Job
GiveDirectly
Chief Technology Officer
📍 United States, United Kingdom, Kenya
🏷 Governance & Public Policy
🗓 Posted 19 Aug 2026
- Lead the building and rebuilding of technology, systems and ways of working to enable a sustained $5B+ per annum operation as GiveDirectly scales rapidly towards $1B in revenue in 2026.
- Build software that safely and securely moves billions of dollars to millions of vulnerable people across the poorest regions of the world, managing identity, fraud prevention and payment infrastructure at scale.
- Develop and execute the technical strategy and architecture required to support complex, high-stakes operations across 15+ countries with rigorous engineering standards and security protocols.
- Lead and mentor a world-class technology team, fostering a culture of analytical rigour, ownership and professional growth within a candid, non-hierarchical environment.
- Drive organisational transformation through excellent engineering judgment and systems thinking, ensuring technology enables GiveDirectly's mission to deliver dignified, cost-effective aid at unprecedented scale.
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