Chemielehrer

Company Description Figure is dedicated to addressing the loneliness epidemic among young professionals by fostering genuine, meaningful conversations. The organization creates events and experiences that help individuals feel understood and connect with others who share similar challenges and joys. Figure believes everyone deserves to be seen, heard, and valued, and designs its initiatives to support emotional well-being and authentic community-building. Team members collaborate to build inclusive spaces where participants can form lasting relationships and feel a sense of belonging.
Role Description The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Figure is a full-time, remote role responsible for defining and leading the company’s overall technology vision and execution. The CTO oversees the design, development, and maintenance of platforms and tools that enable authentic conversations and community-building, ensuring scalability, reliability, and strong user experiences. Day-to-day responsibilities include guiding software development teams, setting technical architecture standards, aligning IT strategy with business goals, and partnering with product, operations, and community teams to deliver new features and improvements. The CTO manages technology projects end-to-end, establishes best practices for security and data privacy, and evaluates new technologies that can support event experiences and user engagement. This role also includes mentoring technical staff, establishing metrics for performance and quality, and communicating technology plans and progress to company leadership and stakeholders.
Qualifications

• Candidates should possess strong skills in Software Development and Product Development, with experience building and scaling user-facing platforms or applications.
• Candidates should possess experience in IT Strategy and Architecture, including the ability to design secure, scalable, and maintainable systems aligned with business objectives.
• Candidates should possess skills in Project Management, with a track record of planning, prioritizing, and delivering complex technology initiatives on time and within scope.
• Relevant experience leading distributed or remote engineering teams, fostering collaboration, and mentoring technical talent.
• Demonstrated ability to translate user and community needs into effective technical solutions, ideally in consumer, social, or event-focused products.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present technical strategies and trade-offs to non-technical audiences.
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, security and privacy best practices, and data-driven decision-making.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience; advanced degrees or prior CTO/VP Engineering experience are beneficial.