Chief Technology Officer

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Location: Singapore (preferred) / APAC Reporting To: Chief Executive Officer About Tookitaki Tookitaki is a global financial crime prevention platform helping banks, FinTech's, payment providers and regulated institutions detect and prevent financial crime through AI-powered Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud Prevention solutions. As we enter our next stage of growth, we are seeking a Chief Technology Officer to lead technology execution, engineering excellence, platform scalability and AI innovation. The CTO will be responsible for transforming technology into a predictable, efficient and scalablegrowth engine. This role will focus on improving delivery predictability, optimizing cloud economics, strengthening platform reliability and accelerating AI-driven product innovation. Role Overview The CTO will lead the technology organization including Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure and Research. The successful candidate will build operational rigor across the technology function while ensuring that technology investments directly contribute to customer success, revenue growth and sustainable profitability. This is a business-facing executive leadership role requiring strong collaboration with Product, Customer Success, Sales, Operations and Executive Leadership. Key Responsibilities Engineering Execution -Establish a high-performance engineering operating model. -Improve roadmap predictability and delivery accountability. -Drive release excellence and software quality. -Build strong engineering leadership and succession capability. -Introduce metrics-driven management across engineering teams. Technology Strategy -Define and execute the company's technology strategy. -Balance innovation, technical debt management and customer commitments. -Drive platform modernization and architecture evolution. -Evaluate emerging technologies relevant to financial crime prevention. AI & Data Innovation -Lead the technology strategy for AI, Agent…