Top CTO Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Lead and scale a ~30-person engineering, infrastructure, and security organization; build operational maturity (architecture, GitOps, CloudOps, observability), run security and compliance (SOC2/GDPR/HIPAA), drive agentic AI adoption, own payment internals and integrations, and balance hands-on technical work with leadership, delegation, and commercial decision-making to prepare the company for diligence and a potential sale.

Lead company technology vision and strategy, oversee R&D and deployment of software solutions, build and manage a high-performing engineering team, align technology with business goals, and ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Co-found and lead the technical direction of a new B2B AI venture. Own problem framing, architecture, system design, product judgment, AI product development, customer discovery, verification, fundraising support, and eventual technical team building. Build maintainable AI and agentic systems that solve real customer workflows, prioritizing traction before scale. The role requires a full-time, exclusive founder commitment with meaningful equity and authority.

Join Arootah's advisor network as a fractional CTO to provide project-based strategic and hands-on technology leadership for hedge funds, private equity firms, and family offices, focusing on infrastructure, systems architecture, cloud, cybersecurity, transformation, vendor selection, and technology risk management.

The Account CTO will be responsible for strategic technology leadership, defining technical strategies, and driving cloud transformation initiatives at an enterprise level while mentoring technical talent and influencing product strategy based on customer needs.

Lead technology strategy for key accounts, cultivate executive relationships, influence technology adoption, and drive cloud transformation initiatives at enterprise scale.

Lead engineering as a cofounder: build the MVP homeowners platform and credit-card origination flow, choose tech stack, architect core infrastructure, recruit and grow the engineering team, define culture, and travel to meet distributed team members.

Lead and build the company's technology function: modernize internal systems, unify employment and payroll pipelines, own the system of record, harden data pipelines and analytics, enforce security and AI governance, and grow a resilient BI/systems team. Deliver an architecture and roadmap, run migrations and pilots, and support a presidential-scale campaign cycle on scalable foundations.

Lead technology strategy and architecture, manage engineering teams, oversee Shopify setups, and ensure systems support multi-channel e-commerce growth.

Lead a remote engineering org to define scalable SaaS architecture, build enterprise-ready platform foundations (reliability, observability, security), drive execution and delivery cadence, hire and develop engineering talent, and translate business priorities into technical plans while working with ML/AI and ad-tech use cases.

The role involves owning the architecture and initial product development for a system that interprets user behavior and makes real-time decisions in commerce. Responsibilities include defining system architecture, hands-on building, leading engineering teams, and collaborating with the founder on product direction.

Lead protocol and backend engineering for a high-performance Solana-based DEX. Architect and implement low-latency trading infrastructure in Rust, develop core exchange primitives (margin, liquidation, liquidity models), audit latency-critical code paths, and mentor teams to maintain rigorous engineering standards and reliability.

Lead end-to-end technology for a greenfield, white-label consumer engagement and rewards platform. Define architecture, build scalable backend and infra for real-time events, points/wallet systems and tokenised rewards, oversee web and mobile products, integrate external systems, ensure production readiness and security, and hire and scale the engineering organisation while transitioning from hands-on delivery to strategic leadership.

Senior, customer-facing technical leader who defines and governs end-to-end solution architectures and multi-year technology roadmaps for a large CSP. Engages with customer CxOs, aligns cross-BG architecture across network, cloud, and IT, supports value-based selling with ROI/TCO models, and drives innovation and co-creation with product, R&D, and delivery teams.