We are looking for a great leader who can coach, mentor, and be an effective leader for our team. Our Engineering team has a wide variety of seniority levels, and an effective leader will create a culture of growth, motivation, and accomplishment across the ranks.

As CTO you will lead a team of 30-40 people and be responsible for all aspects of our technology including software engineering, infrastructure, data, security, and technical operations. We need an experienced, hands-on leader who can lead by example while developing best practices software development and mentoring a team of engineers and related roles. The CTO will be part of our senior leadership team and will report to the CEO and co-founder. The majority of our engineering and technical team is located in Medellin, Colombia and Montreal, Canada so working on a US East Coast time zone is preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Define and communicate a compelling technical vision and roadmap aligned with Talent.com’s mission and business objectives
• Develop/implement technology strategy – working closely with executive leadership team to ensure alignment with overall business goals
• Manage a widely distributed team of software engineers and related roles (30-40 currently)
• Define best practices around coding methodologies, software development, and quality assurance
• Establish a high performing, inclusive engineering team and culture focused on innovation and execution; design team structures that enable us to achieve a high level of performance
• Set a high bar for our overall engineering practices across development, process, communication, and documentation
• Define best practices around coding methodologies, software development, and quality assurance
• Provide strategic guidance to the product development process, leveraging the latest technologies to create impactful solutions
• Develop project estimates to assist leadership in making informed product investment decisions
• Apply deep understanding of machine learning, and deep learning to incorporate AI-driven insights and features into our platform and product
• Own the short–and–long term data roadmap for supporting engineering, data science, product and the full business
• Bring maturity to the tech organization from a process and people standpoint while balancing technical and product innovation
• Uplevel and grow team members