Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Accountabilities:

• Define and drive the overall technical architecture for both the established enterprise search platform and the emerging AI/RAG product line.


• Lead critical decisions on scalability, infrastructure design, system reliability, and long-term technical evolution.


• Own deployment strategies, operational readiness, and infrastructure stability across all engineering initiatives.


• Guide the evaluation and adoption of modern engineering tools, with a strong focus on AI-assisted development practices.


• Lead, mentor, and support a team of experienced engineers, fostering autonomy, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.


• Conduct architectural and code reviews while providing high-quality technical guidance and feedback.


• Collaborate closely with executive leadership on product strategy, roadmap prioritization, and business alignment.


• Manage enterprise-level technical requirements, including security reviews, compliance standards, and customer SLAs.


• Lead SOC 2 compliance efforts and support audit and security certification processes.


• Balance technical debt, feature delivery, and system reliability across competing priorities.


• Stay actively involved in architecture and system design, maintaining strong technical credibility within the team.


• Champion AI/ML innovation, especially in RAG systems, LLM applications, and modern development workflows.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant leadership responsibilities in senior technical roles.


• Proven experience leading and mentoring experienced engineering teams in a high-trust environment.


• Strong hands-on familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot.


• Solid technical foundation in Java/Kotlin, Python, and AWS cloud environments.


• Demonstrated experience with AI/ML systems, including RAG architectures, LLMs, and prompt engineering.


• Strong understanding of enterprise SaaS environments, including SLAs, compliance, and security requirements.


• Ability to operate effectively across both strategic leadership and hands-on technical contribution.


• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.


• Strong product mindset with curiosity about customer problems and business impact.


• Experience in search, information retrieval, or related domains is a strong plus.


• Familiarity with tools such as OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, MySQL, Terraform/Pulumi, or LangChain/LangSmith is advantageous.


• Prior CTO or VP Engineering experience is a plus but not mandatory for the right profile.

• Fully remote role within the European Union with maximum location flexibility.


• High autonomy and trust-based working culture with minimal bureaucracy.


• Opportunity to shape both a mature enterprise platform and a fast-growing AI product.


• Direct collaboration with founders and executive leadership on strategic decisions.


• Strong influence over technical direction, architecture, and product evolution.


• Flexible, outcome-driven work environment focused on impact rather than process.


• Access to a highly experienced, collaborative, and senior engineering team.


• Flexible time off policy to support rest and work-life balance.


• Part of a larger SaaS ecosystem with knowledge sharing across multiple products and teams.


• Opportunity to work at the forefront of AI-assisted software development and RAG technologies.

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