Chief Technology Officer

Title: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Location: Hybrid (San Diego, CA)

TL;DR: Mission-driven HealthTech Company seeks visionary CTO to lead AI-powered platform transformation. Drive innovation, scale engineering excellence, and help millions access critical care. $200K-275K equity.

The Opportunity

Join a rapidly scaling HealthTech Company tackling one of society's most pressing challenges. Our Client’s cloud-based platform leverages AI to provide personalized recommendations and logistics for care coordination to break down barriers between people and critical healthcare support. Recently raised $20MM Series A funding from top investors and led by experienced, mission-driven, and innovative executive team.

As CTO, you'll shape the technology and product vision behind a nationally scaled platform already making a measurable impact to millions of people, both in K-12 schools and communities. This is your chance to lead breakthrough innovation while building systems that genuinely transform lives.

What You'll Own:

Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute the long-term technology roadmap
• Build and inspire a world-class engineering organization
• Drive platform scalability to support exponential growth

Technical Excellence

• Partner with Product, AI, and Data teams to deliver new, cutting-edge capabilities
• Architect systems for security, compliance, and reliability at scale
• Integrate advanced AI for personalized experiences and proactive interventions

Mission Impact

• Ensure technology easily serves the users (children and families) by connecting people with life-changing support
• Navigate complex healthcare regulations and data privacy requirements
• Lead through a pivotal growth phase with mission-aligned investors

What You Bring (Required and Preferred Experience):

Team Leadership Experience

• Senior technology leadership role (CTO or equivalent) with proven scaling successful teams and overseeing digital transformation and rearchitecting activities (monolith to microservices / SOA)
• Track record building and leading high-performance engineering teams
• Deep expertise in influencing product priorities based on opportunity costs, timelines, and work closely with product teams to execute

Technical Depth

• Industry experience in HealthTech, Healthcare Coordination and scheduling, Supply Chain / Logistics, Medical SaaS, or similar regulated SaaS experience required
• Mastery of cloud infrastructure, modern deployment, and security frameworks
• Bonus: Interoperability standards knowledge (HL7/FHIR) or EHR experience

Career and Mission Alignment

• Genuine passion for improving lives through technology
• Empathy for users navigating complexities personally and with their health and wellness
• Drive to solve problems that matter in complex ecosystems – IRL and online
• Work Structure and Location: Must be currently located in the San Diego County area and willing to work in a hybrid model (3 days minimum onsite) per week. Would consider candidates willing to drive to San Diego 1x/week from Orange County, Los Angeles, and other nearby locations.

Why This Role Matters

The company is delivering technology and services at a crucial inflection point in the US. Backed by purpose-driven investors and supporting national partners across education, government, and enterprise. Your leadership will directly expand access to critical care and build systems that ease human hardship, at scale.

Ready to lead technology that transforms lives? Let's talk.

Compensation: $200K – $275K base salary (depending on experience) pre-IPO equity and excellent benefits package