Chief Technology Officer

Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for

Chief Technology Officer

for a rapidly growing, bootstrapped SaaS company with strong ARR, building innovative AI-driven products. This

direct hire hybrid

opportunity is

in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA

.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Chief Technology Officer will lead the engineering organization and oversee technical strategy, platform stability, and product execution during a period of rapid growth and expansion. This role is highly hands-on and requires a technical leader who can contribute to architecture, guide development teams, and help scale systems used by customers in production. The CTO will partner closely with executive leadership to support innovation while strengthening reliability, performance, and long-term platform scalability.

PERKS:

• Opportunity to join an executive leadership team at a fast-growing technology company entering a new phase of scale
• Competitive executive compensation package with equity participation
• Comprehensive health, wellness, and professional development benefits

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the engineering organization, providing technical direction, mentorship, and support to engineering and product teams
• Guide architecture, scalability, and platform reliability across cloud-based and AI-enabled systems
• The ideal candidate is a hands-on, player-coach style leader who remains close to the code, supports the team in complex technical decisions, and actively contributes to architecture, problem-solving, and execution.
• Partner with executive leadership to align technology strategy with business goals and product roadmap
• This role requires comfort operating in a high-performance, fast-paced startup environment where innovation is constant, expectations are high, and leaders are expected to drive execution while scaling the organization.
• Help strengthen development processes to improve system stability, quality, and performance while maintaining innovation
• Support team growth, hiring, and leadership development across a distributed engineering organization

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 10\+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5\+ years in technical leadership roles
• Strong hands-on experience with Python, Django, and modern cloud-based architectures
• Proven background leading engineering teams building SaaS, AI, or data-driven platforms
• Demonstrated success leading platform architecture and scaling engineering organizations in high-growth SaaS or technology companies, while maintaining execution speed, system stability and high code quality.
• Extensive experience with AI, large language models (LLMs), machine learning, or modern automation technologies - strongly preferred.
• Experience in SaaS, marketing technology, SEO, or digital platform products preferred, with the ability to understand search-driven applications, customer use cases, and related data workflows.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

This position offers a competitive executive-level compensation package with a target range of approximately

$300,000–$500,000 (DOE)

plus full benefit offerings. The organization provides comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, flexible work arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth within a collaborative and inclusive environment.

ABOUT OUR SEARCH FIRM:

Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing. We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm can also be found online.

Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.