What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Technology Officer, Platform and AI position at Andiamo?
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Overview of the Opportunity
We are seeking an exceptional Chief Technology Officer to lead the technical vision and strategy of a company developing mission-critical AI and software systems that shape the future of security, infrastructure, and enterprise decision-making. As CTO, you will be responsible for architecting technology platforms that combine cutting-edge research, massive-scale data systems, and secure deployment in the most demanding environments.
This role is not about incremental innovation—it is about engineering breakthroughs. You will oversee engineering groups of world-class engineers and researchers, guide product development across AI/ML, cloud-native technology platforms, and distributed systems, and ensure our technology is resilient, scalable, and trusted by governments, enterprises, and organizations worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
This is a rare opportunity to define the future of technology at an organization developing systems that matter—technology platforms that safeguard national security, transform industries, and unlock the potential of artificial intelligence at scale. As CTO, you will be at the center of the mission: setting the technical direction, solving some of the hardest problems in computing, and developing the engineering groups that will deliver breakthrough innovations for years to come.
About Andiamo
Talent Partners for the AI Revolution. As a globally recognized staffing and consulting firm, we specialize in placing the top 2% of technology and go-to-market professionals with the world’s largest and most well-known companies.
For over 20 years, we've maintained the status of tier-one vendor for firms such as Palantir, Amazon, Fluidstack, Bloomberg, Relativity Space, Firefly, MasterCard, Visa, Two Sigma, Citadel, as well as other major financial services firms, elite hedge funds, Google-backed tech start-ups, and major software firms.
Our talent solutions include Permanent Placement, Contract Staffing, Executive Search, and Dedicated Recruiting Services (RPO). Find out more at www.andiamogo.com
Overview of the Opportunity
We are seeking an exceptional Chief Technology Officer to lead the technical vision and strategy of a company developing mission-critical AI and software systems that shape the future of security, infrastructure, and enterprise decision-making. As CTO, you will be responsible for architecting technology platforms that combine cutting-edge research, massive-scale data systems, and secure deployment in the most demanding environments.
This role is not about incremental innovation—it is about engineering breakthroughs. You will oversee engineering groups of world-class engineers and researchers, guide product development across AI/ML, cloud-native technology platforms, and distributed systems, and ensure our technology is resilient, scalable, and trusted by governments, enterprises, and organizations worldwide.
Key Responsibilities
- Define Technical Vision: Set the company’s technology strategy at the intersection of AI, defense, and enterprise technology platforms, ensuring both near-term impact and long-term innovation.
- Architect Next-Generation Systems: Oversee the design of secure, distributed, high-performance technology platforms for AI-driven decision-making, simulation, and automation.
- Guide World-Class Teams: Recruit, mentor, and inspire top engineers, researchers, and technical leaders across multiple disciplines.
- Advance AI & ML Integration: Drive applied AI research into production, including generative AI, computer vision, autonomy, and predictive modeling.
- Ensure Security & Trust: Build technology that meets the highest standards of cybersecurity, reliability, and compliance in high-stakes environments.
- Partner Across the Organization: Work closely with the CEO, product, and operations leaders to align technology investments with strategic objectives and customer needs.
- Represent Technology Externally: Serve as a thought leader in AI and advanced technology, representing the company to partners, governments, enterprises, and the broader tech community.
- Proven Guideership: 15 years of experience in engineering leadership roles, including success scaling technology organizations to global impact.
- Technical Depth: Background in distributed systems, AI/ML, or high-performance computing, with hands-on engineering experience earlier in your career.
- Strategic Vision: Ability to define long-term technical roadmaps and translate them into actionable, high-impact execution.
- Operational Excellence: Experience delivering secure, scalable, and mission-critical products in defense, government, or enterprise domains.
- Collaborative Influence: Track record of developing partnerships across executive engineering groups, customers, and external stakeholders.
- Inspiring Guideership: Ability to attract, grow, and retain top technical talent while fostering a culture of innovation, integrity, and urgency.
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; PhD a plus.
This is a rare opportunity to define the future of technology at an organization developing systems that matter—technology platforms that safeguard national security, transform industries, and unlock the potential of artificial intelligence at scale. As CTO, you will be at the center of the mission: setting the technical direction, solving some of the hardest problems in computing, and developing the engineering groups that will deliver breakthrough innovations for years to come.
About Andiamo
Talent Partners for the AI Revolution. As a globally recognized staffing and consulting firm, we specialize in placing the top 2% of technology and go-to-market professionals with the world’s largest and most well-known companies.
For over 20 years, we've maintained the status of tier-one vendor for firms such as Palantir, Amazon, Fluidstack, Bloomberg, Relativity Space, Firefly, MasterCard, Visa, Two Sigma, Citadel, as well as other major financial services firms, elite hedge funds, Google-backed tech start-ups, and major software firms.
Our talent solutions include Permanent Placement, Contract Staffing, Executive Search, and Dedicated Recruiting Services (RPO). Find out more at www.andiamogo.com