Technical Program Lead/Or Engineering Head

INNOFarms.AI | Enterprise-First AI SaaS & IoT-Robotics Platform

Location: INNOFarms.AI INDIA (Gurugram Office)

Experience: 48 Years

Type: Full-Time

INNOFarms.AI is a global AI SaaS and Robotics innovator focused on creating intelligent digital operating systems for AgriFood enterprises and future food systems. By blending AI, Robotics, and IoT, INNOFarms.AI aims to revolutionize agriculture, making farms more intelligent, efficient, and profitable. The company is dedicated to empowering farmers, entrepreneurs, and managers through automation, predictive analytics, and optimized farming practices. INNOFarms.AI envisions a climate-resilient, sustainable future for global food systems.

We're building the AI Operating System for the Global AgriFood Supply Networks.

Our Tech Stack: AI/Computer Vision Farms AI XOS Enterprise SaaS Backend IoT & Edge Robotics B2B Dashboards

This is NOT a pure management role. You will code, review, integrate, and ship.

We need someone who:

• Still writes production code (30-40% of time)
• Reviews PRs and challenges technical assumptions
• Owns end-to-end integration across AI, Backend, IoT, Robotics
• Ships complete systems, not partial components
• Enforces documentation and engineering discipline

You're the technical glue that makes our platform work as ONE system.

• Lead daily engineering standups (outcome-focused)
• Break down product requirements into integrated workstreams
• Remove cross-team blockers by solving them yourself
• Ensure sprints deliver shippable, integrated outputs

Deep expertise in at least ONE:

• AI/ML Engineering (deployment, MLOps, data pipelines)
• Backend Architecture (microservices, APIs, cloud)
• Full-Stack Engineering (React/Node or similar, real-time systems)
• IoT/Edge Systems (protocols, device integration)
• Robotics Integration (control systems, automation)

What you'll do:

• Review and approve PRs
• Debug critical production issues
• Contribute to architecture decisions
• Write code for critical paths/blockers

Ensure complete workflows work end-to-end:

• Define API contracts between teams
• Validate data flow across the stack
• Test end-to-end before "done"
• Own integration quality (no more finger-pointing)

• Establish API design patterns
• Maintain architecture documentation
• Enforce CI/CD discipline
• Track and reduce technical debt
• Ensure engineers document before exiting

Background:

• 48 years as a hands-on engineer (actively coding)
• Built 01 products in funded startups
• Led 6-10 engineers technically, not assigning task or delegating message

Technical:

• Expert in one domain (AI/Backend/Full-Stack/)
• Working knowledge across the full stack
• Can debug distributed systems
• Understand system architecture & scalability

Mindset:

• Challenge assumptions, and Technical jargon excuses: "Why this approach? Show alternatives"
• Enforce accountability: "Not done until integrated & documented."
• Lead by example: Jump into code when the team is stuck
• Practical > Theoretical: Ship working systems over perfect designs

• You no longer write code
• You're looking for a "strategic CTO" role with no hands-on coding
• You're looking for strategy-only roles
• You only have large corporate/MNC experience
• You're a pure PM without technical depth
• You have a research PhD background but no product shipping experience

Month 1: Ship ONE critical end-to-end deliverable Map architecture gaps Establish daily standups with clear blockers tracking Implement PR review gates Define API contracts Reduce last-minute failures by 70%

Month 2-3: Team ships weekly without firefighting Technical debt tracked & addressed 1-2 internal engineers mentored as future leads

Round 1: Technical Deep Dive (2 hrs)

• Review our codebase, identify issues
• Live coding session
• System design challenge

Round 2: Leadership Scenario (1 hr)

• How you'd handle real cross-team blockers
• Week 1, 4, 8 execution plan

Round 3: Founder & CEO Discussion (45 min)

• Vision, roadmap, compensation

Round 4: Reference Checks

• We call the engineers you've worked with

Decision: 48 hours

Compensation:

• Competitive startup salary (aligned with current stage)
• ESOPs: options with 4-year vesting

Growth:

• Direct path to VP Engineering/CTO post-Series A
• Build the engineering org from the ground up
• Shape architecture for a global enterprise platform

Impact:

• Enterprise clients: Agrifood companies manage global supply chains through your systems
• Farm impact: Increase profitability through AI automation
• Industry impact: Build the AI OS for a $T+ market
  

Build, don't maintain - Early-stage platform, your architecture decisions matter

Real impact - Enterprise customers & farms depend on what you ship

Fast growth - Hands-on experience scaling B2B SaaS globally

High ownership - Direct access to founders, no bureaucracy

Real talk: This is a startup. There will be chaos, tight deadlines, and problems to solve. If you want comfortable, this isn't it. If you want to build something that matters, let's talk.

Email: careers@Innofarms.ai

Subject: Technical Program Lead - [Your Name]

Include:

1. GitHub/GitLab (active commits in the last 6 months)
2. 1-min video: "Hardest technical problem you solved in the last year & how you ensured it stayed solved."
3. Resume (2 pages max); With Current Salary, Notice Period
4. Answer ONE (300 words):

(a) "AI team built models. Backend hasn't built the API yet. IoT can't test without a backend. Everyone's blocked. You join tomorrow - what's your Week 1 plan?"

OR. (b) "Situation, you have got a talented but uncoordinated tech team (AI, Full-Stack, IoT, Robotics); AI blames Data. Robotics blames the budget; full-stack API design and IoT blame the backend. Everything is working on the dev machine, all busy, but nothing has been shipped; there are last-minute surprises when client deployment. You join tomorrow - what's your Week 1 plan?"

We respond within 3 business days.

INNOFarms.AI is an equal opportunity employer.

INNOFarms.AI|Innovation. Sustainability. Scalability.

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