Job Description

About Krank:

We are a technology-driven SaaS company building products for the heavy equipment and industrial sector. Our ecosystem includes:

- Web-based marketplace and workflow platforms

- React Native mobile applications for iOS and Android

- Smart glasses–based workflows for remote inspections

- AWS-hosted backend services built using Node.js

We work at the intersection of engineering, product design, and modern cloud technologies to deliver efficient, reliable, and real-world solutions for industrial operations. Our culture is highly collaborative, product-focused, and centered on building meaningful tools that improve field workflows, inspections, and equipment management at scale.

About Inspeq:

Inspeq is a SaaS platform for inspections, asset management, and work orders. It’s designed for heavy equipment rental, mining, and construction companies, enabling them to manage operations more efficiently with modular, configurable workflows and AI-powered features like Remote Workorders (live remote guidance) and AI Discrepancy Reports.

We are looking for a Head of Engineering to own engineering strategy and end-to-end delivery for our product-based company. This role is accountable for engineering outcomes, delivery predictability, and long-term technical sustainability across all products.

You will own system design, infrastructure, technical decision-making, and execution excellence across backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps, and QA teams, working closely with Product and Design to build scalable, secure, and compliant products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own engineering architecture, system design, and infrastructure decisions across all products

• Lead backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps, and QA under a unified engineering function

• Drive end-to-end product delivery from architecture through to production

• Define and own delivery cadence, planning, milestones, and execution discipline

• Design and review scalable, high-availability, and resilient system architectures

• Own cloud infrastructure, deployments, scalability, reliability, and cost optimization

• Ensure engineering quality, performance, security, and compliance (e.g. GDPR)

• Own production reliability, incident management, post-mortems, and continuous improvement

• Collaborate closely with Product and Design to ensure smooth execution and clear ownership

• Define engineering standards, processes, and long-term technical vision

• Own technical debt strategy and platform health across products

• Evaluate and manage third-party tools, vendors, and technology partners

Core Technical & Leadership Requirements:

• 7+ years of hands-on engineering experience with at least 3 years in a leadership role

• Strong backend experience with Node.js, NestJS, and SQL & NoSQL databases

• Frontend experience with React, React Native, and Next.js

• Deep hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, including:
  ECS, EC2, ECR, API Gateway, Load Balancers, Lambda

• Strong experience with Docker and CI/CD pipelines

• Proven expertise in system design, distributed systems, and infrastructure architecture

• Experience or strong working knowledge of OpenAI integrations and Generative AI systems

• Strong understanding of compliance, data protection, and secure system design

• Experience scaling SaaS products (users, data, teams, or revenue)

• Experience leading distributed or remote engineering teams

• Strong stakeholder communication skills

Leadership & Product Engineering:

• Proven ability to hire, lead, and scale cross-functional engineering teams

• Strong ownership of end-to-end product engineering and delivery

• Ability to make clear, high-impact technical and architectural decisions

• Comfortable balancing speed, quality, and long-term sustainability

• Hands-on when needed, without becoming a bottleneck