Chief Technology Officer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alaska, +12 more states.

📋 Description

• Define and take ownership of the multi-year technology roadmap and architectural strategy that aligns with business objectives.

• Assess and enhance the technology stack to ensure scalability, security, and reliability.

• Advocate for product stability and platform resilience.

• Manage decisions regarding build-vs-buy and vendor/technology partnerships.

• Maintain existing legacy platforms while developing potential migration strategies and optimizing profits.

• Lead a geographically distributed engineering organization located in the US and India.

• Recruit, nurture, and retain engineering talent to build a robust leadership pipeline.

• Establish best practices in engineering, focusing on code quality, testing, CI/CD, incident response, and security.

• Foster collaboration and communication among distributed teams.

• Collaborate with Product teams on roadmap prioritization and assess technical feasibility.

• Work alongside Sales and Customer Success on technical escalations and enterprise requirements.

• Represent Engineering in executive strategic planning, budgeting, and initiatives at the board level.

• Oversee engineering KPIs, including uptime, reliability, velocity, technical debt reduction, defect reporting, and AI utilization.

• Manage security and compliance matters, including SOC II audits, penetration testing, and privacy regulations.

• Administer the engineering budget, SaaS platform margins, headcount planning, and vendor contracts.

• Ensure adherence to SaaS data security, privacy, and industry regulations.

• Achieve first-year outcomes, including a detailed technical roadmap, enhanced stability and uptime, improved collaboration between US and India teams, and milestones in senior leadership hiring and retention.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 12 years of experience in software engineering.

• At least 5 years in a senior technology leadership role, such as CTO or equivalent, within a SaaS environment.

• Demonstrated experience leading distributed or global engineering teams, preferably including teams based in India.

• Proven success in scaling engineering organizations from startup to mid-market SaaS.

• Experience in developing or scaling AI/ML-powered product features and promoting AI adoption within engineering.

• Strong technical background in modern web architecture, cloud infrastructures like AWS, Azure, or GCP, APIs, and data security.

• Experience collaborating with executive leadership on business strategies.

• Excellent communication skills, particularly in conveying technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and board members.

• Experience with M&A technical due diligence, platform migrations, or significant re-architecture projects is a plus.

• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

• Scholastic or employment visas cannot be accommodated.

• Applicants residing in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, or Wyoming will not be considered.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and life insurance, including optional HSA, FSA, and DCA accounts.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching starting from day one.

• Equity stock options to share in our success.

• Flexible working hours, remote work options, and generous vacation and sick leave.

• Paid parental leave for mothers, fathers, and adoptive parents.

• Professional development stipends to facilitate your career advancement.

• Opportunities to engage in community outreach and volunteer programs.

• Monthly company-sponsored happy hours and gatherings to foster connections and relaxation.