United States onlyHead of Engineering (CTO)
Location: 100% Remote
Salary: Up to 12,000 USD / month
Contract Type: B2B
Work Model: Full-time, Fully Remote
About the Client
Our client is a US-based technology company hiring a full-time Chief Technology Officer to own the company’s technology vision, execution, security posture, and engineering operations end-to-end. You will be stepping into a platform that has a live, revenue-generating customer base and a modern architecture. The platform also features a maturing security posture, including a successful SOC 2 audit, alongside active product development across the core platform and new capabilities. As the CTO, you will be a hands-on executive leader responsible for translating business and product strategy into reliable, secure, and scalable technology, while building and leading high-performing teams across multiple geographies.
Key Responsibilities
Own the technology roadmap, architecture, and long-term technical vision.
Ensure the platform scales securely across customers, projects, and devices.
Lead architectural decisions across cloud infrastructure, integrations, data models, and access-control logic.
Balance innovation with operational stability in a safety-critical environment.
Lead and scale the engineering, QA, technical ops, and architecture teams.
Partner closely with Product, Operations, and Customer teams to align delivery with real-world job-site needs.
Establish and continuously improve SDLC, release management, and quality practices to ensure predictable delivery without sacrificing security or reliability.
Own the security and compliance posture, including SOC 2 audits, customer security reviews, and internal security.
Maintain and evolve policies around access control, data ownership, encryption, and auditability while partnering with leadership, legal, and external auditors on compliance and risk management.
Own cloud infrastructure, uptime, monitoring, and disaster recovery to ensure high availability for customers operating live construction sites.
Drive operational excellence around incident management, postmortems, and continuous improvement.
Take technical responsibility for the fleet of turnstiles, open portals, and handheld devices in the field.
Serve as a core member of the executive leadership team, partnering with the CEO, CPO, CSO, and other leaders on company strategy.
Represent the technology vision confidently with customers, partners, and auditors, while building a strong engineering culture grounded in accountability, pragmatism, and continuous learning.
Requirements
15+ years of experience in software engineering and technical leadership.
Prior experience as a CTO, VP Engineering, or senior technical leader in a SaaS company.
Strong background in cloud-native systems, modern APIs, and secure architectures.
Strong background in modern web and mobile technology stacks, preferably React, React Native, and .NET.
Hands-on experience with security, compliance, and audits.
Experience leading distributed teams across geographies.
Comfortable operating in regulated, operationally critical environments.
Ability to move fluidly between strategy, architecture, and execution.
Ability to work effectively with overlapping hours in the US Eastern Time (New York) zone.
Leadership Style We Value
Pragmatic, calm, and decisive approach.
Comfortable making tradeoffs and owning outcomes.
Security-first mindset without being innovation-averse.
Respects the realities of operations, customers, and frontline users.
Builds trust with engineers, peers, and executives alike.
What We Offer
Monthly compensation: Up to 12,000 USD.
Working model: 100% Fully Remote setup.
Global Scale: A hands-on executive role to shape the technical vision and engineering operations of a modern platform serving live, safety-critical environments.
