About the Role:

Location: Kochi (on-site preferred) | Reports to: Head of Engineering / CTO

We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Engineering Lead to own delivery of Flagman, our edge AI computer vision platform deployed in industrial environments. You’ll lead a team of 6 engineers spanning embedded systems, ML/computer vision, and cloud infrastructure — while staying in the code yourself. This is a player-coach role: you’re accountable for timelines and release quality, and technically credible enough to unblock the team when it matters.

Responsibilities:

Own project planning, sprint execution, and release timelines across embedded, ML, and infrastructure workstreams; flag risks and slips early with credible mitigation plans.

Break ambiguous product requirements into scoped, estimable work and manage cross-track dependencies.

Review and contribute code across the stack: Python ML pipelines (detection, tracking, edge inference), embedded Linux in C++ (GStreamer, GPIO, systemd), and backend services (Go, PostgreSQL).

Lead design reviews for high-stakes changes and personally take on critical-path tasks when the team is stretched.

Debug production issues on real hardware in the field.

Manage, mentor, and grow the team: 1:1s, goals, feedback, performance conversations, and hiring.

Coordinate with field engineering on deployments and customer escalations.

Requirements (Must-have):

8+ years of engineering experience, with 2+ years leading a team.

Track record of shipping hardware-adjacent or embedded products on committed timelines.

Strong hands-on skills in at least two of: embedded Linux with C++ exposure, ML inference/deployment (PyTorch, ONNX), backend services (Go or Python, PostgreSQL) — and able to review code across all three.

Confident with AI-assisted coding workflows, using them to accelerate delivery without compromising quality.

Clear written communication: status updates, design docs, postmortems.

Strong plus:

Edge AI / computer vision product experience (camera systems, video pipelines).

Industrial automation exposure: PLCs, industrial protocols, sensors.

CI/CD for embedded targets and on-device testing.

Share your resume to: careers@perleybrook.com