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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Chief Technology Officer - **Company:** saas - **Location:** Spain (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Software as a Service, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Monitoring of Systems, Software Engineering, Kubernetes - **Published:** September 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c350fe89e236d703 ## About the Role * 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in senior engineering leadership (VP/Director/CTO) at a SaaS company. * Strong infrastructure background with experience running large-scale distributed systems and production Kubernetes, and making strategic tradeoffs between cost, maintenance burden, and engineering velocity. You've driven unit costs down on a fleet you owned. * Demonstrated ability to embed AI tooling into engineering workflows and multiply team productivity, with a clear-eyed view of where it helps, where it produces plausible work that doesn't hold up, and how review standards survive the increase in volume. * Proven experience coaching, mentoring, and developing engineering teams, ideally through a significant transformation. * A track record of raising a team's delivery speed and keeping it raised long after the initial push, with the measurement and process change that made it stick. * A record of landing process and platform change that sticks, with the people affected brought along before it landed. * Experience owning a security and compliance program in a SaaS company - SOC 2, ISO 27001 or equivalent - as a continuing operational responsibility. * Business-oriented and hands-on: you understand how engineering decisions connect to revenue and customer value, and you contribute directly alongside the team, through the same review and planning process as everyone else. * Experience with scalable, high-performance web products, CI/CD, DevOps, and security principles. SEO or search-related experience is a plus. * Excellent communication skills. Comfortable presenting to boards, working with executives, and collaborating cross-functionally. Communication is async-first in our remote environment, leaning on clear, timely updates with documentation up-to-date and readable and proactive context-sharing. ## Description Technology Vision and Strategy: * Own the technology vision, roadmap, and engineering strategy for Prerender. Align engineering work with business objectives and customer value. * Lead adoption of AI-assisted development tooling to multiply team productivity; own the quality bar for what it produces. * Drive architecture and infrastructure decisions with a holistic view of TCO that includes maintenance burden and engineering opportunity cost, not just hosting spend. * Run a multi-region, Kubernetes-based render fleet efficiently: cost per render, reliability, and the operational hygiene that keeps both from drifting. * Represent Prerender's technical capabilities to customers, partners, and the broader market. * Maintain high standards of software quality, performance, security, and reliability. * Track shifts in technology and engineering practice, and bring the ones that change how we build into the team. Security and Compliance: * Own security and compliance as a standing program. Prerender completes SOC 2 Type II and its ISO 27001 certification decision at the end of 2026; you inherit the year-two observation period, the surveillance audit, and the operational discipline that keeps both credible. * Keep the program legible to someone other than you: named owners, current vendor and auditor contacts, and no single point of failure. Team Management and Growth: * Coach and mentor engineers to reach their full potential. Set clear expectations and create opportunities for growth. People matter here. * Build a culture of ownership, where engineers carry their decisions through instead of escalating them. * Foster diversity and inclusion within the engineering organization. Execution and Delivery: * Own the continuous improvement motion of delivery. The team finds and removes its own bottlenecks on a regular cadence. * Enhance DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and robust monitoring systems. * Define and track engineering metrics that matter. Use data to identify bottlenecks and optimize workflows. * Manage change deliberately. Changes to practice, process and infrastructure reach the people who have to run them - and, where customers are affected, the customers - with notice, consultation, and a route to raise a question before the change lands. Executive Partnership and Stakeholder Management: * Partner with the CEO and leadership team on company strategy. Communicate technology progress to company leadership and the board. * Work closely with Product to align engineering capacity with customer needs. * Translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and advocate for investments that drive business growth. Ownership & Autonomy: * Own the full R&D budget including personnel, infrastructure, tooling, and vendor relationships. * Run that budget as a managed number. 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