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# Chief Technology Officer

- **Company:** USA, UTILITIES SERVICES ALLIANCE, INC.
- **Location:** Cambridge, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data Systems, Uptime, Software Systems, Data Processing, Technical Debt, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/74497421-chief-technology-officer

## About the Role

* A track record of building and scaling real-world software systems, not just prototypes
 * Broad technical range - backend engineering, cloud infrastructure, data systems, and modern AI/ML
 * Experience running engineering teams somewhere early-stage and fast-moving
 * Sound judgement on tradeoffs - architecture, technical debt, hiring, sequencing
 * The ability to bridge research thinking and production discipline without mixing the two up
 * Someone with genuine ownership, minimal ego, and solid follow-through

Bonus Points

 * Exposure to intelligent systems, automation, or data-heavy technical products
 * Experience serving enterprise or highly regulated customers
 * Background untangling messy, large-scale, or multimodal data pipelines
 * Having actually taken something from first customer to repeatable, scalable delivery

## Description

A hands-on leadership role owning technical strategy, architecture, engineering execution, and hiring across product engineering, infrastructure, and applied AI.

This is a builder's role first and a manager's role second. You'll set the technical direction, shape the architecture, grow the engineering team, and stay hands-on enough to catch problems before they become expensive.

Expect to move between big-picture decisions and the occasional deep dive into the codebase, and to work closely with founders, customers, and the research side of the business. It's not a job for someone who wants to run engineering from a distance, you need to genuinely understand what's being built and why.

Core Responsibilities

 * Shape the platform's architecture and turn early-stage prototypes into dependable, production-ready systems
 * Grow and lead the engineering function, covering everything from core infrastructure to applied research integration
 * Set the standards the team works to - quality, testing, security, uptime
 * Decide what to build versus what to buy, and turn customer and research input into a coherent roadmap
 * Take ownership of data handling, security, and the operational maturity needed to serve larger customers
 * Act as the technical face of the company for customers, partners, and investors


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