CTO - AI-Native Platform Architect & Tech Leader

Incerta Intelligence; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Incerta Intelligence Inc. seeks a CTO to lead the technology roadmap while rolling up sleeves to write code during all hands on deck moments. You will be our senior-most technologist and our most credible technical voice in the market. You report to the CEO and you sit on the executive team.

You will be in the codebase. We're AI-native — everyone here builds, and the CTO more so, because technical judgment decays the moment you stop touching the system. Architecture, review, real commits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years professional software engineering experience.
• Hands-on coding and code review background.
• Production experience with LLM-based systems: orchestration, evaluation, retrieval, guardrails.
• Experience with secure SDLC, threat modeling, and government compliance frameworks.
• Ability to lead executive and government-level technical discussions.
• US citizenship and eligibility for a Top Secret clearance.
• Preferred: TS/SCI, AWS GovCloud, or prior military/IC service.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technology strategy and long-range platform direction including model orchestration and data guardrails.
• Direct contribution to the core platform through architectural spikes and solving complex challenges.
• Own deployment leadership across GovCloud, air-gapped and disconnected edge environments.
• Manage customer-facing technical relationships, architectural reviews, and procurement discussions.
• Represent the company technically at conferences, briefings, and partner meetings.

Job description

Incerta Intelligence Inc. seeks a CTO to lead the technology roadmap while rolling up sleeves to write code during all hands on deck moments. You will be our senior-most technologist and our most credible technical voice in the market. You report to the CEO and you sit on the executive team.

You will be in the codebase. We're AI-native — everyone here builds, and the CTO more so, because technical judgment decays the moment you stop touching the system. Architecture, review, real commits.