Fractional CTO

Contably; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Contably is seeking a fractional CTO to set the technical direction as we move from pre-certification toward production readiness and customer scale. This leadership role blends architecture planning, team-building, and clear communication with investors.

You will define the tech strategy and priorities, create an architecture roadmap for production-grade operations, guide execution as the product advances, and build the engineering team to meet evolving product and delivery needs.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical strategy and engineering delivery.
• Ability to develop architecture plans that support a transition to production scale.
• Experience building or growing engineering teams.
• Skill in connecting technical choices to customer and business needs.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to represent technical work to investors.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical strategy and engineering priorities for the next stage of growth.
• Create an architecture roadmap that supports production-grade, customer-ready operations.
• Guide execution as the product advances beyond pre-certification.
• Build and shape the engineering team to meet evolving product and delivery needs.
• Explain technical decisions, progress, and capabilities to investors.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecture planning

Team building

Investor communication

Product-to-production transition

Job description

Role overview

Set the technical direction and lead engineering execution as a company moves from pre-certification toward production readiness and customer scale. This fractional leadership role combines architecture planning, team building, and clear communication of technical progress to investors.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical strategy and engineering priorities for the next stage of growth.
• Create an architecture roadmap that supports production-grade, customer-ready operations.
• Guide execution as the product advances beyond pre-certification.
• Build and shape the engineering team to meet evolving product and delivery needs.
• Explain technical decisions, progress, and capabilities to investors.

Requirements

• Experience leading technical strategy and engineering delivery.
• Ability to develop architecture plans that support a transition to production scale.
• Experience building or growing engineering teams.
• Skill in connecting technical choices to customer and business needs.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to represent technical work to investors.