No Corp-to-corp, No 3rd party firms
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Job Title: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Location: Onsite in Irvine, CA (candidates should already be local to SoCal)
Job Type: Direct-hire
Compensation: $250,000 to 275,000 (based on experience)
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Partnered with a law firm who is looking for an experienced Chief Technology Officer to join the team. They are a growing, high performance, law firm based in Orange County. The ideal candidates are dedicated and ethical professional who thrives in a collaborative environment with strong communication skills. They are looking for a well-rounded self-starter who is looking for a home to grow within a high-stakes environment with other high achievers.
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Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership and Vision
- Team Leadership and Development
- Collaboration with Offshore Teams
- Technical Oversight and Hands-On Contribution
- Process and Operational Efficiency
- Scalability and Performance
- Innovation and Emerging Technologies: Drive the implementation of Generative AI tools and other emerging technologies in the development process
- Stakeholder Management
- Quality Assurance
- Product Development and Delivery
- Resource Management
- Documentation and Knowledge Sharing
- Customer-centric Approach
- DevOps and Infrastructure Management
- MLOps
Required Skills
- 12+ years of experience in technology leadership roles, with a significant portion in tech operations and AI companies.
- Proven track record of working with startups and scaling them successfully.
- Experience in both early-stage and growth-stage startup journeys.
- Demonstrated success in scaling tech operations teams
- Proven track record of building and nurturing a strong tech compliance culture.
- Specific experience in establishing and managing technical teams.
- Extensive experience in building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
- Strong background in working with offshore teams and managing distributed development efforts.
- Exposure to Salesforce CRM, multi-tenant software, microservices architecture, asynchronous task management, rules engines, and workflow engines.
- Demonstrated ability to ensure platform scalability, security, and process efficiency.
- Experience in handling sensitive data such as PII.
- Experience as a Chief Security Officer (CSO) or Director of IT in leading platform security and ensuring compliance with security standards.
- Proven experience as a major contributor to the technology team through major transaction events, managing technical due diligence smoothly.
- Experience with implementing Generative AI tools in the development process.
- Expertise in handling compute-intensive tasks such as OCR and document extraction.
- Exposure to document management systems and familiarity with related technologies.
- Experience in leading DevOps teams, managing infrastructure security, scalability, and optimizing cloud infrastructure spend.
- Experience in implementing and managing tech practices.
- Experience in quality assurance, including both manual and automated testing frameworks.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience of working with the Board in updating technical progress and challenges effectively to non-technical stakeholder
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county, to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.
