Chief Technology Officer

Description

• Join the Gaggle team and help make a difference in the lives of K-12 students.
• Gaggle is a student safety solution that helps prevent bullying, school violence and suicide.  
• We are about 160 full time employees - all remote.
• Gaggle is privately owned with no outside investors.
• No Private Equity
• No Board of Directors
• No Debt
• As part of the leadership team you will help make the decisions and put students and schools needs first.
• We invest for the long run in both people and technology.
• Gaggle was started 27 years ago and has remained dedicated to doing what is right.

The Role

As the Chief Technology Officer you will be responsible for overseeing all technical aspects of the company:  Software Development, Machine Learning, Dev Ops & Infrastructure, Support Engineers, and Product Management. The entire Technical Team comprises over 55 full time staff members.

What we are looking for

• While the CTO oversees the directors for all of the departments listed above, the primary focus is building new products and enhancing our SaaS software solutions.  
• We need a CTO with a startup mentality.
• Our CTO needs to be a great software architect.
• While you should not spend your time writing code, at times you will need to dig into code and help engineers solve problems.
• We need a CTO who has already embraced AI development paradigms and can help move our team further in this direction by getting hands-on and showing the way
• Our CTO is a leader of leaders, but we are not looking for an executive-type leader.  This is not about Spreadsheets, QBRs, and presentations. 
• EQ and Managing people is important, you must live our core value of “Treating People Well.”
• We operate at a massive scale with over 12 Petabytes in AWS and processing over 1.5 billion items per month - are you up for this challenge?

Our Tech Stack

• Tools:  GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Google Workspaces
• 70% AWS and 30% our own Data Center
• Lots of Java, but other languages including Python, React, and Rust.
• Massive MySQL databases
• Elastic Search and OpenSearch
• We operate CI/CD with full pipelines

Salary Range and Benefits

Please apply to this posting in order to learn more about the starting salary range and benefit options. Some benefits highlights:

• We’re a remote-first company; our team works together across all 50 US states
• PPO and HDHP health insurance plans through BCBS of Illinois; coverage includes treatment for fertility (including IVF) as well as offering virtual visits and mental health resources
• Dental insurance (including orthodontia) through Guardian
• Vision insurance through BCBS/EyeMed
• HSA, FSA, LPFSA, and DCFSA available, with a $500 annual company contribution
• 401(k) plan with immediate vesting and a 4% company contribution with each paycheck
• Employee Assistance Program through Paychex and Guardian (includes financial and legal assistance)
• Flexible PTO
• Generous, 100% to 70% paid leave plans, up to 90 days
• Pet Insurance Discount Program
• Fun perks such as team recognition programs, holiday gifts and bonuses, company retreats, raffles, and fantasy football leagues

Our Team Commitment

Gaggle is proud to be recognized as a 2023 Top Workplace and also a proud recipient of the 2024 Top Workplaces USA Today award. We are committed to equal opportunity without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, or sex.