Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
TechForward Inc. - San Francisco, CA

About Us:
TechForward is a Series C startup ($150M raised) disrupting the enterprise software space with AI-powered solutions. We're scaling rapidly from 100 to 300 engineers over the next 18 months.

The Role:
We're seeking an experienced CTO to lead our technology organization through this critical growth phase. You'll own the technical vision, architecture decisions, and engineering culture as we scale.

Responsibilities:
- Define and execute the technology strategy aligned with business objectives
- Scale the engineering organization from 100 to 300+ engineers
- Architect cloud-native platform handling billions of transactions
- Build and mentor a world-class engineering leadership team
- Drive DevOps excellence with CI/CD best practices
- Establish platform engineering to improve developer productivity
- Lead AI/ML initiatives to maintain competitive advantage
- Manage $50M+ technology budget and vendor relationships

Requirements:
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
- 15+ years of software engineering experience, 8+ in leadership roles
- Proven track record scaling engineering organizations (100+ engineers)
- Deep expertise in cloud architecture (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience with real-time data platforms and streaming architectures
- Strong background in AI/ML platform development
- Excellence in building developer platforms and tooling
- Track record of driving DevOps transformation

Technical Skills:
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform
- Data: Kafka, Apache Flink, real-time streaming
- AI/ML: Platform architecture, MLOps
- DevOps: CI/CD, GitHub Actions, observability (Prometheus, Grafana)

What We Offer:
- Competitive salary ($400-500K) + equity
- Opportunity to shape a category-defining company
- World-class team and board
