Chief Technology Officer
GiveDirectly · Engineering · Lead · 1mo ago
$366k – $518k
per year
Open to any country, as long as your working hours sit between UTC-5 and UTC+3.
The role is open remotely to candidates whose working hours fall between US Eastern Time and East African Time, with a non-mandatory preference for hub locations.
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Open to any country, as long as your working hours sit between UTC-5 and UTC+3.
“This role is remote, with working hours between US Eastern Time and East African Time, and some preference for candidates in our office hubs of New York, London, or Nairobi.”
The team spans over 20 countries, with office hubs in New York, London, and Nairobi, and working hours between US Eastern Time and East African Time.
- Async-first
- The listing doesn't promise async-first working.
- Contractor / B2B
- No mention of hiring international contractors or invoicing.
- Global stipend
- No home office or equipment budget mentioned.
- Annual retreat
- No company-paid get-togethers mentioned.
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About the role
As Chief Technology Officer, you will lead engineering, data, security, and enterprise technology for GiveDirectly, partnering directly with the CEO and VP of Product. You will architect and scale systems designed to safely move billions of dollars to millions of vulnerable people across emerging markets. This involves managing mobile money integrations, machine learning on imperfect datasets, low-connectivity infrastructure, and identity/fraud systems, while scaling the technical team from ~15 to ~30+ engineers.
What you'll do
- Define the technology vision, target architecture, platforms, and build-vs-buy decisions to support $5B+/year in direct cash delivery.
- Lead, hire, mentor, and grow the engineering, data, security, and enterprise IT teams from ~15 to 30+ members.
- Manage and stabilize the legacy stack while building new, performant systems for high-stakes, low-connectivity, and diverse regulatory environments.
- Drive an AI-first engineering culture, establishing tools, workflows, and guardrails that improve velocity and capability.
- Collaborate across executive, product, finance, and risk leadership to translate organizational strategy into technical investments.
What you bring
- Proven track record hiring, developing, and leading high-performing software engineering teams and managers.
- Deep technical judgment and architectural experience with complex, large-scale systems without losing touch with the implementation reality.
- Strong business and executive judgment navigating tradeoffs between velocity, reliability, security, cost, and impact.
- Demonstrated experience moving engineering teams from AI experimentation to measured, production-grade adoption.
- Ability to work remotely with hours overlapping between US Eastern Time and East African Time.
About GiveDirectly
GiveDirectly is a global nonprofit reshaping humanitarian aid by delivering unconditional cash transfers directly to people living in poverty across 15+ countries.
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