Chief Technology Officer - AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS Leader

Aurus.ai; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurus.ai is seeking a seasoned technology leader to define and drive the company’s technical strategy and product roadmap. You will architect scalable, secure AI/ML platforms that process millions of documents, while building and mentoring a growing engineering organization from 10+ to 30+ engineers.

You will collaborate with the CEO and product leaders on strategic initiatives, fundraising, and high-value customer engagements, ensuring SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance across enterprise

Qualifications

• 15+ years software engineering experience with 8+ years in leadership roles (VP Eng, CTO, or equivalent).
• 5+ years hands-on AI/ML work in NLP, CV, or document intelligence.
• Proven track record scaling teams from 10 to 50+ engineers in growth startups.
• Deep expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP) and microservices.
• Experience delivering enterprise SaaS for Fortune 500 customers.
• Strong security/compliance knowledge (SOC 2, GDPR).
• Excellent communicator for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's required; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute technical strategy and product roadmap aligned with business needs.
• Lead architecture design for scalable, secure AI/ML systems handling millions of documents.
• Build, mentor, and manage engineering team (10+ now, scaling to 30+).
• Drive innovation in document intelligence, NLP, CV, and reconciliation tech.
• Establish DevOps culture, CI/CD, QA processes.
• Partner with CEO and product leadership on strategy, fundraising, and customer engagements.
• Ensure SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA compliance and reliability for enterprise customers.
• Make build vs buy decisions and manage tech partnerships and vendors.
• Represent Aurus.ai at conferences and customer meetings.

Skills

Technical leadership

AI/ML systems

Cloud infrastructure

Microservices

NLP / computer vision

Enterprise SaaS

Security & compliance

Strategic planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Advanced degree preferred

PhD in CS/AI (nice to have)

Job description

Aurus.ai is seeking a seasoned technology leader to define and drive the company’s technical strategy and product roadmap. You will architect scalable, secure AI/ML platforms that process millions of documents, while building and mentoring a growing engineering organization from 10+ to 30+ engineers.

You will collaborate with the CEO and product leaders on strategic initiatives, fundraising, and high-value customer engagements, ensuring SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance across enterprise