Chief Technology Officer

Parallax Innovations

. Own the ongoing development and improvement of Parallax’s narrative intelligence platform .

Posted 10/17/2026full-timeDenver • Colorado • United StatesLead💰 $220,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in engineering, AI, and data product development, with a strong focus on compliance, privacy, and responsible AI use. Capable of leading technical teams, aligning multiple functions, and translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.

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12+ Years In Engineering, Machine Learning, AI Or Data Product RolesExecutive Leadership Beyond A Technical TeamFluency With LLM APIs And Multimodal ModelsAbility To Write Python And SQL, Design Data PipelinesExperience Building Evaluation Sets And Experimental Design

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Hard Skills

Machine LearningAI Product DevelopmentData Product RolesPython ProgrammingSQL ProgrammingBack-TestingA/B TestingCausal InferenceData Pipeline DesignModel Routing

Soft Skills

Executive LeadershipCommunication StrategyLow Ego MindsetCuriosityTeam Development

Tools & Technologies

LLM APIsMultimodal Video/Image/Audio ModelsFeedback LoopsDashboardsReporting Tools

Industry Keywords

GovtechCivic TechPolitical MessagingElectoral IntegrityDemocracy Reform

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the ongoing development and improvement of Parallax’s narrative intelligence platform
Own engineering, AI, data, privacy and compliance, infrastructure, and security
Set platform strategy, capabilities roadmap, learning agenda, and measurement inputs
Define the content engagement and persuasion scoring framework
Extend the platform from transcript analysis to video evaluation, including visuals, presenters, formats, and production choices
Decide which commercial and open models to use, including routing, fine-tuning, and custom components
Build feedback loops connecting platform, partner, audience, survey, experiment, and outcome data
Oversee dashboards and reporting for internal and partner audiences
Ensure compliance with data laws and articulate AI ethics guidelines
Design and run validation using historical back-testing, actual results, surveys, and experiments including RCTs
Build evaluations and guardrails for trustworthy, explainable platform outputs
Report platform capabilities, confidence, and limitations to leadership, funders, and partners
Translate findings into weekly creative guidance on frames, formats, messengers, and audiences
Support message-by-audience mapping across active campaigns with Creative and Partners teams
Package intelligence for partner organizations and campaign teams
Shape the roadmap for internal tools and products and ensure interoperability
Lead the contractor-based data and engineering team; determine what to keep, build, or buy
Own team development, budget, and hiring
Build alongside the team with current AI tools and set standards for responsible AI use
Help leadership set organizational strategy and drive organization-wide initiatives
Report to the President and collaborate with the Chief of Staff and VP of Product & Partnerships
Establish platform vision, roadmap, technical ownership, scoring framework, feedback loop, integrations, and measurable progress during the first 60 days and six months

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years in engineering, machine learning, AI or data product roles, including several years leading technical teams
Recent record of shipping AI or data products used to make real decisions
Demonstrated executive leadership beyond a technical team
Experience aligning multiple functions, managing senior leaders, making resource tradeoffs, and communicating strategy and results to a board or investors
Experience taking a data or AI product from an early version to something an organization relies on
High integrity and commitment to accuracy, privacy, and responsible AI use
Low ego and default-curious mindset
Builder who leads and is comfortable in a small, early organization
Genuine motivation for democracy reform, healthy elections, and electoral integrity
Cross-partisan outlook
Understanding of political messaging and the science of persuasion
Fluency with LLM APIs, multimodal video/image/audio models, retrieval, prompt and agent design, model routing, and fine-tuning tradeoffs
Experience building evaluation sets, back-testing, A/B testing, experimental design, and causal inference
Ability to write Python and SQL, design data pipelines, and review code and architecture
Product sense and ability to translate user needs into roadmaps and specifications
Ability to explain technical products and their limitations to nontechnical audiences
Political or ballot-initiative experience is helpful but not required
Experience in govtech, civic tech, political, or ballot-initiative work is a plus but not required
Experience supporting founders or principals in raising capital or philanthropic funding is a bonus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive base salary
Unlimited PTO
Generous parental leave
Health, vision, dental insurance
401K with 3% match
Company issued laptop/equipment
Reimbursements
Relocations welcome