Head of Engineering

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.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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.