Chief Technology and Product Officer

Accountabilities

• Own the end-to-end product and technology strategy across web scraping infrastructure, proxy networks, anti-bot systems, and structured data API products.


• Lead, scale, and develop a distributed product and engineering organization of 25+ professionals, establishing the management structure and operating model required for continued growth.


• Define technical architecture and engineering direction for highly scalable, reliable infrastructure, including proxy management, anti-bot evasion, and large-scale scraping systems.


• Develop and execute a unified product roadmap across multiple complementary product lines, ensuring technology priorities remain aligned with business objectives.


• Drive the adoption of AI and modern machine-learning capabilities across the product portfolio and engineering workflows.


• Build strong technical understanding of the underlying platform and infrastructure, remaining sufficiently hands-on to troubleshoot critical issues, challenge technical decisions, and guide complex engineering problems.


• Work closely with the CEO, commercial leadership, and board to align product and technology strategy with company-wide priorities and growth plans.


• Strengthen vendor relationships and infrastructure capacity while optimizing proxy operations and the overall technical foundation.


• Lead the integration and consolidation of technology and product capabilities following an acquisition, creating a coherent technical roadmap and operating model.


• Foster a high-performing, collaborative engineering culture characterized by autonomy, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading product and/or engineering organizations in highly technical environments, ideally at CTO, CPO, VP Engineering, or comparable executive level.


• Experience managing an organization of 25+ people, including distributed teams working across multiple countries and time zones.


• Deep, hands-on expertise in web scraping, proxy infrastructure, anti-bot technologies, or closely related large-scale internet infrastructure.


• Demonstrated ability to combine product vision, business strategy, and technical architecture rather than focusing exclusively on one discipline.


• Strong track record applying AI/ML to product development and enabling AI-native approaches within engineering organizations.


• Ability to operate effectively at board and executive level, communicate complex technical subjects clearly, and constructively challenge senior stakeholders when appropriate.


• Strong operational judgment and willingness to become directly involved in critical technical issues when necessary, while knowing when to delegate effectively.


• Experience leading organizational transformation, rapid scaling, restructuring, or post-merger/product integration is highly valuable.


• Excellent strategic thinking, problem-solving, communication, and people leadership skills.


• Ability to thrive in a high-autonomy, low-bureaucracy, remote-first environment.

• 100% remote work, with flexibility to work from wherever you are based.


• High autonomy and trust, with freedom to determine how best to solve complex challenges.


• Low-bureaucracy environment, designed to minimize unnecessary meetings and red tape while maintaining sustainable momentum.


• Flexible time off to support rest, recovery, and personal commitments.


• Opportunity to work with a small, collaborative, international team of SaaS professionals.


• Access to a broad entrepreneurial professional network for sharing expertise, ideas, and learning.


• Opportunity to shape a rapidly growing, AI-focused technology and product organization with significant strategic influence.


• Location-adjusted compensation, aligned with local market medians for a remote-first environment; the salary range will be shared in writing before the first interview.


• Inclusive, diverse, and international working environment with opportunities to collaborate across multiple countries and cultures.

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