Chief Technology Officer

Who are we?

Airportr is re-architecting the way baggage moves through the world. We’re building the digital rails for baggage, transforming a legacy, manual process into a seamless, data-driven network that connects passengers, airlines, airports, and logistics partners in real time.

Headquartered in London, we partner with some of the world’s leading airlines to deliver Baggage-as-a-Service, fully integrated into their booking and check-in journeys. Our platform is live across multiple European markets and expanding rapidly through strategic global partnerships that enable deployment across hundreds of airports and carriers.

Airportr sits at the intersection of travel technology, logistics, and automation — combining deep operational know-how with modern engineering to solve one of air travel’s hardest problems at global scale. We’re on a mission to make baggage handling invisible : intelligent, automated, and effortlessly connected from doorstep to destination.

You will define the technology, data and AI foundations that make this vision a global reality.

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) holds a critical leadership position s role involves defining and executing the company's technology vision, strategy, and roadmap. As a vital member of the executive team, the CTO is directly responsible for ensuring the core platform's security, stability and its contribution to market leadership and global expansion.

This pivotal role requires a proven and accomplished leader with a track record of successfully scaling technology infrastructure and building high-performing teams.

You will lead our evolution from surface‑level, bolt‑on AI features to a deeply integrated AI‑native platform—where data, models, and decisioning are embedded across the customer journey, logistics orchestration, and operational tooling to drive measurable step‑changes in performance.

This experience should ideally have been gained in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment, with a preference for candidates from the travel or logistics technology sectors.

The CTO will be instrumental in fostering innovation, managing technological risks, and aligning technology initiatives with the company's broader business objectives to maintain competitiveness in a rapidly evolving market.

• Define the Scalable Architecture :
  Architect and continuously evolve a highly scalable, available, and secure platform capable of handling exponential transaction growth, complex logistics orchestration, and new global market entry.
• Identify and integrate emerging technologies to drive product innovation and a distinct competitive advantage in the travel technology ecosystem.
• Lead our shift from surface‑level AI features to deeply integrated, AI‑native capabilities across the platform. Embed intelligence into routing, demand forecasting, bag tracking, customer communication, and partner integrations—turning data into real‑time, adaptive decision systems that drive measurable operational and customer impact.
• Own the entire security and compliance posture of the platform, ensuring continuous adherence to stringent global aviation regulations and data privacy laws. Implement guardrails for safety, bias, auditability, and data governance aligned with aviation and privacy regulations, with clear human‑in‑the‑loop controls for critical operations.
• End‑to‑End Platform Ownership :
  Oversee the full technical lifecycle of our core products : the customer e-commerce / mobile experience, the proprietary agent‑facing logistics and regulatory compliant workflow apps, the real‑time bag tracking system, and mission‑critical airline / airport integration APIs.
• Own the Data Platform :
  Lead the design and operation of Airportr’s data infrastructure ensuring reliable, governed data flows that power analytics, AI, and automation across the business.
• Automation & Velocity :
  Embed automation at every layer—from infrastructure provisioning and CI / CD pipelines to testing, data workflows, and operational recovery—to enable rapid, safe, repeatable delivery. Ensure quality and resilience through Dev Ops principles and a bias for systems that run…