Chief Technology Officer

You will own engineering end to end, including systems, people, and standards. You will set reliability and incident-response standards, lead engineering leaders, support senior hiring, guide AI use in engineering, plan architecture for expansion, and communicate engineering priorities clearly to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintain simple, effective engineering processes and designs as the organization grows
• Set standards for uptime, incident response, and safe changes to financial systems
• Lead engineering managers and directors, including hiring and development
• Guide the engineering vision and adoption of AI
• Plan architecture and organizational structure for market expansion
• Communicate engineering work and priorities to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Requirements

• Managed an engineering organization of at least 100 people, including managers of managers
• Software engineering background with the ability to read code and evaluate technical arguments
• Accountability for a system where failure involved money, safety, or regulated data
• Experience hiring senior engineering leaders and managing unsuccessful leadership placements
• Clear and persuasive writing for non-engineering audiences
• Demonstrated point of view on AI in engineering

Benefits

• Yearly $1,200 coworking meetup stipend
• Subsidized health insurance for employees and dependents
• Retirement contributions
• Six months of fully paid parental leave
• Subsidized fertility assistance
• Flexible vacation
• Annual charitable donation matching up to $10,000
• Travel costs covered for required market travel