This is a remote position.
We’re looking for a hands-on Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to join our team—someone excited about building and scaling a mission-driven nonprofit platform. You’ll report directly to the CEO, shape our technology strategy, and be responsible for leading our small but mighty team of engineers.
This is both a leadership role and a coding role. We’re looking for someone who can move fluidly between making high-level architectural decisions and rolling up their sleeves to code and ship features that help nonprofits. The interview process includes a brief, one-hour coding challenge, and the role itself will involve significant hands-on coding (with AI assistance). If you don't enjoy writing code, this position likely won't be the right fit.
Key Responsibilities
- Technology Strategy: Define and execute a long-term technical roadmap aligned with Every.org’s mission, scaling goals, and product vision.
- Innovation: Stay ahead of technological trends and evaluate new technologies to enhance platform capabilities. Meet with partners to understand their needs.
- Cross-functional Leadership: Work closely with the CEO and other leadership to align technology goals with organizational objectives.
- Thought Leadership: Represent Every.org in tech space externally (speaking, writing, etc.)
- Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a distributed team of 4 engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
- Security & Scalability: Ensure that our systems are secure, robust, and scalable to safely handle rapid growth and increased adoption.
- Product Collaboration: Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to prioritize features, resolve trade-offs, and maintain a user-centric focus.
- Hands-on Engineering: Contribute to architecture design, code reviews, technical problem-solving, and shipping code.
Requirements
- Success as a senior engineering leader with 3+ years of experience, and 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
- Expertise in building scalable, distributed systems and modern web platforms.
- Strong communication skills, both technical and non-technical, with the ability to convey complex ideas to diverse audiences.
- Passion for social good, nonprofits, and mission-driven work.
Preferred (not strictly necessary, but the more you have, the better!)
- Thrives in fast-moving startup settings
- Experience leading fully remote engineering teams
- Expertise in fintech, including cryptocurrency
- Expertise with experimentation, personalization, attribution, and analytics
- Ability to audit web security and implement best practices
- Open-source contributions
- Expertise with PWAs, React, Node.js, and Next.js
- Expertise with cloud platforms, PostgreSQL, and Redis
- Expertise with network security and Cloudflare
Benefits
- Compensation range: $160,000 - $200,000
- Unlimited PTO
- Fully remote
- $1,000 annual tech allowance
- Parental leave
- Comprehensive healthcare plan, including medical, dental, and vision
- 401(k), life and AD&D insurance
- Passionate teammates driven to do good in the world
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
