Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – AI Focus

About the role

Toptal is seeking a visionary Chief Technology Officer to lead its product and engineering teams with an AI‑first mindset. You will own the full technical architecture, drive AI integration across all products, and shape the company’s growth through innovative engineering practices.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the technical strategy, ensuring AI is core to every product.
• Design, build, and fine‑tune foundation models and agentic engineering frameworks.
• Own the end‑to‑end technical architecture and production‑ready AI pipelines.
• Lead design reviews, write code, and hold cadenced meetings to translate strategy into delivery.
• Collaborate with Product to expose core business logic via modular interfaces.
• Plan resourcing, size teams, and drive hiring of A‑players with urgency.
• Set engineering standards, develop talent, and coach teams on AI best practices.
• Stay ahead of AI advancements and demonstrate new possibilities to the executive team.

Required profile

• Hands‑on builder and architect with a problem‑solving mindset.
• Proven experience leading large engineering organizations in a fast‑paced environment.
• Deep expertise in AI, foundation models, and agentic engineering.
• Strong hiring instincts and ability to attract top technical talent.
• Comfortable working directly with code, design reviews, and production systems.

Required skills

• AI
• Foundation models
• Agentic engineering
• Software architecture
• Product engineering