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Chief Technology Officer

Verifast · Canada
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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

  • 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

Platform & Engineering Execution

  • 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

Executive Leadership & Business Partnership

  • 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

Qualifications

  • 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
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