US Mobile

Multinetwork wireless carrier with customizable plans

Chief Technology Officer

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNew York, NY, USA$275k - $315k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

At least 15 years of professional software engineering experience, with significant experience in backend, frontend, systems, and/or platform engineering.
Previous experience leading engineering teams, technical projects, or a technology organization.
Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on development experience.
Strong understanding of distributed systems, system architecture, databases, application programming interfaces, cloud infrastructure, and scalability.
Experience designing and operating production systems at scale.
Experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure; Amazon Web Services is preferred.
Experience with modern infrastructure, continuous integration and continuous delivery, containers, monitoring, and observability.
A strong product mindset and ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes.
Ability to partner with executive leadership and cross-functional teams, including Product, Data, Growth, Finance, and Strategy, to align technology with company priorities.
Ability to operate in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
Leadership, communication, hiring, and mentoring skills.
Ability to work onsite in New York City.

Responsibilities

Define and own the company's technology strategy and long-term technical roadmap; assess the platform's technical health and decide where to invest, refactor, or rebuild.
Align frontend and backend organizations into one coherent architecture and technical strategy as each team scales.
Drive the architecture, development, deployment, and scaling of the technology platform, and stay hands-on with code reviews, technical design, and critical engineering problems.
Oversee cloud infrastructure, DevOps, security, observability, and production reliability, and proactively identify and address technical risk.
Hire, mentor, and retain engineering talent, including the Lead Backend and Lead Frontend Engineers and the teams they build.
Establish engineering standards, development processes, and a culture of ownership, speed, experimentation, and excellence.
Establish metrics and processes for engineering productivity, system reliability, and product quality.
Assess new technologies, frameworks, and artificial intelligence capabilities, and determine where they create meaningful business value.
Work with the CEO and leaders across Product, Data, Growth, Finance, and Strategy to translate company objectives into technical strategy, and represent the technical vision to customers, partners, and investors when needed.
Shape company-wide strategy and represent engineering at the leadership table.
Align the technical roadmap with customer-facing priorities and feature delivery.
Ensure the platform surfaces data needed to inform decisions across the business.
Support experimentation and scalable systems behind acquisition, activation, and retention initiatives.
Inform budgeting, forecasting, and investment decisions with technical cost and capacity realities.
Connect technical investment decisions to long-term business and market positioning.
Guide and grow the Backend and Frontend Engineering teams being built.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with Amazon Web Services, which is preferred, or other cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform or Azure.
Knowledge of Java with Spring Boot and related web frameworks, and Python with Flask or Django, for RESTful services.
Knowledge of asynchronous service communication using RabbitMQ and AWS SQS/SNS.
Knowledge of MongoDB and other NoSQL technologies for data modeling and storage.
Knowledge of TypeScript, React, CSS-in-JS, and equivalent styling approaches.
Knowledge of state management and data fetching using TanStack Query, Redux, and Zustand.
Knowledge of React Native for cross-platform mobile experiences, and Rust where performance or architecture demands.
Knowledge of cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure; AWS is preferred.
Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, containerization, and modern monitoring and observability tools.
Experience using Claude, Opencode, or similar AI-assisted development tools for code generation, automated review, documentation, and design efficiency.

Salary Range: 275000 to 315000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

US Mobile is building the future of wireless communication. The goal: one unified network open to any person and any device, worldwide. Connection without walls.

We’re getting there by empowering customers. All three major networks on one phone and one plan, plus home internet from Starlink. No lock-in. No commitments. Custom fit plans at every price point. 24/7 customer support with real people, empowered to help. We get real-time feedback from Reddit, surveys, and customer support informing product roadmaps and everything we do. It’s working — we’re The Wirecutter’s favorite cellular carrier, and Consumer Reports has named us the top-rated mobile carrier two years in a row.*

And we’re building innovative systems that scale. A network agnostic tech stack. Agile, cross-functional teams built on trust and mutual respect. This work isn’t for everyone. If you work fast, flexibly, and collaboratively — without compromising standards — we want to hear from you.

We’re looking for a Chief Technology Officer to own the technology vision and engineering execution behind US Mobile’s platform. You’ll unify our frontend and backend engineering organizations — currently led by a Lead Frontend Engineer and Lead Backend Engineer, each building out their teams — into one coherent technical strategy, and sit at the executive table alongside the CEO, founders, and leaders across Product, Data, Growth, Finance and Strategy. As a company that’s scaling fast, this is a rare opportunity to shape both the architecture and the culture of engineering from the ground up.

