Startup CTO possible co-founder role, hands on Rust, startup experience a must

Company Description Who We Are Travoom is currently paused as we focus entirely on building OleOle a football-focused social network, messaging platform, and sports super app designed for the worlds biggest sport. At the same time, oleolesport.com continues to operate as our curated football travel and hospitality marketplace, offering premium fan experiences around the biggest matches and tournaments in the world. Both platforms are strategically connected: OleOle is the fan engagement, social, messaging, and content platform oleolesport.com is the commerce and travel experiences platform Together, they are designed to create a complete football ecosystem for fans globally. What Were Building OleOle is building a next-generation football platform combining: Social networking and microblogging Messaging and mobile calls TikTok-style short-form video Live scores and match experiences AI-powered football history and statistics Real-time global fan engagement We believe football deserves its own dedicated platform not a small section buried inside general-purpose social networks. Football is the worlds biggest sport with more than 3 billion fans globally, yet no company has successfully built a true digital home for football supporters. OleOle is designed to become that platform. Why It Matters Football fandom is global, emotional, tribal, and active every day of the year. Yet today, the fan experience remains fragmented across disconnected social platforms, messaging apps, score apps, news sites, ticketing sites, and travel providers. Fans move constantly between products that were never built specifically for football culture or football communities. We believe supporters are looking for a place to truly kick off a platform designed around how football fans actually communicate, follow matches, consume content, travel, and engage with their clubs and national teams. Why Were Different oleolesport.com removes the complexity from planning football travel experiences by combining curated ticketing, hospitality, lodging, and travel experiences into one streamlined platform. OleOle extends that vision much further creating a football-first platform built specifically around fan identity, conversation, live interaction, creator content, and global football culture. This is not another generic sports app. We are building a dedicated football ecosystem that combines social networking, messaging, content, live experiences, and commerce into a single connected platform. OleOle Where Fans Kick Off Job Description Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Founding Technical Leadership Role Rust Real-Time Systems Social AI Payments Please read the full job description before applying. We are not looking for a traditional corporate CTO. We are looking for a hands-on technical leader who still builds, ships, reviews architecture, and understands modern product engineering at scale. This role is for someone who combines strong engineering judgment with startup execution ability someone comfortable moving between backend architecture, real-time systems, infrastructure, product strategy, and technical leadership. About the Role OleOle is building a football-focused social network and super app combining: Real-time social feeds and microblogging Messaging and mobile communication TikTok-style short-form video Live scores and sports engagement AI-powered translation and football history Rewards, payments, and future crypto infrastructure This role may evolve into a co-founder-level position for the right person. You will define the long-term technical architecture of the company while also helping build and ship the platform alongside the engineering team. We are not looking for a CTO who has spent the last 20 years only managing meetings, vendors, and process. We are looking for someone who still codes, still understands systems deeply, and still enjoys building. What Were Looking For A product-first, systems-oriented technical leader who understands: Real-time social feeds and recommendation systems Messaging and event-driven infrastructure High-performance backend architecture Frontend/backend integration for modern consumer products Payments, wallet infrastructure, or financial systems AI infrastructure and data-driven products Scalability, reliability, and operational discipline You do not need to be an expert in every area above. However, you should have strong experience across multiple domains and the ability to make pragmatic technical decisions across a highly ambitious product ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Define and lead the long-term technical architecture of the platform Lead backend architecture and infrastructure strategy using Rust-based systems Help build scalable systems supporting feeds, messaging, live updates, video, and data infrastructure Oversee .