Civis Analytics · 1 month ago
Chief Technology Officer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$225K/yr - $325K/yrCivis Analytics is hiring a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the company’s technical vision, architecture, and execution as they expand their platform and launch standalone AI products. The CTO will set long-term technical direction while ensuring strong, reliable, and extensible data infrastructure and guiding teams toward an AI-centric development environment.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataConsultingData IntegrationSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Be the tech voice within our senior leadership team and guide decision-making and business planning as we scale
Own and drive Civis’s technical roadmap across both the Civis Platform and emerging AI products, ensuring alignment, cohesion, and long-term scalability
Lead architecture decisions across platform, data, and AI systems, balancing speed, reliability, and maintainability
Act as a player–coach: stay close to systems, technical tradeoffs, and delivery while empowering teams to execute independently. Guide the organization toward an AI-centric product and development environment, including tooling, workflows, and engineering practices
Lead and integrate a cross-functional team spanning product, engineering, data, and AI, while serving as a visible, hands-on leader and magnet for technical talent as the organization grows (approximately 15 people initially)
Provide thought leadership within the company; research and evaluate cutting-edge practices and enabling technologies for internal adoption; assess potential partnerships and acquisitions
Be the public face of Civis technology and data science; network, evangelize, and form relationships with press and peer organizations; participate in high-level sales meetings; and give back to the community
Qualification
Required
Practical, real-world experience working with AI systems and understanding their application in production environments - beyond theory or research
Significant experience leading software, platform, or data engineering organizations in a hands-on leadership capacity
Demonstrated ability to own and evolve technical roadmaps across multiple product lines or platforms
Experience making architectural decisions for complex, data-driven systems
Comfort getting into the technical weeds when needed to unblock teams or resolve critical issues
Proven ability to hire, develop, and manage high-performing technical teams
Clear, direct communication style and comfort making and standing behind difficult technical decisions
Familiarity with building and scaling AI products in production
Hands-on experience with modern cloud platforms and distributed systems
Authorization to work in the United States
Company
Civis Analytics
Civis Analytics is a software company that helps public and private sector organizations make data-driven decisions.
Founded in 2013
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2021 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$52.7MKey Investors
Drive Capital
2021-09-27Series B· $30.7M
2020-11-17Series A
2016-11-30Series A· $22M
Leadership Team
Dan Wagner
CEO and Founder
Alan Fu
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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