Field CTO

Weave•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Weave is building a platform to help engineering teams understand and improve how they work. It uses AI to analyze how engineers work and surface insights about productivity, quality, collaboration, and impact, with the goal of improving engineering outcomes rather than maximizing output or relying on vanity metrics or surveillance. The Field CTO will serve as Weave’s technical voice and public face in the market. The role combines conference speaking, executive advising, research and writing, evangelism, and customer engagement. The Field CTO will build Weave’s field presence, earn the trust of engineering executives, support strategic sales opportunities without carrying a quota, and help shape the industry’s understanding of engineering productivity in the AI era. The position also brings insights from engineering leaders back to the product team to inform the roadmap. The role works closely with the CEO, who leads sales and customer discovery, and the CTO. It is based in San Francisco, with office work when not traveling and regular travel to conferences, conventions, and customers. Weave describes the team as small, intense, and highly collaborative, with ownership from day one.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in software engineering, including senior technical leadership.
Experience as a CTO, VP of Engineering, Deputy or Field CTO, or leader of a platform or developer productivity organization.
Deep, practical expertise in developer productivity, including informed perspectives on DORA, SPACE, and DevEx and their limitations in the age of AI.
Exceptional writing skills; published posts, research, or essays demonstrate sharp thinking and have an audience.
Executive credibility and the ability to build trusted relationships with CTOs.
Self-directed, comfortable building a playbook independently, and able to work at speed.
Based in San Francisco and able to work in the office when not traveling.
Available for regular travel to conferences, conventions, and customers.

Nice To Haves

Prior Field CTO, Chief Evangelist, or Developer Relations leadership experience at a developer tools or infrastructure company.
Experience delivering keynotes or major conference talks and speaking effectively to both skeptical engineers and boardroom audiences.
An existing network of CTOs and VPs of Engineering who already trust the candidate.
Experience supporting enterprise sales cycles as a technical executive.

Responsibilities

Represent Weave at keynotes, conference talks, panels, meetups, podcasts, and conventions; build and run the company’s field presence.
Advise CTOs and VPs of Engineering during evaluations and proof-of-concept engagements and after deals close.
Partner with sales on strategic deals and translate Weave’s AI code analysis, integrations, and velocity modeling into narratives executives can share internally.
Bring feedback and insights from engineering leaders to the product team and help sharpen the roadmap.
Cultivate relationships with engineering leaders who may become customers, champions, and community members.
Adapt to a varied schedule that may include speaking at conferences, advising customer CTOs on rollouts, and writing talks or other material.