FanEngine is seeking a fractional CTO to own both product and engineering for a fan data platform serving creators. The role involves defining the roadmap, shipping features independently, and maintaining a multi-tenant architecture.
FanEngine consolidates fan and follower data, scores engagement, segments audiences, and tracks campaigns for creators. The platform serves multiple creators with substantial audiences and is actively evolving its product direction. This fractional CTO role is a sole-implementer position, meaning the person hired will decide what to build, build it, and deploy it independently.
The engineering environment is AI-native, built on Next.js and Vercel, with integrations into creator tools including Customer.io, ManyChat, and Shopify, plus MCP connectors that allow Claude to work directly with platform data. The role also carries responsibility for shaping how the wider team works with AI across product, engineering, and operations.
- Own the product roadmap, working with creators and internal stakeholders to define priorities and decide what ships next
- Design, build, test, and deploy features end to end using AI coding tools to maintain a high pace of delivery
- Maintain and evolve the architecture, data model, security posture, and reliability of a multi-tenant platform
- Build and sustain integrations with the tools creators already use in their workflows
- Shape AI-native ways of working, including Claude skills, MCP connectors, agent workflows, and team playbooks
- Make build-vs-buy decisions and keep the platform operable by a single engineer
- Senior full-stack experience shipping production web applications, ideally with TypeScript and Postgres
- Strong product judgement, including the ability to conduct user research, define problems clearly, and decide what not to build
- Daily, hands-on use of AI coding tools with a demonstrable track record of shipping quickly without sacrificing quality
- Comfort operating as the sole engineer, owning everything from schema design through to deployment
- Clear written communication skills when working with non-technical teammates
- Familiarity with Supabase, Vercel, multi-tenant SaaS, or the creator economy is advantageous
FanEngine is a fan data platform built for creators. It brings together fan and follower data, scores audience engagement, segments contacts, and tracks campaigns and purchases, giving creators the infrastructure to build a sustainable business from their audience. The platform is currently used by creators with audiences exceeding one million followers.
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