Field CTO, North America

Gravitee•Denver, CO

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Field CTO serves as Gravitee's most senior technical leader in the field, acting as a trusted advisor to enterprise executives, architects, product leaders, and technology teams. This role sits at the intersection of technology, strategy, product, and revenue. You will help shape enterprise architecture decisions, influence the direction of our platform, accelerate strategic opportunities, and establish Gravitee as a recognized thought leader across APIs, event-driven systems, AI governance, and agentic architectures. You will engage directly with CIOs, CTOs, Chief Architects, AI leaders, and engineering executives to help them navigate complex modernization initiatives while demonstrating how Gravitee enables secure, scalable, and governed digital ecosystems.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, software architecture, platform engineering, API management, integration technologies, or related technical leadership roles.
Deep expertise in API management, API security, API governance, and distributed systems.
Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise integration and event-driven architectures.
Demonstrated experience with AI architectures, including LLMs, AI agents, agent orchestration, MCP servers, AI gateways, and AI governance frameworks.
Experience engaging directly with executive stakeholders, including CIOs, CTOs, Chief Architects, and engineering leadership.
Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences.
Experience supporting enterprise sales cycles and strategic customer engagements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Experience with Kubernetes, service mesh technologies, and platform engineering practices.
Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks, MCP, A2A protocols, and emerging AI standards.
Prior experience at an API management, integration, observability, cloud infrastructure, security, or AI platform company.
Existing presence within the developer, architecture, or AI communities through speaking engagements, publications, podcasts, or industry contributions.

Responsibilities

Serve as Gravitee's senior technical authority during strategic customer engagements.
Advise CIOs, CTOs, Chief Architects, and AI leaders on modernization strategies, platform architecture, and governance models.
Participate in executive briefings, architecture reviews, workshops, and customer strategy sessions.
Build credibility with technical and business stakeholders alike.
Guide customers through the design and governance of enterprise AI initiatives.
Advise on architectures involving AI agents, MCP servers, A2A protocols, LLM gateways, AI security, and agent governance.
Develop reference architectures and best practices for enterprise AI adoption.
Help customers operationalize AI safely through observability, access control, governance, and policy enforcement.
Act as Gravitee's subject matter expert across API management, event-driven architecture, integration patterns, and distributed systems.
Provide architectural guidance for hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-premise environments.
Advise customers on modernization initiatives involving APIs, event streaming, asynchronous architectures, and platform engineering.
Support Gravitee's largest and most strategic opportunities and customers.
Lead executive technical discussions and architecture reviews.
Build confidence in Gravitee's technical vision and long-term roadmap.
Assist sales and customer teams in navigating complex enterprise buying cycles.
Establish Gravitee as a recognized leader in APIs, event-driven architecture, AI governance, and agent management.
Publish articles, whitepapers, technical blogs, videos, and architectural content.
Speak at industry conferences, customer events, webinars, podcasts, and executive forums.
Represent Gravitee within analyst discussions and industry communities.
Gather market intelligence from customers, prospects, partners, and industry leaders.
Provide structured feedback to Product Management and Engineering.
Influence product strategy, roadmap priorities, and emerging technology investments.
Help identify future market opportunities and competitive differentiators.

Benefits

Competitive medical coverage
Pension / 401k program options
Stock options
25 days holiday + in-country national holidays
3 mental health days + wellness allowance
Your birthday off
Professional development budget
Hybrid work culture with hubs across regions
Quarterly team events + annual offsite at an exciting location
A meaningful, progressive, global company culture that is as fun as it is hardworking
Endless growth opportunities