Engineering Lead

Job Description

Expected Notice Period: 15 Days Shift: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST) What do you need for this opportunity Must have skills required: Aws/azure, GraphQL, IOT Protocols/MQTT, Java/NodeJS, react, Team Leading, Good Team Player, NoSQL SOL-X is Looking for: What Youll Do: Drive System Architecture Scale: Design and evolve the architecture of our multi-product platform comprising wearables, IoT edge devices, and cloud applications. Champion scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems using a modern microservices architecture. Own Product Delivery End-to-End: Lead the technical delivery of our core products including the fatigue risk engine, crew assist, environmental monitoring, and compliance platforms. Deliver high-quality, secure, and performant systems across backend, frontend, data pipelines, and wearable devices. Define and Execute the Technical Roadmap:Collaborate with product and business stakeholders across regions to define the roadmap, align technical strategy with business goals, and ensure timely execution of initiatives. Build and Lead a High-Performance Engineering Team: Grow, mentor, and retain a team of world-class engineers, engineering managers, and architects. Foster a culture of ownership, agility, technical excellence, and collaboration. Lead Complex Cross-Functional Projects: Oversee the implementation of large-scale projects across domains such as health tracking, MQTT-based real-time messaging, predictive analytics, and compliance logging. Ensure Engineering Operational Excellence: Establish and continuously improve engineering best practices around development lifecycle, DevOps, observability, testing, and security. Enforce CI/CD, documentation,and cloud-native operations. Advance AI and Data Strategy: Collaborate with Data Science and Product teams to design, deploy and evolve AI/ML capabilities such as fatigue prediction, anomaly detection, and safety incident forecasting. Be a Technology Evangelist: Represent engineering across internal and external forums. Champion client mission in the areas of maritime safety, health tech, and industrial IoT. What You Bring 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering with at least 4 years leading engineering teams or managing engineering managers. Proven track record of leading high-performing, cross-functional engineering teams in fast-paced environments. Strong experience with system architecture, distributed systems, and scalable backend development. Deep technical expertise in Java, Node.js, React, GraphQL, Kafka, and NoSQL databases. Prior experience working with IoT protocols (especially MQTT) and building sensor driven platforms. Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS), containerization (Docker), and modern DevOps practices. Familiarity with edge computing, time-series data, and real-time analytics. Strong understanding of AI/ML integration into product workflows, including streaming analytics. Exposure to maritime safety use cases is a strong plus. Experience managing complex projects across geographies, including coordination with global stakeholders. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills with a track record of mentoring and developing engineers. Passion for safety, wellbeing, and sustainability technologies. Working time: 10 AM to 7 PM IST