Remote CTO — National-Security AI, Equity

Incerta Intel; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, vision & dental insurance

Job summary

Incerta Intel seeks a senior technologist in Charlotte, NC or Washington, D.C. You will chart the technology roadmap while actively writing code in all-hands-on-deck moments.

As the most credible technical voice, you report to the CEO and join the executive team, being the technical face in customer discussions and partner reviews. You will remain hands-on in the codebase, overseeing architecture, security, and deployment strategies, and leading critical technical conversations with executives

Qualifications

• 10+ years professional software engineering.
• Hands-on coding background with strong technical chops.
• Production experience with LLM-based systems: orchestration, evaluation, retrieval, guardrails.
• Cloud-native architecture expertise (Kubernetes, microservices, CI/CD).
• Experience with secure SDLC, threat modeling, and government compliance frameworks.
• Ability to lead executive and government-level technical discussions.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technical roadmap for the platform.
• Contribute hands-on to core platform and architectural spikes.
• Lead secure SDLC and deployment integrity across GovCloud and edge environments.
• Direct deployment leadership into GovCloud, air-gapped, and disconnected edge setups.
• Owner of technical relationships with mission customers and prime partners.

Skills

10+ years exp

Hands-on coding

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security & SDLC

Executive comms

Tools

AWS GovCloud

Git

Job description

Incerta Intel seeks a senior technologist in Charlotte, NC or Washington, D.C. You will chart the technology roadmap while actively writing code in all-hands-on-deck moments.

As the most credible technical voice, you report to the CEO and join the executive team, being the technical face in customer discussions and partner reviews. You will remain hands-on in the codebase, overseeing architecture, security, and deployment strategies, and leading critical technical conversations with executives