USD per year
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Location: Remote, Europe This role is part of the AddSearch team, one of the growing brands at saas.group. AddSearch is a ~15-person B2B SaaS company providing enterprise site search and content discovery solutions to mid-sized to large customers with demanding compliance, custom contract, and SLA requirements. The core product is mature and stable, while the newest offering1 an AI-powered RAG solution1is driving the majority of current sales growth.
Profile Overview
Looking for a hands-on CTO to lead technical strategy and a senior team of 5 engineers plus a solutions engineer. This is a player-coach role: set architectural direction, solve complex technical problems, support team growth, and remain close enough to code to earn respect. The company balances maintaining a stable, high-SLA enterprise product while scaling a newer AI/RAG solution. Why join now?
- Lead technical strategy at a company with a stable, profitable core and genuine AI-driven growth momentum.
- Work with a highly experienced, autonomous team in a fully remote culture built around trust and outcomes.
- Collaborate directly with CEO and executive peers; technical decisions have real business weight from day one.
Your responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Define and drive technical architecture for mature search platform and evolving RAG solution
- Make critical decisions on scaling, infrastructure, product evolution
- Solve difficult technical problems escalated by the team
- Guide technology choices and evaluate new tools/approaches (especially AI-assisted development)
- Own deployment strategy, operational readiness, infrastructure reliability
Team & People
- Lead and mentor 6 experienced engineers (5 developers + 1 solutions engineer)
- Foster culture of technical excellence, autonomy, continuous learning
- Conduct code/design reviews; provide thoughtful feedback
- Act as coach rather than commander; team values collaboration
Business & Operations
- Review/assess technical requirements in enterprise contracts
- Handle security questionnaires and compliance (SOC2, GDPR)
- Lead SOC 2 compliance/audits
- Collaborate with CEO, product, sales, marketing on roadmap
- Balance technical debt, feature development, operational stability
Hands-On Contribution
- Contribute to architecture/design (coding not daily but should be able to)
- Stay current with AI/ML developments especially RAG and LLM applications
- Champion modern development practices using AI-assisted tools like Claude Code, Codex
What You Bring to the Table
Must-haves:
- 10+ years software engineering experience with significant time in technical leadership roles
- Strong hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tooling (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot)
- Working knowledge or ability to quickly ramp: Java/Kotlin, Python, AWS
- Experience with AI/ML systems: RAG architectures, LLMs, prompt engineering
- Track record leading senior engineering teams (experienced teams)
- Comfort with enterprise B2B dynamics: contracts, SLAs, security reviews, compliance
- Ambition and curiosity about product direction and customer problems beyond implementation
- Excellent English communication (written/verbal)
Nice-to-haves:
- Prior CTO or VP Engineering experience
- Experience with Dropwizard, FastAPI, MySQL, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Terraform/Pulumi
- Familiarity with LangChain/LangSmith/LangFuse or similar observability/eval tools
- Background in search or information retrieval domains
- Experience scaling products from early traction to enterprise maturity
What won't work:
- Pure "ivory tower" architects who avoid technical details
- Heavy top-down management styles; team values autonomy
- No exposure to modern AI/LLM development
Our Stack
Backend: Java (Dropwizard), Kotlin, Python (FastAPI) Data: MySQL, OpenSearch AI/RAG: Python, LangFuse, LangSmith for evals Infrastructure: AWS (manual + Terraform + Pulumi) Development: Claude Code, Codex AI-assisted workflows Approach: Experimenting with prompt-based and script-driven software factory patterns
Whats in it for You
- Ultimate flexibility: 100% remote work from any European Union country.
- Freedom & autonomy: High-trust team allowing flexible problem solving.
- Minimum bureaucracy: Efficient work environment without excessive meetings/red tape.
- Small & friendly team culture.
- Access to network of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals sharing knowledge internally.
- Flexible time off for recharging batteries.
AddSearch is part of saas.group which has shared goals of success together.
saas.group is a Software-as-a-Service portfolio company that acquires small software businesses and helps them reach the next level. It supports independent workers with high autonomy, values flexibility and personal growth, supports fully remote setups, and has strong professional ethics.
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