Vice President of Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale engineering teams across cloud infrastructure, backend services, data platforms, and applications.
• Translate company and product strategy into clear engineering roadmaps and execution plans.
• Own delivery, quality, reliability, and operational excellence across cloud and application platforms.
• Establish strong technical ownership, delivery cadence, and engineering standards.
• Provide technical leadership across Hypervolt’s AWS-based microservices architecture.
• Own the evolution and reliability of UltraGrid, Hypervolt’s cloud operating system for connected assets.
• Ensure low-latency, bi-directional control and automation of devices at scale.
• Drive platform scalability, performance, security, and cost efficiency.
• Oversee large-scale telemetry ingestion via highly available MQTT brokers handling 6+ billion messages per day.
• Guide streaming pipelines using Apache Pulsar and data storage across DynamoDB and Google BigQuery.
• Enable high-fidelity time-series analytics, machine learning, and forecasting at scale.
• Ensure robust handling of offline data replay and reconciliation.
• Collaborate with hardware and firmware engineering teams to define clear cloud–device interfaces and contracts.
• Enable new device capabilities through cloud services and control systems.
• Support OTA workflows, diagnostics, and remote configuration.
• Ensure cloud platforms fully support the Home 3 Pro product lifecycle, from installation through long-term operation.
• Partner to reduce field failures and warranty costs through remote diagnostics and automation (Watson).
• Oversee backend systems supporting the Hypervolt mobile app and Ultra Mode.
• Ensure real-time changes and device controls sync seamlessly with customer-facing applications.
• Support operational tooling and customer support workflows through Watson.
• Own cloud platform reliability, uptime, observability, and incident response.
• Drive best practices in testing, monitoring, and resilience.
• Balance rapid product delivery with long-term platform health and technical debt management.
• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering leaders and teams.
• Foster a culture of ownership, pragmatism, and customer focus.
• Partner as a senior technical leader and trusted partner across the business.

Requirements

• Senior engineering leadership experience (Director / VP level) in cloud and platform engineering.
• Strong background in distributed systems and AWS-based architectures.
• Experience operating real-time, event-driven systems at significant scale.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with hardware and firmware teams.
• Track record of building and scaling engineering organisations.
• Strong technical judgment and delivery focus.

Skills & Experience

• Essential: Experience with IoT, connected devices, or edge-to-cloud systems.
• Essential: Experience with telemetry, time-series data, or control systems.
• Essential: Familiarity with energy, EV charging, or grid-connected platforms.
• Essential: Exposure to ML and analytics platforms at scale.
• Desirable: Experience with IoT, connected devices, or edge-to-cloud systems.
• Desirable: Experience with telemetry, time-series data, or control systems.
• Desirable: Familiarity with energy, EV charging, or grid-connected platforms.
• Desirable: Exposure to ML and analytics platforms at scale.

What Success Looks Like

• Cloud platforms reliably enable and extend device capability.
• UltraGrid scales efficiently at massive data volumes with low latency.
• Hardware, firmware, and cloud teams operate as a cohesive system.
• New features move quickly from device capability to customer value.
• Engineering delivery is predictable, resilient, and high quality.

What We Offer

• A senior leadership role at the centre of Hypervolt’s platform strategy.
• Ownership of cloud systems operating at real-world, grid scale.
• Close partnership with the CTO and senior leadership team.
• The opportunity to build infrastructure that shapes the future of energy.