments
- Merchant settlement
- Fraud prevention
Real-Time Systems
Experience with real-time functionality such as:
- WebSockets
- Event-driven systems
- Live transactional events
- Messaging
- Notifications
- Concurrency-sensitive systems
would be particularly valuable.
Search & Discovery
Understanding of:
- Marketplace search
- Filtering
- Indexing
- Ranking
- Geographic search
- Large product/listing catalogues
is desirable.
Third-Party Integrations
The platform will ultimately require integrations with external infrastructure.
The CTO must therefore be comfortable designing systems around third-party APIs and services.
Security
You must have a serious understanding of:
- Authentication
- Authorisation
- API security
- Encryption
- Data protection
- Infrastructure security
- Fraud risk
- Auditability
- Secure payment architecture
Mobile
Experience building or overseeing mobile applications is desirable.
This may include:
- React Native
- Flutter
- Native iOS / Android
- Or equivalent technologies
It is not necessary to personally be the world's best mobile developer.
It is necessary to understand how mobile fits into the overall architecture and to be capable of managing additional expertise where required.
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WHAT MATTERS MORE THAN BUZZWORDS
We are particularly interested in candidates who have actually built things.
Examples might include:
- Building a marketplace
- Building an e-commerce platform
- Building a SaaS product
- Building a consumer application
- Building a payment or ordering system
- Taking a product from 0 → production
- Building real-time functionality
- Leading a small engineering team
- Acting as a technical founder
- Architecting a substantial commercial platform
We care considerably more about what you personally built and how it worked than a CV containing fifty technologies.
You should expect to discuss previous projects in detail.
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ENGLISH REQUIREMENT — ESSENTIAL
Professional / near-native spoken English is mandatory.
This is not simply because the working language of the company will frequently be English.
The company is being prepared for European and international investment.
The Technical Co-Founder will attend investor meetings alongside the Founder/CEO.
You must therefore be capable of confidently discussing, explaining, defending and justifying:
- The technical architecture
- Technology choices
- Development costs
- Infrastructure
- Security
- Scalability
- Payments
- Integrations
- Engineering requirements
- Technical risks
- Development timelines
in fluent professional English.
An investor must be able to ask you a difficult technical question and receive a confident, intelligent and credible answer.
This requirement is non-negotiable.
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THIS IS NOT A JUNIOR POSITION
Please do not apply if you are:
- A junior developer
- Recently qualified with limited commercial experience
- Primarily a frontend developer
- Primarily a designer
- A project manager without deep hands-on engineering ability
- Dependent upon other engineers to design core systems
- Unable to demonstrate substantial products you have personally helped build
- Looking exclusively for an immediate salaried position
We are looking for somebody capable of becoming the technical authority inside the company.
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WHAT WILL THE CTO ACTUALLY DO?
The successful candidate will become responsible for the technical direction of the company.
Before investment, this will include:
- Understanding the complete product vision
- Reviewing and challenging the existing Product Requirements Document
- Determining technical feasibility
- Designing the complete technical architecture
- Selecting and defending the technology stack
- Producing the engineering roadmap
- Defining MVP and production build requirements
- Identifying where additional engineering expertise will be required
- Estimating development resources and timelines
- Supporting technical discussions with prospective infrastructure partners
- Participating in investor preparation
- Attending investor meetings alongside the Founder/CEO
- Taking responsibility for technical questions and technical due diligence
Following successful investment, the Technical Co-Founder will assume the full role of Chief Technology Officer.
Responsibilities will then expand to include:
- Building the platform
- Recruiting engineering talent where required
- Managing external specialists/contractors where appropriate
- Leading engineering
- Maintaining technical standards
- Overseeing infrastructure and security
- Controlling technical expenditure
- Managing development timelines
- Scaling the platform
- Maintaining and evolving the product following launch
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TWO POSSIBLE FOUNDER PATHS
We recognize that different technical founders have different levels of time available before investment.
We are therefore open to discussing two possible arrangements.
PATH A — TECHNICAL CO-FOUNDER / CTO
The candidate joins the company as Technical Co-Founder.
Before funding, they contribute:
- Technical architecture
- Technical strategy
- Engineering roadmap
- Investor preparation
- Technical due diligence
- Investor meetings
Following successful financing, they become the company's salaried full-time CTO and lead the production build.