You Will:

Define and own technology vision — set the company's technology strategy and long-term technical roadmap; assess the platform's technical health and decide where we invest, refactor, or rebuild.

Unify engineering — align the frontend and backend organizations into one coherent architecture and technical strategy as each team scales.

Lead architecture and execution — drive the architecture, development, deployment, and scaling of our technology platform, and stay hands-on with code reviews, technical design, and critical engineering problems.

Own infrastructure and reliability — oversee cloud infrastructure, DevOps, security, observability, and production reliability, and proactively identify and address technical risk.

Build and lead the organization — hire, mentor, and retain exceptional engineering talent, including the Lead Backend and Lead Frontend Engineers and the teams they build.

Set the bar — establish engineering standards, development processes, and a culture of ownership, speed, experimentation, and excellence.

Measure what matters — establish metrics and processes for engineering productivity, system reliability, and product quality.

Evaluate what's next — assess new technologies, frameworks, and AI capabilities, and determine where they create meaningful business value.

Partner at the executive level — work with the CEO, leaders across Product, Data, Growth, Finance, and Strategy to translate company objectives into technical strategy, and represent our technical vision to customers, partners, and investors when needed.

Who You'll Partner With:

CEO & Executive Leadership — shape company-wide strategy and represent engineering at the leadership table

Product — align technical roadmap with customer-facing priorities and feature delivery

Data — ensure the platform surfaces the data needed to inform decisions across the business

Growth — support experimentation and scalable systems behind acquisition, activation, and retention initiatives

Finance — inform budgeting, forecasting, and investment decisions with technical cost and capacity realities.

Strategy — connect technical investment decisions to long-term business and market positioning

Engineering Leadership — guide and grow Backend and Frontend Engineering teams we’re building

Technology You Will Oversee:

Our stack spans backend services, customer-facing web and mobile experiences, and the cloud infrastructure that ties it all together:

Backend

Java (Spring Boot and related web frameworks) and Python (Flask, Django) for RESTful services

Asynchronous service communication via RabbitMQ and AWS SQS/SNS

MongoDB and other NoSQL technologies for data modeling and storage

Frontend

TypeScript and React, with CSS-in-JS and equivalent styling approaches

State management and data fetching via Tanstack Query, Redux, and Zustand

React Native for cross-platform mobile experiences, with Rust adopted where performance or architecture demands

Infrastructure & Platform

Cloud infrastructure on AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure

CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and modern monitoring and observability tooling

AI-Assisted Development

Claude, Opencode, and similar tools woven into the SDLC for code generation, automated review, documentation, and design efficiency

Qualifications:

15+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant experience in backend, frontend, systems, and/or platform engineering

Previous experience leading engineering teams, technical projects, or a technology organization

Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on development experience

Strong understanding of distributed systems, system architecture, databases, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and scalability

Experience designing and operating production systems at scale

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure

Experience with modern infrastructure, CI/CD, containers, monitoring, and observability

Strong product mindset and ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes

Proven ability to partner with executive leadership and cross-functional teams — including Product, Data, Growth, Finance and Strategy — to align technology with company priorities

Proven ability to operate in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment

Excellent leadership, communication, hiring, and mentoring skills

Ability to work onsite in New York City

Benefits and Perks:

Annual company offsites

Competitive Salary

Gym reimbursement

Commute reimbursement

Flexible working hours

Professional development stipend

Flexible time off

Cell phone service (up to $100/mo)

Think you're a fit? Apply to learn more!

About the Company

US Mobile

Multinetwork wireless carrier with customizable plans

US Mobile provides wireless service by letting customers switch between all three major networks to deliver nationwide 4G LTE and upcoming 5G connectivity. Customers choose flexible, customizable plans with features like high-speed international roaming, AI-driven plan savings, and a range of perks; service access is supported by a user-friendly app, real-time dashboards, and 24/7 live support. The platform enables seamless connection for phones, drones, cars, watches, and trackers, backed by 4G coverage for over 300 million Americans and international calling to more than 200 countries. Unlike typical carriers, US Mobile emphasizes network switching, tailored plans, and AI-assisted savings to fit individual and business needs. Its goal is to connect the next billion wireless devices to nationwide networks, positioning itself as a key player in the evolution of wireless connectivity.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Series A
Total funding: $46.5M
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Founded: 2014

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