Assistant Vice President - Engineering

Job Title: AVP Engineering

Hiring Partner: HCXP Consulting

Industry: EV Mobility / SaaS Platform

Experience: 10+ Years

Role Overview

Our client is looking for an AVP Engineering to lead the technology strategy, architecture, and delivery of a scalable, multi-tenant SaaS mobility platform. This role requires a strong balance of hands-on technical depth, people leadership, and platform ownership, working closely with Product and Business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

- Own engineering strategy, roadmap, and execution across core platform modules

- Architect and scale cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS systems on AWS

- Drive adoption of microservices and event-driven architecture using Kafka, SQS, SNS

- Provide technical leadership in Node.js / NestJS, and guide frontend development using React and Flutter

- Lead monolith-to-microservices migrations and database modernization

- Ensure high standards for code quality, security, scalability, and cost optimization

- Build, mentor, and manage high-performing teams across Backend, Frontend, DevOps, and QA

- Partner with DevOps to enable CI/CD, Kubernetes (EKS), IaC (Terraform/Ansible)

- Oversee integrations with ERP systems, OEM telematics, CIAM, and third-party APIs

- Drive AI/ML initiatives for analytics, optimization, and platform intelligence

Required Skills & Experience:

- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and leadership roles

- Proven experience scaling multi-tenant SaaS platforms

- Deep expertise in Node.js / NestJS, AWS, Microservices

- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, Terraform/Ansible

- Experience with Postgres, MongoDB, DynamoDB

- Strong understanding of observability (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana)

- Ability to balance execution speed with long-term architecture

- Preferred Experience in EV mobility, fleet tech, logistics, or IoT

- Exposure to AI/ML, telematics, or carbon analytics

Soft Skills:

Strategic yet execution-focused leader

Strong stakeholder management and communication

Mentorship-driven people leader

Builder mindset with ownership orientation