Senior Technology and Product Lead

Role & responsibilities

1. Own and evolve PowerPod's technology

• Take ownership of existing systems, understand and improve the architecture, and reduce dependency on external vendors.
• Leverage AI assisted coding to design modular, secure and scalable systems,
• Make pragmatic technology and build-versus-buy decisions.

2. Ensure technology and operational reliability

• Ensure chargers, CMS, APIs, Wi-Fi and network technology work reliably.
• Improve charging data accuracy, transaction reconciliation, billing and collections through monitoring and automation.

3. Establish engineering & technology cost discipline

• Implement effective practices for code reviews, testing, deployments, access controls and production support.
• Ensure systems are well-documented, secure and maintainable.
• Track and optimize technology costs while monitoring system health, charger uptime and operational performance.

4. Build new products

• Build new products and solutions, such as AI-powered image recognition tools for automated CCTV check-ins, operational automation and charging-management tools

5. Partner with business teams

• Work with the founders, Finance, Operations and Data to understand business priorities and identify bottlenecks.
• Translate business needs into practical technology solutions that reduce manual work and improve productivity.

Preferred candidate profile

Experience: approximately 6-10 years, with demonstrated ownership mattering more than tenure.

Core profile

• A strong backend or full-stack engineer who has owned production systems end to end.
• Comfortable taking over an existing codebase, understanding unfamiliar architecture, and improving it without unnecessarily rebuilding everything
• Can work directly with founders and operational teams, translating messy real-world problems into reliable software.
• Has independently shipped products from business requirements to deployment and ongoing maintenance.
• Understands APIs, databases, networking, integrations, monitoring, security and production debugging.
• Uses AI-assisted coding tools to increase development speed, but can independently evaluate, test and debug the resulting code.