Chief Technology Officer

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Code for America believes government can work for the people, by the people, in the new digital age, and that government at all levels can and should work well for all people. For more than a decade, we’ve worked to show that with the mindful use of technology, we can break down barriers, meet community needs, and find real solutions.

Our employees build and transform government and community tools and services, making them so good they inspire change. We merge the best parts of technology, nonprofit, and government to help support the people who need it most.

With a focus on transparency and fairness, and deep empathy for partners in government and community organizations and the people that our partners serve, we’re building a movement of motivated change agents driven by meaningful results and lasting impact.

At Code for America, you contribute to exciting work while learning and developing in a supportive and flexible environment. Our compensation and benefits are holistic and thoughtfully curated to represent our employees and our mission. Help us drive real generational change that lasts.

Code for America is looking for a talented Chief Technology Officer who, in partnership with senior tech leadership and in collaboration with the executive team, will play a pivotal role in positioning Code for America as the leading civic technology organization, one that demonstrates how modern, responsible, and human-centered technology can transform public service delivery.

• Unify and elevate Code for America’s technical direction, bringing together Product Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Dev Ops, and data science under a clear architectural vision and long-term roadmap. This includes advancing cloud infrastructure management through automation, strengthening development practices, and making thoughtful technology choices across Code for America’s diverse projects and environments to drive efficient, reliable, usable, and secure deployments.
• Build and empower high-performing technical teams, cultivating engineering leadership, clarity of roles, and strong pathways for professional growth and collaboration.
• Advance Code for America’s secure use of AI, ensuring our approach strengthens both the impact of our products and our credibility as a trusted partner to government.
• Drive excellence in execution, improving velocity, scalability, and reliability across Code for America’s software and data systems.
• Bridge disciplines by partnering closely with Product, UX, Programs, and Client Success to ensure our technology is responsive to user needs, policy realities, and strategic opportunities.
• Accelerate product development and deployment by strengthening the technical foundations and cross-disciplinary collaboration needed to move from concept to delivery quickly and effectively.
• Shape Code for America’s future technology leadership model, bringing curiosity and adaptability to how we organize and evolve our technical disciplines as the landscape and our mission evolve.

This is an opportunity for a systems thinker and organizational builder who can hold both vision and detail, technical depth, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, to help Code for America deliver on its mission at a national scale.

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will be Code for America’s senior technology executive, responsible for shaping and executing the organization’s technical and AI vision to advance how we build and scale products and technology to improve the delivery of government services.

This leader will immediately oversee Product Engineering, Solutions Engineering, and Data Science (collectively known as “Engineering”) and will steward the evolution of Code for America’s technical architecture, delivery systems, and data capabilities to stay ahead of the pace and complexity of modern government technology.

In addition to leading our Engineering functions, the CTO will also oversee Code for America’s AI technical strategy and technical approach, ensuring that the organization leads from the front in the…