Head of Technology

Tallo

Head of Technology leading Tallo's engineering and technology organization. Driving the vision of the career platform supporting young talent with infrastructure and user outcomes.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $132,365 - $195,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Head of Technology leads Tallo’s engineering and technology organization.
Developing and supporting the existing team and growing the structures and systems that power a career platform.
Manages engineering managers who lead software engineering and QA teams.
Sets the technical direction for the platform and partnerships closely with Product, Data, Marketing, and company leadership.
Accountable for the structure and health of the engineering organization, soundness of Tallo’s technical architecture, and delivery against the product roadmap.
Guides engineering practices and improves processes.
Advocates safety, security, and compliance for technology while working with various teams.
Partners with data and product teams to ensure delivery of user-centered outcomes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Ten (10) years of experience in software engineering and senior leadership of multi-team organizations or related work.
An exceptional hirer who consistently identifies, attracts, and lands strong engineers and engineering leaders, and builds teams that raise the bar.
Proven experience leading engineering managers and building team structures, leveling frameworks, and operating models.
A track record of identifying and empowering strong technical leaders, giving them the scope to grow their impact.
Demonstrated success building and scaling engineering organizations in high-growth environments.
Strong background in modern cloud-based architectures, DevOps practices, and distributed systems.
Track record of shipping customer-facing product capabilities, including data-driven or AI-enabled features, into production.
Experience owning quality assurance and the standards and practices that keep what a team ships reliable.
Ownership mindset for technology safety and security, with experience building secure systems and meeting compliance requirements, ideally for sensitive or young user populations.
Experience partnering with data and data science functions, including data architecture and analytics.
Excellent people leadership skills, including coaching managers, building performance cultures, and developing technical leaders.
Strong strategic thinking paired with a hands-on execution orientation.
Comfortable working directly with the team rather than leading from a distance.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence at the executive level.
Ability to clear required background checks.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health benefits
retirement contributions
paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringcloud-based architecturesDevOps practicesdistributed systemsquality assurancedata architectureanalyticsAI-enabled featurestechnical architectureproduct roadmap

Soft Skills

people leadershipcoachingstrategic thinkinghands-on executioncommunicationinfluencingteam buildingperformance culture developmentempowering technical leadershiring