Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

About the position of Chief Technology Officer

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is one of the most important strategic roles at Cognite. As CTO, you are responsible and have the mandate to ensure that Cognite has a technology foundation that gives us a competitive advantage. That we bet on the right technology trends. That Cognite technology is revered by industry and feared by our competitors. That we collaborate with the top technology partners and minds. 

This role is not just a part of the leadership team in the Product division, but a beacon of strategic technology direction and decisions. Reporting to our Chief Product Officer, you will have the mandate to shape our technological landscape. Located in Austin, a hub of tech innovation, and in close proximity to tech powerhouses like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, as well as our strategic partners SLB and Rockwell, this role offers a unique opportunity for leadership and impact. Travelling to our product development centers in Austin, Oslo, and Bangalore will further enrich your experience.

Cognite is a value-driven company; our values Impact, Ownership and Relentless are visible in everything we do. We expect the leaders in Cognite to be clear role models when it comes to our values. We are a high-performing SaaS unicorn with great talent, developing Cogniters is a key responsibility as a leader in Cognite. We are on a mission to transform the world’s industries using data and algorithms to create a more efficient, safer and more sustainable industrial future.

About the Product Organization at Cognite

Product is the division responsible for developing Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) as a robust and scalable platform for solving industrial data problems at Cognite. The industrial data problem is at the heart of transforming asset-intensive industries to be safer, more sustainable and more profitable. Cognite’s Cognite Data Fusion makes the operational data available at scale and adds value to the data through data processing. This enables asset-intensive industries to make data-driven decisions. Our platform is built on many different technologies, each good at solving various challenges.

To build the best possible product, we believe in autonomous teams with developers, designers and product managers working closely together. Our teams are working on building the next-generation industrial data platform and applications across many different industries, such as Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, and Power & Utility. This includes enabling all types of workflows, including analytics, to assist in making better decisions. We are a good mix of engineers, products, and design. What we have in common is that we care deeply about the user experience and create products that users really want to use.

Our work environment is exciting, dynamic and intense. You will work with the best domain and industry experts: designers, product managers, backend developers, ML engineers, 3D developers and business leaders. We support one another, ask good questions, and give each other constructive feedback. Our goal is to leverage our diverse set of strengths and backgrounds to build innovative products, to think outside the ordinary, and grind through and nurture a great culture.

• Ensure that Cognite’s technology foundation gives us a competitive advantage 
• Deliver on the strategy of Cognite and Product together with the leadership in the Product division
• Work closely with internal stakeholders, customers and partners to develop the technology strategy of Cognite
• You will lead the team of architects in the Office of the CTO
• Define and own the golden path for technologies used at Cognite
• Define and own the architecture principles for development at Cognite
• Represent Cognite and its technology to customers, partners, analysts, technologists and the market at large
• Ensure that our technology debt is well-managed and we continuously work on paying down the right parts of it

• Experience being a hands on developer early in your career
• 5+ years of experience as an architect or similar senior technical role
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, cloud technologies, AI/ML, algorithms and data structures
• You are a team player that takes ownership and sets a clear direction for your division and the people that report to you
• You seek to make an impact for  the customer, the company and the people you work with 
• You never give up and are relentless in your pursuit of building something great
• You are excited about technology and like sharing your knowledge with others, for example through talks at conferences
• You have experience building data or AI-focused products
• Plus for SaaS, B2B and industrial experience
• Plus for edge or OT experience
• Plus for experience building platforms for external developers

• Competitive Compensation including base plus bonus
• 401(k) with 4% employer matching
• Health, Dental, Vision & Disability Coverages with premiums fully covered for employees and all dependents
• Unlimited PTO + flexibility to enjoy it
• 18 Company Holidays including the week between Christmas & New Years
• Paid Parental Leave Program
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Employee Referral Program
• Company Paid Friday Lunch via DoorDash + Fully Stocked Fridges in the offices
• Join a team of 70 different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝.
• A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata 📷 to know more
• Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries
• Join our HUB 🗣️ to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.
• Paid mobile phone and WiFI
• A pet lover? Get the chance to meet Spot 🐶!

Apply today!

If you are passionate about leading teams, driving technical excellence, and shaping the future of our products, and make a difference in the tech industry, we invite you to apply and embark on this exciting journey with us. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and identities to join our team.

We encourage you to follow us on Cognite LinkedIn; we post all our openings there.

We will accept new applications till May 20th.

Cognite is a global industrial SaaS company that was established with one clear vision: to rapidly empower industrial companies with contextualized, trustworthy, and accessible data to help drive the full-scale digital transformation of asset-heavy industries around the world. Our core Industrial DataOps platform, Cognite Data Fusion™, enables industrial data and domain users to collaborate quickly and safely to develop, operationalize, and scale industrial AI solutions and applications to deliver both profitability and sustainability. Visit us at www.cognite.com and follow us on Twitter @CogniteData or LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognitedata

Equal Opportunity

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment; everyone we hire will receive the same level of consideration for training, compensation, and promotion. 

We ask for gender as part of our application because we want to ensure equal assessment in the recruitment process. Your answer will help us reach this commitment! However, the question about gender is optional and your choice not to answer will not affect the assessment of your application in any way.