Chief Technology Officer
Code for America
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Unify and elevate Code for America’s technical direction, bringing together Product Engineering, Solutions Engineering, DevOps, and data science under a clear architectural vision and long-term roadmap.
- Build and empower high-performing technical teams, cultivating engineering leadership, clarity of roles, and strong pathways for professional growth and collaboration.
- Advance Code for America’s secure use of AI, ensuring our approach strengthens both the impact of our products and our credibility as a trusted partner to government.
- Drive excellence in execution, improving velocity, scalability, and reliability across Code for America’s software and data systems.
- Bridge disciplines by partnering closely with Product, UX, Programs, and Client Success to ensure our technology is responsive to user needs, policy realities, and strategic opportunities.
- Accelerate product development and deployment by strengthening the technical foundations and cross-disciplinary collaboration needed to move from concept to delivery quickly and effectively.
- Shape Code for America’s future technology leadership model, bringing curiosity and adaptability to how we organize and evolve our technical disciplines as the landscape and our mission evolve.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, data science, or related technical fields, with at least 5 years in senior technical leadership.
- Demonstrated success leading multi-disciplinary technical teams at scale (100+ engineers, data scientists, or technologists).
- Proven ability to define and execute cohesive technical and data strategies across diverse product and service portfolios.
- Experience overseeing or partnering on AI strategy, data infrastructure, or applied machine learning programs preferred.
- You have a track record of delivering impactful web products in an agile, AI environment, and leveraging technology creatively to improve the experience for partners and users.
- You have experience managing those who manage others, and setting up systems or operations to support your team, such as career ladders or paths for professional development.
- You are skilled at recruiting, networking, and hiring and believe our team needs to be representative of the communities we serve.
Benefits
- Our compensation and benefits are holistic and thoughtfully curated to represent our employees and our mission.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
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Soft skills
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