Field Chief Technology Officer; CTO

Lead market-facing technical work for a software consultancy, building client trust before and during engagements. You will help shape new opportunities, guide go-to-market direction, and stay technically active while connecting business goals with sound engineering decisions.

• Work with deal teams to shape architectures, scope, delivery stages, and staffing for prospective engagements.
• Remain a trusted technical contact for key clients as projects move into delivery.
• Build market relationships through in-person events, talks, writing, and other public technical activity.
• Refine service offerings and the firm’s technical point of view based on market needs, including agentic products and platform expertise.
• Develop relationships with AI and platform partners alongside growth colleagues.
• Advise senior technologists and help uphold technical quality, with potential to lead a small team as the role develops.

• More than 10 years of experience in custom software consulting, spanning both business development and delivery.
• A record of earning client trust, pitching work credibly, and delivering on commitments.
• Current technical judgment grounded in hands-on work and continued learning.
• Ability to discuss architecture with engineering leaders and business value with executives.
• Strong written and spoken communication, sound commercial judgment, and the ability to lead through influence.
• Willingness to be active in the market, including regular in-person participation.

• Experience winning enterprise consulting engagements and shaping a firm’s services or technical market position.
• A public technical profile through talks, writing, or community leadership.
• Relationships with cloud or AI platform partners, and practical understanding of emerging AI and agentic tools.
• Experience mentoring senior technical staff.

• US remote role with regular but infrequent travel for events, client pitches, and occasional team gatherings.
• Base pay of $230,000–$287,500 USD, plus 20–30% performance-based variable compensation.
• Learning resources and stipend, flexible time off, coworking support, and 12 weeks of parental leave for eligible employees.