Project Description: We are a third-party company helping an international startup find a technical leader. Our partner is OctaSence (website currently being updated; full details available upon request). The startup is running active pilots with major industrial clients (mining, transport infrastructure) and is preparing to scale. https://www.octasence.com/home What needs to be done: Lead technical development of the product (AI, IoT edge, cloud platform) Coordinate a distributed technical team (planned expansion to 5–7 people) Ensure architectural reliability, security, and scalability (including new markets like Australia and Europe) Participate in pilot projects and close critical technical gaps (HA, AI metrics, threat model) Who we are looking for: Experience as CTO / Tech Lead / Senior Architect in an IoT/AI startup (from MVP to commercial pilots) Hands-on experience with: LoRa, Modbus, MQTT, edge buffering (C/Rust/Python), time-series anomaly detection, microservices (Kafka), cloud (AWS), CI/CD, security (TLS, OWASP) Ability to hire, mentor, and lead developers Fluency in English (documentation, calls) What we offer: Equity stake in the project – to be discussed individually with the right candidate. This is a partnership role with no fixed salary at the initial stage. Fully remote work (flexible hours, overlapping with India and Europe time zones) Opportunity to build a product that actually prevents disasters