CTO - AI-Driven SaaS Platform & Global Scale

Saasgroup; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote-first environment

Flexible time off

Generous learning budget

Access to SaaS professional community

Job summary

Saasgroup is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to transform a product-focused SaaS engineering org into a fast-moving, AI-enabled team. You will own the technology vision, roadmaps, and budget, aligning engineering efforts with business outcomes and customer value.

You will lead architecture across a distributed Kubernetes platform, drive cost-conscious decisions, and build a security and compliance program covering SOC 2 and ISO 27001, while growing a seven-person senior team and partnering

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in senior leadership (VP, Director, or CTO) at a SaaS company.
• Strong infrastructure background with large-scale distributed systems and production Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated ability to embed AI tooling into engineering workflows and multiply team productivity.
• Proven track record of coaching, mentoring, and developing engineering teams through a significant transformation.
• History of raising team delivery speed sustainably with measurement and process discipline.
• Experience owning security and compliance in a SaaS environment (SOC 2, ISO 27001, or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Own the technology vision, roadmap, and engineering strategy, aligning technical work with business outcomes and customer value.
• Embed AI-assisted development tooling across the workflow and uphold the quality bar for what it produces.
• Drive architecture and infrastructure decisions with a holistic view of total cost, weighing maintenance burden and engineering opportunity cost alongside hosting spend.
• Operate a multi-region, Kubernetes-based render fleet with discipline around cost per render, reliability, and operational hygiene.
• Lead a security and compliance program that maintains SOC 2 Type II and pursues ISO 27001 certification, with named owners, current vendor and auditor contacts, and no single point of failure.
• Coach and grow a small senior engineering team of roughly seven, fostering ownership, inclusion, and a culture where engineers carry decisions through.
• Manage the full R&D budget, maintain an infrastructure cost model, and partner with the CEO and product leadership on company strategy.

Skills

Software engineering

Leadership

Infrastructure

AI tooling

Coaching & mentoring

Cost optimization

Team scaling

Tools

Kubernetes

SOC 2

ISO 27001

Job description

Saasgroup is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to transform a product-focused SaaS engineering org into a fast-moving, AI-enabled team. You will own the technology vision, roadmaps, and budget, aligning engineering efforts with business outcomes and customer value.

You will lead architecture across a distributed Kubernetes platform, drive cost-conscious decisions, and build a security and compliance program covering SOC 2 and ISO 27001, while growing a seven-person senior team and partnering