Chief Technology Officer

Civis Analytics•Chicago, IL

3d•$225 - $325•Remote

About The Position

Civis Analytics is hiring a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the company’s technical vision, architecture, and execution as we expand our platform and launch standalone AI products. Reporting to the CEO, the CTO will play a critical player–coach role: setting long-term technical direction while staying close to systems, decisions, and delivery. This role owns the cohesion between Civis’s core data platform and its growing AI product portfolio. As we scale our AI capabilities, the CTO will ensure that our existing data infrastructure and IP remain strong, reliable, and extensible—while guiding teams toward an AI-centric development and product environment.

Requirements

Practical, real-world experience working with AI systems and understanding their application in production environments - beyond theory or research
Significant experience leading software, platform, or data engineering organizations in a hands-on leadership capacity
Demonstrated ability to own and evolve technical roadmaps across multiple product lines or platforms
Experience making architectural decisions for complex, data-driven systems
Comfort getting into the technical weeds when needed to unblock teams or resolve critical issues
Proven ability to hire, develop, and manage high-performing technical teams
Clear, direct communication style and comfort making and standing behind difficult technical decisions
Familiarity with building and scaling AI products in production
Hands-on experience with modern cloud platforms and distributed systems
Authorization to work in the United States

Responsibilities

Be the tech voice within our senior leadership team and guide decision-making and business planning as we scale
Own and drive Civis’s technical roadmap across both the Civis Platform and emerging AI products, ensuring alignment, cohesion, and long-term scalability
Lead architecture decisions across platform, data, and AI systems, balancing speed, reliability, and maintainability
Act as a player–coach : stay close to systems, technical tradeoffs, and delivery while empowering teams to execute independently.
Guide the organization toward an AI-centric product and development environment, including tooling, workflows, and engineering practices
Lead and integrate a cross-functional team spanning product, engineering, data, and AI, while serving as a visible, hands-on leader and magnet for technical talent as the organization grows (approximately 15 people initially).
Provide thought leadership within the company ; research and evaluate cutting-edge practices and enabling technologies for internal adoption; assess potential partnerships and acquisitions
Be the public face of Civis technology and data science ; network, evangelize, and form relationships with press and peer organizations; participate in high-level sales meetings; and give back to the community.

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