Field Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Role overview 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.

Responsibilities - 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.

Requirements - 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.

Nice to have - 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.

Benefits and work setup - 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.