Chief Technology Officer
Required skills
Practical, real-world experience working with AI systems and understanding their application in production environments, Significant experience leading software, platform, or data engineering organizations in a hands-on leadership capacity, Demonstrated ability to own and evolve technical roadmaps across multiple product lines or platforms, Experience making architectural decisions for complex, data-driven systems, Comfort getting into the technical weeds when needed to unblock teams or resolve critical issues, Proven ability to hire, develop, and manage high-performing technical teams, Clear, direct communication style and comfort making and standing behind difficult technical decisions, Familiarity with building and scaling AI products in production, Hands-on experience with modern cloud platforms and distributed systems, Authorization to work in the United States
Preferred skills
You want to actively shape and build AI products, not just talk about them, You enjoy owning technical strategy while staying close to execution and delivery, You’re comfortable operating in ambiguity and making decisions with imperfect information, You want to lead teams through a meaningful shift toward AI-centric products and development practices
Technologies
modern cloud platforms and distributed systems
Responsibilities
Be the tech voice within our senior leadership team and guide decision-making and business planning as we scale, Own and drive Civis’s technical roadmap across both the Civis Platform and emerging AI products, ensuring alignment, cohesion, and long-term scalability, Lead architecture decisions across platform, data, and AI systems, balancing speed, reliability, and maintainability, Act as a player–coach: stay close to systems, technical tradeoffs, and delivery while empowering teams to execute independently. Guide the organization toward an AI-centric product and development environment, including tooling, workflows, and engineering practices, Lead and integrate a cross-functional team spanning product, engineering, data, and AI, while serving as a visible, hands-on leader and magnet for technical talent as the organization grows, Provide thought leadership within the company; research and evaluate cutting-edge practices and enabling technologies for internal adoption; assess potential partnerships and acquisitions, Be the public face of Civis technology and data science; network, evangelize, and form relationships with press and peer organizations; participate in high-level sales meetings; and give back to the community
Seniority
CTO
Domain
AI, data science, software engineering