Statestreet

Statestreet

Chief Technology Officer, MD

Boston, Massachusetts · Exec

Sponsorship not specified$10k-$20kDetected 4 days ago
Full-Stack DevelopmentSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringLLMsAI OrchestrationCybersecurityComplianceZero TrustLeadership

About the role

  • We are seeking a Founding Chief Technology Officer to join the leadership team of a new mobile- and AI-first wealth and retirement advisory platform being launched in partnership with major financial institutions and strategic investors.
  • Trust, privacy, and responsible AI usage are the core tenets of our platform identity.
  • The role combines startup velocity with enterprise-grade engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

  • Own Platform Architecture: Establish architecture standards, design and govern the mobile- and AI-first target architecture for the platform including, Application, Cloud, Data, Security, Integration, AI platform, Mobile and web architecture.
  • Build that supports non-functional requirements including Scalability, Reliability, Availability, Security, Resilience, Maintainability, Observability, and Privacy-by-Design.
  • Lead Engineering Execution: Serve as the most senior technical leader - leading technical design reviews, establishing coding standards, evaluating AI-assisted development practices, overseeing engineering quality, ensuring technical debt remains controlled, and personally contributing when necessary - remaining close to architecture and engineering execution rather than operating solely as a manager.
  • Recruit and Build the Engineering Organization: Build the initial technical team - defining organizational structure and hiring priorities - with likely early hires spanning a Founding/Principal Engineer, Platform Engineer, Full Stack Engineers, Mobile Engineers, Security Engineer, QA/Automation Engineer, Data/AI Engineers, and Site Reliability Engineers.
  • Work closely with product, design, and AI teams to enable AI-powered functionality, agentic workflows, personalized experiences, LLM orchestration, and AI safety controls as the leader accountable for ensuring AI systems are production-grade, auditable, secure, highly responsive on mobile, and scalable.
  • Manage Strategic Technology Partners: Serve as the primary technical counterpart to cloud providers, development partners, AI platform vendors, financial services partners, and infrastructure providers - establishing governance and architecture standards across all partner engagements.
  • Serve as the most senior technical leader - leading technical design reviews, establishing coding standards, evaluating AI-assisted development practices, overseeing engineering quality, ensuring technical debt remains controlled, and personally contributing when necessary - remaining close to architecture and engineering execution rather than operating solely as a manager.
  • Build the initial technical team - defining organizational structure and hiring priorities - with likely early hires spanning a Founding/Principal Engineer, Platform Engineer, Full Stack Engineers, Mobile Engineers, Security Engineer, QA/Automation Engineer, Data/AI Engineers, and Site Reliability Engineers.
  • Design and build a platform that:
  • Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability.

Requirements

  • 10-20+ years of software engineering experience
  • Prior CTO, Chief Architect, VP Engineering, Distinguished Engineer, or Principal Engineer experience
  • Experience operating responsive consumer mobile and web applications at large scale (millions of users)
  • Experience leading engineering teams
  • Experience designing highly available systems
  • Experience recruiting elite technical talent across mobile, cloud, and data/AI disciplines

Skills

  • Serves millions of users with a highly responsive, consumer-scale experience
  • Operates securely and reliably 24x7
  • Protects highly sensitive financial and personal information with a strict privacy-first framework
  • Integrates with multiple financial and fintech partners
  • Scales from launch to enterprise-level adoption
  • Maintains regulatory-grade controls

Compensation

  • $170,000 - $282,500 Annual
  • incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)

Visa & Work Authorization

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