Technical Lead - Platforms, AI & ERP

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

• Consumer and Internal Mobile Apps.
• ERPNext-based ERP and Operations Platform.
• AI Companion for Customer App.
• Kitchen Apps, Ops Modules.
• Shared backend, data, and AI infrastructure across all products.

• Own the overall system architecture across mobile, ERP, AI, kitchen, and ops platforms.
• Design clean boundaries between ERP systems, AI systems, product backends, and mobile and web frontends.
• Prevent architectural drift as multiple products evolve in parallel.
• Make pragmatic decisions balancing speed, scalability, cost, and maintainability.
• Ensure systems are production-grade, observable, and resilient.

• Design agent architectures (memory, tools, orchestration, failure handling).
• Ensure AI systems are explainable, observable, and debuggable.
• Decide where AI adds value and where deterministic systems are better.
• Ship AI features that deliver measurable user, health, or operational impact.
• Avoid AI demos that focus on production reliability and real-world usage.

• Customize ERPNext while preserving up gradability.
• Design ERP workflows that reflect actual kitchen and operations realities.
• Integrate ERP cleanly with AI systems and product platforms.
• Treat ERP as a core product, not internal plumbing.

• Build systems that improve consistency, hygiene, speed, and compliance.
• Design reliable data flows from kitchen ERP AI reporting.

• Set engineering standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Review critical PRs and unblock teams when needed.
• Ensure APIs, data models, and frontend contracts remain clean.
• Maintain delivery velocity without accumulating hidden technical debt.

• Own architecture, API contracts, and backend integrations for mobile apps.
• Ensure mobile apps are first‑class citizens in platform design.
• Enable React Native teams to ship reliably and fast.
• Ensure AI and ops features translate cleanly into mobile UX.

• Challenge unclear or low-impact requirements.
• Translate business goals into system design.
• Make trade‑offs explicit and visible.
• Align engineering decisions with customer and operational outcomes.

• Lead and mentor engineers across backend, frontend, AI, ERP, and ops.
• Coordinate delivery across multiple concurrent products.
• Create accountability without micromanagement.
• Build a culture of ownership, clarity, and documentation.

• 4‑6 years building and scaling real‑world products.
• Proven experience as a tech lead/engineering lead across multiple products.
• Strong backend foundation (Node.js/Type Script and/or Python systems).
• Hands‑on experience with production AI systems (not just API calls).
• Experience working with ERP or ops‑heavy platforms.
• Clear product mindset and strong decision‑making ability.

• Backend:
  Node.js, Type Script, Express.
• Database:
  Postgre
  
  SQL, Prisma.
• Queues and Cache:
  Redis, BullMQ.
• Frontend:
  React, Type Script, shadcn/ui, React Query.

• Agentic AI systems experience.
• Health, food tech, logistics, or operations‑heavy startups.
• Video AI, wearables, or real‑time systems exposure.
• Startup scaling experience.