Chief Technology Officer

Access Softek

$180K — $250K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in software engineering and technology leadership
  • Proven CTO or equivalent in scaling SaaS/platform company
  • Experience in platform architecture and large-scale systems
  • Ability to lead and scale distributed engineering teams
  • Deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures and platform engineering
  • Experience in regulated or security-critical industries
  • Strong executive communication and influencing skills
  • Expertise in balancing speed, scalability, and long-term investment

Responsibilities

  • Own and define technology vision and architecture strategy
  • Translate business strategy into technology and system architecture
  • Make executive-level decisions on platform design and investments
  • Drive long-term platform evolution and legacy system strategy
  • Ensure end-to-end system architecture scalability and maintainability
  • Align engineering investment with business growth priorities
  • Lead platform reliability, security, and compliance strategies
  • Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies for strategic advantage

Benefits

  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Life insurance and disability insurance
  • Medical and dental insurance
  • Paid vacation and sick leave
  • Paid home internet
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Chief Technology Officer to define and lead the company's technology vision, architecture strategy, and long-term platform evolution. This is an executive role responsible for ensuring technology is a core driver of business growth, product scalability, and operational resilience.

As CTO, you will partner with the CEO and executive leadership team to shape company strategy through technology, make high-impact architectural decisions, and ensure the organization is built to scale sustainably.

What You'll own

  • Own the company's technology vision, architecture strategy, and long-term platform direction
  • Define how the platform evolves, scales, and remains competitive over time
  • Translate business strategy into technology strategy, system architecture, and key technical trade-offs
  • Make executive-level decisions on platform design, modernization, and major technology investments
  • Own end-to-end system architecture across products and services, ensuring coherence, scalability, and maintainability
  • Drive long-term platform evolution, including legacy system strategy and architectural consolidation
  • Design and evolve the engineering organization at the executive level, including leadership structure and scaling model
  • Own technology risk, including system resilience, security architecture, and compliance (SOC2 and related standards)
  • Ensure security and compliance are embedded into system design and engineering practices
  • Partner with Product and Business leadership to align roadmap priorities with technical feasibility and long-term strategy
  • Align engineering investment and capacity with business goals and growth priorities
  • Oversee system reliability, scalability, and observability strategy at the platform level
  • Evaluate and drive adoption of emerging technologies (including AI/automation) for strategic advantage
  • Lead the company's adoption of AI technologies and guide its transition toward AI-driven products and operations
  • Provide executive-level visibility into platform health, risks, and architectural direction


Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering and technology leadership
  • Proven experience as a CTO or equivalent executive technology leader in a scaling SaaS or platform company
  • Strong track record of owning architecture and platform evolution in large-scale, production systems
  • Experience leading and scaling distributed engineering organizations through growth and transformation
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and platform engineering principles
  • Experience operating in regulated or security-critical environments (e.g., fintech, enterprise SaaS)
  • Strong executive communication skills with ability to influence CEO and senior leadership decisions
  • Demonstrated ability to operate at system, architecture, and business-strategy level
  • Strong judgment in balancing speed, scalability, risk, and long-term technical investment


Our Benefits

  • Compensation commensurate with experience
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Life insurance, short-term and long-term disabilities insurance
  • Medical and dental insurance
  • Paid vacation and sick leave
  • Paid home internet


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