Head of Engineering

Experience

: 8.00 + years

Salary

: Confidential (based on experience)

Shift

: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type

: Office (Bengaluru)

Placement Type

: Full time Permanent Position

(*Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers client - Living Things)What do you need for this opportunityMust have skills required:Node B, React.js, Python, Kafka, MQTT, AWS, Azure, Data Lakes, CI - CDLiving Things is Looking for:

Job Title: Head of Engineering

Organization: Living Things by Icapo Tech Pvt. Ltd

Location: Bengaluru, India

Job Type: Full-Time

Experience Level: Mid-Senior-Level (8-10+ years experience)

About Us:

Living Things is a pioneering IoT platform by iCapotech Pvt Ltd, dedicated to accelerating the net zero journey towards a sustainable future. We bring mindfulness in energy usage by our platform. Our solution seamlessly integrates with existing air conditioners, empowering businesses & organisations to optimise & reduce energy usage, enhance operational efficiency, reduce carbon footprints, and drive sustainable practices. Analysis of Electricity consumption across all locations from Electricity Bills. By harnessing the power of real-time data analytics and intelligent insights, our energy saving algorithm helps in saving a minimum of 15% on Air Conditioner's energy consumption.

About The Role

As the Head of Engineering at Living Things, you will shape the technology vision and lead the development of scalable, cloud-native, and data-driven systems that power our clean-tech solutions. You'll drive innovation across IoT, AI/ML, and data platforms, enabling real-time insights, automation, and measurable sustainability impact. Beyond building complex systems, you will mentor and grow a world-class engineering team, establish best practices, and foster a culture of ownership and innovationensuring Living Things delivers reliable, customer-centric solutions that reduce carbon footprint and transform how businesses consume energy.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Technical Leadership:

? Define and own the long-term technology vision and roadmapaligned with business and sustainability goals.? Enable data-driven decision-making by partnering with the analyticsteam to design modern data platforms, data lakes, and real-timepipelines.? Ensure alignment of engineering strategy with business outcomesand environmental impact objectives.

Building Complex Systems:

? Lead the design and development of large-scale, complex webapplications from scratch, ensuring reliability, scalability, andperformance.? Drive event-driven architectures and microservices patterns tosupport real-time analytics and operational workflows.

Cloud-Native Execution:

? Architect and manage multiple microservices across cloud platforms(AWS, GCP, Azure), leveraging both managed services (e.g., serverless,managed databases) and self-managed infrastructure (containers,Kubernetes, observability stacks, etc.).? Define best practices for data streaming (Kafka, Pub/Sub, Kinesis)and batch processing pipelines, enabling real-time insights andreporting.

Analytics Enablement

? Enable the analytics and data science teams by building robust datainfrastructure, including data lakes, ETL pipelines, and real-timedashboards.? Automate data workflows and operational processes for highefficiency and reliability.? Collaborate with analytics leadership to ensure data governance,quality, and observability.

• System Architecture & Scalability: Drive decisions that enable modular,
  

distributed systems and event-driven architectures.

• Innovation for Sustainability: Champion adoption of emerging
  
  
  

technologies to optimize energy efficiency, reduce emissions, and deliver
measurable environmental impact.