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# Hands-on CTO / Head of Engineering

- **Company:** Earth Treasures
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Software System Penetration Testing, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Django Web Framework, Multi-Factor Authentication, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Software Vulnerability Management, Large Language Models, Technical Debt, Backend, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Docker
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pj276n4l7l

## About the Role

* 8+ years of software engineering experience

 * Recent hands-on backend development experience

 * Strong Python experience; production Django experience is highly preferred

 * Proven ownership of production systems on AWS

 * Practical DevOps experience, including CI/CD, Docker, monitoring and infrastructure automation

 * Practical responsibility for information security or SecOps

 * Experience directly managing and mentoring software engineers

 * Ability to investigate and resolve complex production incidents

 * Strong Hebrew and English communication

 * Willingness to work as a full-time salaried employee in an exclusive role, without ongoing external clients or consulting work

Advantages

 * Experience as a CTO, Head of Engineering or R&D Manager in a small or mid-sized company

 * Healthcare, pharmacy, fintech or other regulated-industry experience

 * ISO 27001 / ISO 27799, privacy regulation or CISO experience

 * LLM and AI systems in production

 * Experience working with remote engineering teams

## Description

We are looking for a full-time, hands-on technology leader to take end-to-end ownership of our engineering, cloud infrastructure and operational information security.

This is not a high-level advisory role. It is a Player-Coach position combining team leadership with active work in code, architecture, production systems, DevOps and security.

Responsibilities

 * Lead and manage a small, distributed engineering team

 * Remain actively involved in backend development, architecture, code reviews and complex production issues

 * Own the Python/Django backend, APIs, integrations and technical roadmap

 * Own AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, containers, monitoring, backups, disaster recovery and cloud costs

 * Lead operational information security and SecOps, including IAM, MFA, VPN, MDM, WAF, EDR, vulnerability management and incident response

 * Serve as the company's operational Information Security Officer; formal CISO responsibilities may be assigned according to regulatory requirements

 * Lead Secure SDLC, security reviews, penetration testing remediation and risk management

 * Work with external security, legal and regulatory advisers on ISO 27001, ISO 27799, privacy and Ministry of Health requirements

 * Translate business and product priorities into practical engineering plans and reliable delivery

 * Reduce technical debt, eliminate single-person dependencies and maintain complete technical documentation


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