Orlando CTO - Hands-on Tech Leader with AI

Signify Technology; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Equity/LTIP

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k) with employer match

PTO & holidays

Executive ownership of technology road

Direct CEO/board exposure

Job summary

Signify Technology is sourcing a hands-on technology executive in Orlando to own the platform's vision, roadmap, and R&D budget. You will scale an engineering organization and modernize architecture while driving cloud strategy and AI initiatives.

The role demands deep technical credibility across a modern stack and experience in high-growth environments, with onsite or hybrid work in the Orlando metro and US work authorization.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering.
• 5+ years leading engineering leaders (manager of managers).
• Direct ownership of an engineering budget and headcount plan.
• Hands‑on credibility across a modern stack: Java, .NET/C#, Python, Node.js; React or Angular; AWS or Azure; Kubernetes; databases.
• Experience in PE-backed or high-growth environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own technology vision, product‑engineering roadmap, and R&D budget; present to CEO and board.
• Lead and scale an engineering org of ~25–150 people across engineering, architecture, DevOps, QA, and data.
• Modernize platform by moving from monolith to services; retire debt; improve release velocity.
• Own cloud strategy and cost on AWS or Azure; implement FinOps and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Set engineering standards: CI/CD, containerization, observability, secure SDLC.
• Lead practical AI adoption with measurable business outcomes; embed LLM features in product and AI‑assisted engineering.
• Build data platform strategy with Snowflake/Databricks in partnership with product/analytics.
• Make build-vs-buy decisions; vendor selection; contract negotiation; consider external partners and staff augmentation.
• For government/defense-adjacent clients, own technology compliance (CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP awareness).

Skills

Tech leadership

Cloud & FinOps

Platform modernization

AI adoption

Budgeting & headcount

Security & compliance

Full-stack familiarity

Java/.NET/Python/Node.js

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Datadog

Job description

Signify Technology is sourcing a hands-on technology executive in Orlando to own the platform's vision, roadmap, and R&D budget. You will scale an engineering organization and modernize architecture while driving cloud strategy and AI initiatives.

The role demands deep technical credibility across a modern stack and experience in high-growth environments, with onsite or hybrid work in the Orlando metro and US work authorization.