Jobs / Verifast
Chief Technology Officer
Verifast · Canada
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ci/cddevops
Description
About Verifast
Verifast is an all-in-one identity verification platform trusted by property managers, lenders, brokers, and underwriters across the US and Canada. With hundreds of workflows and human-powered customer support, Verifast improves application efficiency by 90% while reducing false positives and negatives. Transparency across the platform differentiates Verifast from its competitors and has resulted in an industry-leading reputation for trust.
VeriFast is hiring a Chief Technology Officer to lead our engineering organization and own the long-term technical direction of the company.
This is a senior executive role responsible for shaping VeriFast into an AI-first, data-driven platform company. The CTO will define the company’s technology strategy, own platform architecture, and lead engineering execution across product, data, and infrastructure.
We are looking for a deeply technical, hands-on leader who is passionate about building intelligent systems, obsessed with emerging technology, and energized by solving complex problems with data, automation, and machine learning.
This is a role for someone who lives at the intersection of AI, platform engineering, and scalable SaaS.
Responsibilities
Technology Strategy & AI Architecture
Verifast is an all-in-one identity verification platform trusted by property managers, lenders, brokers, and underwriters across the US and Canada. With hundreds of workflows and human-powered customer support, Verifast improves application efficiency by 90% while reducing false positives and negatives. Transparency across the platform differentiates Verifast from its competitors and has resulted in an industry-leading reputation for trust.
VeriFast is hiring a Chief Technology Officer to lead our engineering organization and own the long-term technical direction of the company.
This is a senior executive role responsible for shaping VeriFast into an AI-first, data-driven platform company. The CTO will define the company’s technology strategy, own platform architecture, and lead engineering execution across product, data, and infrastructure.
We are looking for a deeply technical, hands-on leader who is passionate about building intelligent systems, obsessed with emerging technology, and energized by solving complex problems with data, automation, and machine learning.
This is a role for someone who lives at the intersection of AI, platform engineering, and scalable SaaS.
Responsibilities
Technology Strategy & AI Architecture
- Define and execute VeriFast’s long-term technology strategy with an AI-first platform mindset
- Own architectural decisions across application, data, and infrastructure layers
- Lead the evolution of an intelligent, data-driven platform powered by machine learning and automation
- Design systems that support real-time decisioning, large-scale data processing, and model-driven workflows
- Establish modern engineering standards and best practices for building AI-powered production systems
- Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies, AI platforms, and next-generation engineering practices
- Own platform stability, uptime, performance, and resilience
- Lead engineering delivery across backend, frontend, data, infrastructure, and QA
- Build highly scalable, secure, and reliable systems that support AI-powered decisioning at scale
- Ensure security, privacy, and compliance are built into all platform systems
- Implement strong DevOps, CI/CD, and platform reliability practices
- Drive operational excellence across engineering delivery and platform operation
- Serve as a core member of the executive leadership team and strategic partner to the CEO
- Translate business objectives into technical strategy and platform execution
- Represent VeriFast’s technology vision with customers, partners, and investors
- Own technical due diligence and platform roadmap for strategic growth initiatives
- Build technology as a core competitive advantage and growth driver
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering with 5+ years in senior technical leadership roles (CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Platform, etc.)
- Proven experience building and scaling modern SaaS platforms
- Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, and data platforms
- Strong background in machine learning, data infrastructure, or AI-driven products
- Track record of building production-grade AI systems
- Experience operating in high-growth, venture-backed environments