Chief Technology Officer

Summary

Join BigFilter.ai, a social impact startup, as their CTO and lead the development of innovative products and platforms combating the global information crisis. This remote, full-time position offers flexible hours and involves defining technical strategy, making architectural decisions, managing product development, and leading a high-performing engineering team. You will also be responsible for technical risk management, DevOps implementation, and ensuring security and regulatory compliance. The role requires extensive experience in building and scaling platforms, leading engineering teams, and working in a fast-paced startup environment. Compensation includes salary and equity.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience combining deep technical expertise, leadership experience, and strategic vision
• Proven track record of defining and executing a technical strategy that aligns with a company’s mission and business goals, preferably with experience in a startup and corporate environments
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure software architectures and platforms
• Educational and work experience with NLP and ML
• Previous experience in making key architectural decisions for large-scale cloud-based products
• Experience working closely with product teams to implement features and manage product development lifecycles
• Hands-on experience in implementing DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure as code
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing engineering teams. Experience hiring, mentoring, and retaining top engineering talent
• Experience in identifying and mitigating technical risks, ensuring the stability and reliability of a product under development
• Previous experience in a fast-paced startup environment, particularly in a role where scaling technology and teams was a key focus. Experience with the challenges of limited resources and rapid growth is essential

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the technical vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with the company’s mission and goals
• Make key architectural decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of the products. Evaluate and choose the technology stack and methods that best enable product development
• Work closely with the Product Team to implement features on the roadmap. Define and manage the projects, processes, and systems needed to implement the features in a way that is aligned with the company’s mission and goals
• Identify and mitigate technical risks to ensure the stability and reliability of the products
• Implement DevOps practices to streamline development, deployment, and monitoring processes
• Create, manage, and lead the engineering team. Mentor and coach team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture
• Prioritize security features and best practices to protect user data and privacy, and build and maintain user trust
• Articulate the product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with the company’s mission and goals and users’ needs
• Develop and maintain the product roadmap, prioritizing features and enhancements based on business impact and customer feedback
• Communicate product strategy and progress to investors and stakeholders
• Ensure the products adhere to relevant regulatory standards and data privacy laws

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting, building, and scaling platforms with millions of users
• Experience creating, managing, and leading high-performing software engineering teams
• The ability to be hands-on and the wisdom to know when to be hands-off
• Strong personal integrity and professional ethics

Benefits

• Remote
• Salary & Equity
• Full-time / Flexible