Engineering Operations and Chief of Staff to the CTO
Nametag
Engineering Operations and Chief of Staff to the CTO
Nametag
Identity verification with biometrics and cryptography.
Ann Arbor, MI (Hybrid)
Nametag helps companies verify the real person behind high-risk workforce actions, from account recovery to identity checks, before attackers can exploit the gap.
Deepfakes, social engineering, and stolen credentials have made "who is actually on the other side of this request?" a critical infrastructure problem. We are building the identity verification and account protection layer companies use to answer that question quickly, securely, and with less friction for real users.
We're looking for someone to be the operational center of gravity for our engineering organization.
This is a blended role. Part of it (about 10%) is classic executive support: calendar, travel, inbox triage, meeting logistics, expenses, and the steady work of protecting a leader's time and attention. Part of it is chief of staff work (about 30%): preparing for meetings that matter, tracking the commitments made in them, chasing the decisions that are stalling, and being a trusted second read on what's actually going on. And part of it is program management for engineering (60%): keeping initiatives visible, running the operating cadence, wrangling tickets and making sure things that were agreed to in a planning meeting still exist three weeks later.
What makes this role demanding is the technical context. You don't need to write code, and we're not asking you to. But you will be scheduling around incident response, taking notes in architecture discussions, tracking a compliance audit, and summarizing an engineering status for the exec team.
We're also an AI-forward company, and this role should reflect that. A lot of what has historically made this job heavy — drafting, summarizing, reformatting, chasing status — is work that modern tooling handles well. We'd like you to lean on it aggressively so your time goes to judgment and relationships instead of transcription.
This role is based in Ann Arbor. Nametag is remote-first overall, but this position works closely enough with our CTO that we want you local, in the office together at least one day a week.
Engineering program management
Run the engineering operating cadence — planning, status, retrospectives — so that it happens consistently and produces something useful. Track initiatives across teams: what's in flight, what's blocked, what's at risk, and who owes what to whom. Coordinate the cross-functional work that has no natural owner, including compliance evidence collection, audit preparation, and recruiting logistics. Maintain the internal documentation and trackers that keep engineering legible to the rest of the company.
Chief of staff work
Capture decisions and action items, then follow them to completion. A decision nobody tracked is a decision that didn't happen. Prepare briefing material and summaries for internal reviews, board-adjacent material, and cross-functional meetings. Be an early, discreet sounding board. You'll have visibility into sensitive personnel, compensation, and strategic matters, and handling that well is a core requirement. Notice what's being dropped across the organization and raise it before it becomes a problem.
Executive support
Own the CTO's calendar, making real prioritization decisions rather than just finding open slots. Manage travel, expenses, and the logistics of offsites and team gatherings. Triage inbound requests, route what can be routed, and surface what genuinely needs the CTO. Prepare for meetings in advance: agenda, context, prior commitments, and what a good outcome looks like.
Work AI-forward
Use AI tooling routinely for drafting, summarizing, meeting notes, and status synthesis. Build repeatable workflows rather than doing the same manual assembly every week. Keep judgment and accuracy yours. The tools draft; you decide what's true and what goes out.
Work authorization required: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future need for visa sponsorship.
Based in or near Ann Arbor, Michigan, and able to be in the office at least one day per week.
You do not need to match every bullet. We care most about organization, judgment, and comfort around technical work.
Nametag is a founding member of the Open Imperative and is committed to pay equity in technology. Final compensation is based on role, level, skills, experience, and education. Our current base salary is in the range of $90,000-$120,000.
Nametag is a remote-first team with regular in-person time to stay connected.Nametag is a remote-first team with regular in-person time to stay connected. This role is the local exception — Ann Arbor based, in office at least weekly.
Nametag provides identity verification services that protect organizations and their users from online fraud. Its Deepfake Defense verification engine confirms a real person owns a government ID by having the user scan the ID and take a selfie, then comparing the images with cryptography, biometrics, and AI; it supports over 11,000 ID types and works on iOS and Android without an app download. Unlike many approaches, Nametag can reuse a secure on-device cryptographic key after the first verification, enabling faster, private checks using just a selfie in subsequent verifications and integrating with IAM systems like Okta and Microsoft Entra ID. The goal is to help businesses reduce IT support costs and prevent account takeovers and data breaches by providing reliable identity checks during sensitive actions across sectors such as finance, healthcare, and technology.
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