Chief Technology Officer

Bell & Associates, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Bell & Associates, Inc. seeks a seasoned CTO to accelerate product development, engineering velocity, and delivery. The ideal candidate will be hands-on, with 15+ years of software leadership and meaningful AI experience to guide product and engineering strategy.

The CTO will lead 16-18 professionals across Software Engineering, QA, Documentation, Support, and IT, driving modernization and high-performance teams in a growth-stage B2B software environment.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience leading software engineering teams and delivering products.
• Experience applying AI to products and engineering workflows.
• Ability to lead 16-18 people across Software Engineering, QA, Documentation, Support, and IT.
• Strong leadership with hands-on execution and strategic tech vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technology organization and accelerate product development.
• Improve engineering velocity, rigor, and delivery across teams.
• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on participation in critical initiatives.
• Collaborate with Product and business leadership to translate strategy into shipped software.

Skills

AI integration

Engineering leadership

Software architecture

Product collaboration

Job description

We are seeking a seasoned CTO to lead our technology organization, with the primary mandate of rapidly accelerating new product development, engineering velocity, and delivery.

We are looking for a hands-on technology executive with 15+ years of experience who has successfully led software engineering organizations and can bring greater speed, rigor, and accountability to the product development lifecycle. The ideal candidate should have meaningful AI experience and a strong point of view on how AI can be incorporated both into our products and into the software development process itself.

The CTO will lead approximately 16-18 people across Software Engineering, QA, Documentation, Support, and IT.

Key attributes we would like to see in candidates include:

• Proven track record of accelerating software product development and delivery
• Strong software engineering and technology architecture background
• Demonstrated experience applying AI to products and/or engineering workflows
• Experience leading and developing high-performing technical teams
• Ability to balance strategic technology leadership with hands-on execution
• Strong product orientation and ability to work closely with Product and business leadership
• Experience modernizing engineering practices, processes, architecture, and tooling

We are particularly interested in executives who have operated successfully in growth-stage B2B software companies, where they have helped an organization move faster, modernize its technology approach, and consistently turn product strategy into shipped software.