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Majd Shakhashero

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I'm Majd Shakhashero, a fintech technology leader with 15+ years of experience delivering trading, payments, and lending platforms across the UK and UAE.

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I’m Majd Shakhashero, a fintech technology leader with 15+ years of experience delivering trading, payments, and lending platforms across the UK and UAE. As a hybrid CTO, I bridge strategy and architecture, steering multi-regional teams, managing multi-million-pound budgets, and building AI-driven microservices that scale to 100k+ users while ensuring compliance and cost efficiency. My mission is to turn ambitious fintech ideas into robust platforms that power business growth, with a focus on reliability, performance, and security.

My track record includes scaling an FX/CFD platform to 5 brokers with 99.9% uptime, cutting manual underwriting by 50% with AI risk profiling, and launching an NFT marketplace handling tens of thousands of transactions monthly. I thrive under tight deadlines and am passionate about turning complex fintech challenges into reliable, scalable solutions.

  • 15 years' experience
  • Joined December 2025

Industry experience

  • Financial Services
  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services
  • Media & Entertainment

Work experience· 6 roles

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) · MCL FinanceJan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Architected AI-powered lending management system, cutting manual underwriting by 50%, increasing loan approvals, and reducing defaults. Automated end-to-end loan lifecycle processes and implemented scalable microservices on cloud infrastructure, reducing deployment time by 60%.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) · TokenestJan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Designed and delivered an NFT marketplace with AI text-to-asset creation, securing PCI-DSS payment gateway integration and processing 150k transactions per month worth £4M+. Built and led distributed technical teams across the UK & UAE.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) · Spectrum Tech LtdJan 2018 – Jan 2023 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Delivered real-time FX/CFD trading platform with FIX integration, MetaTrader 4 bridge, and Vue.js frontend. Scaled platform to 5 brokers and 100k+ active traders with 99.9% uptime. Managed £4–£10M project budgets, balancing delivery speed with cost optimization.

Lead Developer · City Credit CapitalJan 2015 – Jan 2018 · 3 yrs 1 mo
Lead Developer · Alpha Capital MarketsJan 2013 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo
Software Developer · Londini TechJan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Education

MSc Artificial Intelligence · University College London (UCL)2011 – 2012
BSc Computer Systems Engineering · University of Sunderland2009 – 2011
Mobile Communications Systems (CPD) · University College London (UCL)2011
Advanced & Regular Diplomas · City & Guilds2006 – 2010

Certifications and awards

PCI-DSS Compliance (PCI-DSS Gateway integration)2030 – 2025
EMIR/MiFID2 Compliance Automation2030 – 2025
AI Risk Profiling in Lending2030 – 2025

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