This route carries meaningful founder equity, with the precise amount negotiated according to experience, contribution, commitment and responsibilities.
PATH B — TECHNICAL CO-FOUNDER + MVP BUILDER
A candidate who has the time, ability and desire to personally build an agreed working MVP before external financing may choose to make a substantially larger pre-investment technical contribution.
Because this represents considerably greater sweat equity and execution risk, additional founder equity can be negotiated accordingly.
The MVP scope, acceptance criteria and responsibilities would be formally agreed before development begins.
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COMPENSATION & EQUITY
This is initially a co-founder opportunity rather than a conventional salaried vacancy.
The successful candidate will receive substantial equity in the company.
After securing investment together you will assume the role of Chief technical Officer and own a large share of the company. You will also be paid a CTO position salary ( this will be negotiated with investors in investor meetings)
The precise equity structure will be negotiated privately based upon:
- Experience
- Technical capability
- Pre-investment contribution
- Time commitment
- Whether an MVP is built before financing
- Long-term responsibility
Founder equity will be subject to an appropriate legal agreement and vesting structure.
Following successful investment, the Technical Co-Founder will additionally move into a salaried CTO position, with compensation determined as part of the company's funded operating plan.
The intention is to build a long-term founding partnership — not hire somebody cheaply to complete a short development project.
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HOW THE SELECTION PROCESS WILL WORK
We intend to be selective.
Stage 1 — Application & Technical Background
Candidates should provide:
- CV
- LinkedIn profile where available
- GitHub where relevant
- Portfolio / previous products
- Examples of substantial systems or applications personally built
- Clear explanation of their individual contribution to those projects
Stage 2 — Founder Interview
Selected candidates will interview directly with the Founder/CEO.
This will assess:
- Technical background
- Communication
- Product thinking
- Commercial awareness
- English proficiency
- Personality
- Ambition
- Founder compatibility
Technical knowledge alone will not be enough.
A co-founder relationship requires trust, communication and the ability to work together through difficult decisions.
Stage 3 — Confidential Project Disclosure
Strong candidates will then be introduced to the project in detail.
This will include access to appropriate business and product materials and a complete explanation of the opportunity.
Confidentiality arrangements may be required before detailed proprietary information is disclosed.
The candidate will then be expected to assess the project critically and determine whether they genuinely believe they can technically own its execution.
Stage 4 — Technical Co-Founder Selection
The preferred candidate will then work with the founder to establish the proposed technical architecture and engineering strategy.
This is not intended as speculative unpaid development work for unsuccessful applicants.
It is the beginning of the selected Technical Co-Founder's ownership of the technology.
Stage 5 — Founder Agreement & Investment Preparation
Once both parties are satisfied:
- Founder roles will be agreed
- Equity will be agreed
- Vesting will be agreed
- Intellectual property arrangements will be formalized
- Responsibilities will be defined
- The Technical Co-Founder will join investor preparation
- The founding team will approach investors together
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THE PERSON WE WANT
The ideal candidate is probably somebody who has spent years building technology for other people's companies and has reached the point where they want to own a meaningful part of what they build next.
You are technically excellent.
You are hands-on.
You understand products, not merely code.
You can build.
You can architect.
You can explain.
You can lead.
You can sit opposite sophisticated investors and defend your decisions.
You understand that startups require pragmatism — not unnecessarily complicated engineering designed to impress other engineers.
And when you look at a large product specification, your reaction is not:
“Who is going to build all of this?”
It is:
“I know how I would build this.”
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WHY JOIN?
This is an opportunity to enter at the founding stage of an ambitious digital marketplace designed around an identifiable gap in the North Cyprus market.
The commercial proposition, competitive landscape and product strategy are already being developed.
Investor preparation is underway.
The founder is not looking for an employee to execute instructions.
He is looking for the person who can sit on the other side of the table and say:
«“You own the commercial vision. I own the technology. Let's build the company.”»
If that sounds like you, we would like to talk.
Applications
Please submit your CV together with links or information demonstrating products, platforms or systems you have personally helped build.
Applications without demonstrable senior technical experience will not be considered.
Confidential venture. Full product details will be disclosed only to suitable shortlisted candidates.
SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION BY WHATSAPP ONLY- 0548 888 9987
Thank you