Indeed, the world’s number one job site, has appointed Jim Giles as Chief Technology Officer, effective February 16, 2026. Giles will be tasked with leading the technical strategy and evolution of Indeed’s global engineering teams, overseeing how the platform transforms the way people find jobs and how employers hire with speed, confidence, and trust.
“Jim is a proven engineering leader with deep experience scaling technology used around the world,”said Indeed CEO Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba. “As hiring enters a new era, his forward-thinking approach to applying AI will help drive a step-change in our platform, ensuring our technology is built to simplify hiring and fuel Indeed’s long-term growth.”
Giles joins Indeed from Google, where he served as Vice President of Engineering and led the engineering teams behind some of the world’s most widely used productivity tools including Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, products collectively used by more than a billion people globally.
