Head of Engineering (CTO)

Head of Engineering (CTO) • Location: 100% Remote • Salary: Up to 13,000 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.