[Hiring] Chief Technology Officer @saas.group

Role Description

This role is part of our Prerender team, one of our largest brands at saas.group. Prerender is a dynamic rendering SaaS platform within the saas.group portfolio. Since 2017, we've revolutionized SEO practices by enabling search engines to crawl JavaScript-heavy sites seamlessly while preserving user experience. Thousands of companies worldwide trust our platform, which serves over 2.7 billion unique pages to web crawlers and drives results for enterprises and growing businesses alike.

We're looking for a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the transformation of our engineering organization from infrastructure-optimization to a high-velocity, product-focused team that moves fast and ships features that matter.

This is a building role, not a caretaker role. You'll own the technology vision, set the engineering strategy, and have authority over the R&D budget, team, and technical direction. You'll embed AI-first engineering practices, make smart infrastructure tradeoffs, and build the improvement motion that makes delivery faster and keeps it that way.

Your responsibilities include:

• 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.
  • Drive architecture and infrastructure decisions with a holistic view of TCO.
  • Run a multi-region, Kubernetes-based render fleet efficiently.
  • 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.
• Security and Compliance:
  • Own security and compliance as a standing program.
  • Keep the program legible to someone other than you.
• Team Management and Growth:
  • Coach and mentor engineers to reach their full potential.
  • Set clear expectations and create opportunities for growth.
  • Build a culture of ownership.
  • Foster diversity and inclusion within the engineering organization.
• Execution and Delivery:
  • Own the continuous improvement motion of delivery.
  • Enhance DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and robust monitoring systems.
  • Define and track engineering metrics that matter.
  • Manage change deliberately.
• 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.
• Ownership & Autonomy:
  • Own the full R&D budget including personnel, infrastructure, tooling, and vendor relationships.
  • Run that budget as a managed number.
  • Maintain an infrastructure cost model.
  • Make the right decisions for engineering, aligned with company strategy.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Demonstrated ability to embed AI tooling into engineering workflows.
• Proven experience coaching, mentoring, and developing engineering teams.
• A track record of raising a team's delivery speed and keeping it raised long after the initial push.
• Experience owning a security and compliance program in a SaaS company.
• Business-oriented and hands-on.
• Experience with scalable, high-performance web products, CI/CD, DevOps, and security principles.
• Excellent communication skills.

Benefits

• Ultimate flexibility: 100% remote work.
• Freedom and autonomy in a high-trust environment.
• Minimum bureaucracy to maintain efficiency.
• Real impact with a C-level role and board visibility.
• Small & friendly team culture.
• Access to a community of SaaS professionals.
• Flexible time off to recharge.
• Generous learning budget for classes, conferences, and resources.