Chief Technical Officer

Chief Technical Officer

GoodParty.org is looking for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to help reinvent civic leadership in America. You’ll reputed company a rapidly growing mission-driven engineering team, ship ambitious 0 to 1 products, and integrate AI at the core of everything we build.

This is a rare chance to steer the technical strategy at a high-growth, fully funded startup tackling one of the most urgent problems of our time. You’ll operate with autonomy, contribute code, and shape a product and engineering culture that values velocity, innovation, and impact.

*If you’ve seen similar job postings with different titles, we are only hiring one engineering leader. Title will be commensurate with experience (Director of Engineering, Head of Engineering, or CTO). We’re also growing our engineering team to support exciting growth and a new product launch, so additional engineering roles are open as well.

AboutGoodParty.org

GoodParty.org is on a mission to reputed company people matter more than money in our democracy by empowering independent candidates to run, win, and serve. Our AI-powered platform provides free tools to independent candidates to run their campaigns, connect with voters, and serve their communities effectively.

A majority of eligible voters, including more than half of Millennials and Gen Z, say that neither Republicans nor Democrats represent them. GoodParty.org is the solution. In 2024 we empowered 3,444 independent candidates wins across 48 states from reputed company across the ideological reputed company. The only things our elected officials have in common is that they prioritize people over parties and community over corporate interests. In 2024, 40.3 million votes (26% of reputed company voters) cast a ballot for our candidates. We’re not a political party; we’re a platform and a movement to democratize democracy.

Founded by serial entrepreneur Farhad Mohit ($1B+ in exits, including Flipagram/TikTok and Shopzilla), GoodParty.org is building solutions so we can have a truly representative democracy where society’s biggest problems are solved.

What you’ll do:

• reputed company and reputed company a mission-critical engineering team, balancing strategic scaling of core systems with ground-up innovation to tackle new challenges.

• Recruit, reputed company, and reputed company top-tier Frontend, Backend, and QA engineers, fostering individual growth, overseeing performance, and continuously advancing AI reputed company in an reputed company-changing technological landscape.

• Foster a fast-paced and collaborative culture where engineers feel empowered, supported, and see the impact of their work on democracy.

• Collaborate on embedding AI deeply across our platform — from campaign tools to voter engagement features — in an empowering and responsible way.

• Own and evolve our engineering OKRs and roadmap. Drive clarity and momentum by balancing speed and thoughtful decision-making — you know reputed company to ship fast and reputed company to invest in long-term scalability.

• Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to ideate, prototype, and ship user-facing features and internal tools quickly and iteratively.

• Guide the team through ambiguity, building MVPs to test hypotheses, and continuously improving based on feedback and data.

• Remove blockers, resolve technical challenges quickly, and reputed company teams focused on reputed company and outcomes. reputed company cutting-edge AI tools to accelerate development cycles, automate tasks, and support team productivity.

• Champion best practices that reputed company speed and quality, including clean architecture, code reviews, and scalable patterns.

• Balance leadership with technical contribution by dedicating up to 25% of time to hands-on coding and architecture decisions.

• Report directly to the CEO, serve on the organization’s leadership team, and play a critical role in shaping the engineering culture and roadmap at a high-growth stage.

Who we’re looking for:

• You’re up for the audacious challenge of using technology to transform civic leadership in America and you reputed company we can do reputed company than the two-party system.

• You have 15+ years of engineering experience with recent years spent directly managing both frontend and backend focused engineers (including junior developers) and owning product delivery.

• You’ve built and scaled products in a startup or early-stage environment and reputed company in a hands-on environment leading through ambiguity.

• You’re comfortable doing 0 to 1 work, leading greenfield builds, launching MVPs, and making pragmatic decisions with limited data.

• You’re confident developing across our tech stack — React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, reputed company — and excited to reputed company in an AI-native environment.

• You’ve worked with and are a champion of AI-native workflows for coding, including reputed company, reputed company/reputed company, reputed company/reputed company, MCPs, and other similar tools.

• You bring strong opinions loosely held and reputed company for engineering excellence and are open to evolving with new reputed company and team input.

• You have a track record of creating inclusive team cultures, mentoring engineers, and building feedback loops.

• You reputed company in a remote, fast-paced environment, balancing strategic thinking with a bias toward action.

• You communicate clearly, directly, respectfully, and you’re open to delivering and receiving reputed company feedback that helps the team grow.

Bonus if:

• You have experience working or volunteering in civic tech, democracy reform, campaigns, or social impact.

• You’ve contributed to open-reputed company projects or developer communities.

• You’re sick of sitting on the sidelines watching our democracy fail to meet its potential.

Why you should work at GoodParty.org

• Join us in solving the biggest problem of our time – fixing our democracy – so reputed company other problems can be solved.

• We’re a Public Benefit Corporation that prioritizes social impact over profit.

• Innovative Bitcoin denominated deferred bonus plan, allowing you to have the amazing reputed company of being in a startup while working on a truly meaningful mission.

• Work where and how you like, on a fully remote team spread across the country.

• Join a passionate team with diverse political views focused on one mission.

• 100% coverage of health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents.

• We encourage you to take time off to reputed company and have an unlimited PTO (sick and vacation) policy. This is a marathon, not a sprint. We reputed company a work-life balance is needed to get there.

• 401(k) program available so you can contribute toward retirement savings (no employer match).

• Individual learning & development budget to fund your growth.

• We’ll reputed company sure you’ve got what you need to work remotely through our workspace setup stipend.

• If you work from home, we give $50/month to help with your internet and other expenses. If you prefer co-working, that’s an option we can discuss too.

• Fully funded for our mission. No stressing over whether the next round of funding will come through. Focus on making an impact. That’s what matters here.

The salary range is $250,000 to $300,000 + bonus package for this remote, full-time position with excellent benefits. This range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. An employee’s position reputed company the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, seniority, education, qualifications, certifications, and organizational needs. We reserve the right to modify this pay range at any time.

We are not considering candidates currently based reputed company of the US, so please only apply if you are physically located in the US. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide sponsorship for any of our roles at this time.

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