Chief Technology Officer
Based in United StatesFull-TimeExecutive
Salary$183,000 – $256,000
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Required Skills
- AWSGraphQLArtificial IntelligenceCybersecurityCI/CDRESTful APIsMicroservicesSaaSLLM
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including senior leadership roles (Director/VP/CTO level).
- Proven background as a software engineer building and shipping SaaS products.
- Strong experience in edtech, K–12, or learning/training software used by students, educators, or institutions.
- Demonstrated ability to lead high-frequency delivery environments with strong CI/CD and agile practices.
- Deep experience partnering with product leadership in a shared ownership model for roadmap execution.
- Hands-on familiarity with modern architectures including microservices, GraphQL/REST APIs, and AWS.
- Experience leading distributed, remote-first engineering teams, including offshore or contractor-based teams.
- Strong AI/LLM fluency, including use of AI development tools and delivery of AI-enabled features.
- Solid understanding of data platforms, including warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, and BI systems.
- Strong executive communication skills, with ability to present technical strategy to senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Preferred: familiarity with FERPA, COPPA, and education data privacy/compliance requirements.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute engineering strategy aligned with product vision, roadmap, and organizational goals.
- Lead and mentor engineering leadership across software engineering, QA, DevOps, and IT/cybersecurity functions.
- Drive architectural decisions across a distributed microservices-based SaaS platform using GraphQL, REST APIs, and AWS infrastructure.
- Establish engineering standards, delivery practices, and technical governance across frontend, backend, data, and infrastructure teams.
- Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and delivery velocity across distributed teams.
- Partner closely with product leadership to translate roadmap priorities into executable engineering plans and trade-offs.
- Oversee AI/LLM adoption for both engineering productivity and product feature development.
- Guide data platform strategy including warehouse architecture, ETL/ELT pipelines, and analytics enablement.
- Manage vendor relationships, contractor strategy, and engineering budget planning.
- Provide executive oversight for IT, cybersecurity, compliance (including SOC 2), and cloud operational reliability.
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