Chief Technology Officer

About the role

EstateSpace is entering its next phase of growth and is seeking a CTO to lead the technology and engineering organization. This role involves scaling the product, evolving the platform, and building the team and systems to support rapid growth.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology strategy and architecture, from design through delivery.
• Evolve the platform and deliver the product roadmap on an ambitious timeline.
• Design an AI-native architecture that lets a lean team ship continuously.
• Establish modern engineering practices - CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and incident response.
• Partner with the CSSO to keep the platform secure and compliant.
• Set technical strategy and turn it into a roadmap the team can execute.
• Travel periodically to our HQ and other locations for offsites and leadership meetings.

Requirements

• 15+ years in platform and product engineering, including hands-on ownership of architecture, services, and delivery for a multi-tenant SaaS platform at meaningful scale.
• 5+ years in a technical leadership role, managing distributed engineering teams.
• Led a comparable platform modernization end to end, including CI/CD buildout, automated testing and deployment.
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS or comparable), modern frontend/backend frameworks, and mobile delivery.
• Security-first approach, with experience keeping a platform compliant through major technical change.
• History of establishing AI-forward development and AI-native workflows across teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in wealth management, real estate, or another high-trust, high-touch enterprise domain (preferred).
• Degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.