AI-First CTO: Architect & Scale a Remote Tech Platform

Toptal; Italia; Remote; EUR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Toptal is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to drive AI-first product and engineering strategy. You will own the full technical architecture, build AI-first foundations, and lead resourcing and hiring for a globally distributed team.

Collaborate with Product to expose business logic through modular interfaces and push AI into every function at scale. You will set technical direction, mentor engineers, and maintain cadence with executive leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required.
• 15+ years engineering leadership experience.
• Hands-on, capable of reading/writing code and shaping architecture.
• Deep knowledge of AI engineering, foundation models, and agentic systems.

Responsibilities

• Define AI technology strategy and end-to-end architecture for products.
• Lead hiring, resourcing, and workforce planning with a high-velocity approach.
• Coach engineers on agentic best practices and drive production implementations.
• Partner with Product to expose core business logic via modular interfaces.

Job description

Toptal is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to drive AI-first product and engineering strategy. You will own the full technical architecture, build AI-first foundations, and lead resourcing and hiring for a globally distributed team.

Collaborate with Product to expose business logic through modular interfaces and push AI into every function at scale. You will set technical direction, mentor engineers, and maintain cadence with executive leadership.