Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – SaaS / Fintech

B2B SaaS / Fintech Platform

Job Location: Montreal, QC

Work Model: Hybrid (Montreal area)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Language: English required

What the Client Offers

• Base salary around $200,000 CAD , depending on experience
• Equity participation (approximately 3–4%)
• 100% employer-paid extended health benefits
• $6,000 annual Health & Wellness Spending Account
• Flexible vacation policy
• Opportunity to play a key leadership role in a high-growth SaaS company
• Direct impact on product direction, architecture, and long-term company strategy

About the Hiring Company

Inner Circle Agency is recruiting a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) on behalf of a rapidly growing B2B SaaS company building enterprise-grade software for financial institutions.

The company develops secure, cloud-native software used by large enterprise clients. Their platform powers complex financial workflows and is built with a strong emphasis on security, scalability, and reliability.

The organization operates with a distributed engineering team and a collaborative product-driven culture, delivering high-impact software in a fast-moving environment.

Role Overview

The CTO will lead the company’s technical organization while remaining deeply involved in engineering execution. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on contribution and requires someone who can comfortably move between architecture decisions, code reviews, and executive-level conversations with enterprise clients and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is a technical leader who still enjoys building, understands enterprise SaaS environments, and can guide a senior engineering team while maintaining high standards for security, scalability, and product delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical organization and mentor a team of senior engineers
• Contribute directly to the codebase and conduct architecture and code reviews
• Own cloud infrastructure, application architecture, and engineering standards
• Maintain strong security and compliance practices appropriate for enterprise clients
• Partner closely with product leadership to guide technical roadmap and execution
• Represent the technical vision of the platform in discussions with enterprise clients and stakeholders
• Evaluate and implement modern technologies, including AI tooling and automation, to improve both product capabilities and development workflows

Qualifications

Required

• Previous experience as CTO, VP Engineering, or Head of Engineering within a B2B SaaS company
• Strong hands-on software engineering background with the ability to actively contribute to code
• Experience building or scaling enterprise-grade SaaS platforms
• Deep understanding of cloud architecture, software security, and scalable system design
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Fluency in English

Preferred Tech Stack

• Cloud/Infrastructure: AWS
• Backend: Python, FastAPI
• Database: CockroachDB or similar distributed database technologies
• Frontend: Angular

Preferred

• Experience working in fintech, financial infrastructure, or regulated enterprise software environments
• Familiarity with multi-tenant SaaS architecture and secure enterprise deployments
• Experience working with AI tools, generative AI APIs, or LLM integrations in software products
• Experience working with distributed engineering teams

Additional Notes

• Candidates must be based in the Montreal area or willing to work regularly from Montreal.
• The engineering team operates in a remote-first environment , with occasional in-person collaboration.
• This role is ideal for a builder who enjoys combining technical depth with strategic leadership .