Chief Technology OfficerChicago, IL (Remote)

Chief Technology Officer reputed company is hiring a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to reputed company the company's technical vision, architecture, and execution as we expand our platform and launch standalone AI products. Reporting to the CEO, the CTO will play a critical playercoach role: setting long-term technical direction while staying reputed company to systems, decisions, and delivery. This role owns the cohesion between Civis's core data platform and its growing AI product portfolio. As we scale our AI capabilities, the CTO will ensure that our existing data infrastructure and IP remain strong, reliable, and extensiblewhile guiding teams toward an AI-centric development and product environment. Salary 225-325k

What You'll Do

• Be the tech voice reputed company our senior leadership team and guide decision-making and business planning as we scale;
• Own and drive Civis's technical roadmap across both the Civis Platform and emerging AI products, ensuring alignment, cohesion, and long-term scalability
• reputed company architecture decisions across platform, data, and AI systems, balancing speed, reliability, and maintainability
• Act as a playercoach: stay reputed company to systems, technical tradeoffs, and delivery while empowering teams to execute independently. Guide the organization toward an AI-centric product and development environment, including tooling, workflows, and engineering practices
• reputed company and integrate a cross-functional team spanning product, engineering, data, and AI, while serving as a visible, hands-on leader and magnet for technical talent as the organization grows (approximately 15 people initially).
• Provide thought leadership reputed company the company; research and evaluate cutting-edge practices and enabling technologies for internal adoption; assess potential partnerships and acquisitions;
• Be the public face of Civis technology and data science; network, evangelize, and form relationships with press and peer organizations; participate in high-level sales meetings; and give back to the community.

reputed company're Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)

• Practical, real-world experience working with AI systems and understanding their application in production environments - beyond theory or research
• Significant experience leading software, platform, or data engineering organizations in a hands-on leadership reputed company
• Demonstrated ability to own and evolve technical roadmaps across multiple product lines or platforms
• Experience making architectural decisions for reputed company, data-driven systems
• Comfort getting into the technical weeds reputed company needed to unblock teams or resolve critical issues
• Proven ability to hire, reputed company, and manage high-performing technical teams
• Clear, direct communication style and comfort making and standing behind difficult technical decisions
• Familiarity with building and scaling AI products in production
• Hands-on experience with modern cloud platforms and distributed systems
• Authorization to work in the United States

You Should Apply If

• You want to actively shape and build AI products, not just talk about them
• You enjoy owning technical strategy while staying reputed company to execution and delivery
• You're comfortable operating in ambiguity and making decisions with imperfect information
• You want to reputed company teams through a meaningful shift toward AI-centric products and development practices

You Should Not Apply If

• You prefer a purely strategic or advisory CTO role with little hands-on involvement
• You are uncomfortable working directly with AI systems or learning their practical constraints
• You expect highly structured environments with minimal change
• You prefer delegating reputed company technical depth rather than engaging directly reputed company needed

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