Chief Technology Officer

Access Softek

Chief Technology Officer defining technology vision and architecture strategy at Access Softek. Leading technology initiatives to drive business growth and product scalability.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the company’s technology vision, architecture strategy, and long-term platform direction
Define how the platform evolves, scales, and remains competitive over time
Translate business strategy into technology strategy, system architecture, and key technical trade-offs
Make executive-level decisions on platform design, modernization, and major technology investments
Own end-to-end system architecture across products and services, ensuring coherence, scalability, and maintainability
Drive long-term platform evolution, including legacy system strategy and architectural consolidation
Design and evolve the engineering organization at the executive level, including leadership structure and scaling model
Own technology risk, including system resilience, security architecture, and compliance (SOC2 and related standards)
Ensure security and compliance are embedded into system design and engineering practices
Partner with Product and Business leadership to align roadmap priorities with technical feasibility and long-term strategy
Align engineering investment and capacity with business goals and growth priorities
Oversee system reliability, scalability, and observability strategy at the platform level
Evaluate and drive adoption of emerging technologies (including AI/automation) for strategic advantage
Lead the company’s adoption of AI technologies and guide its transition toward AI-driven products and operations
Provide executive-level visibility into platform health, risks, and architectural direction

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in software engineering and technology leadership
Proven experience as a CTO or equivalent executive technology leader in a scaling SaaS or platform company
Strong track record of owning architecture and platform evolution in large-scale, production systems
Experience leading and scaling distributed engineering organizations through growth and transformation
Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and platform engineering principles
Experience operating in regulated or security-critical environments (e.g., fintech, enterprise SaaS)
Strong executive communication skills with ability to influence CEO and senior leadership decisions
Demonstrated ability to operate at system, architecture, and business-strategy level
Strong judgment in balancing speed, scalability, risk, and long-term technical investment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Compensation commensurate with experience
401(k) retirement savings plan
Life insurance, short-term and long-term disabilities insurance
Medical and dental insurance
Paid vacation and sick leave
Paid home internet

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Hard Skills & Tools

system architecturecloud-native architecturesdistributed systemsplatform engineeringAI technologiessecurity architecturecompliancescalabilitysystem resilienceobservability

Soft Skills

executive communicationleadershipinfluencejudgmentstrategic thinkingcollaborationdecision-makingrisk managementorganizational designtransformation