Tech Lead, Next-Generation Public Safety Platform (Hands-On)
Own the architecture of our greenfield, cloud-native platform — write the hard parts yourself, and build the team that ships it.
We are building our next-generation platform: a greenfield, cloud-native and on-premises-deployable operational platform that will become the foundation of our product line. We are looking for a hands-on Tech Lead to own it from the ground up.
About KabatOne
KabatOne builds a unified, mission-critical public safety platform connecting emergency dispatch, GIS, video, sensors, incident management, mobile responders, evidence, and third-party systems. Our products support real-time decision-making in complex command-center environments across multiple countries.
The Role
You will own the architecture, write production code, make and document the technical decisions, and build and lead the engineering team that delivers it. The platform is developed with an AI-native, spec-driven engineering workflow in which AI coding agents do much of the mechanical work under human specification, review and approval. You will own that way of working for the team as well.
This is a technical leadership role, not an AI research role and not a people-management-only role. Humans decide; the platform and the process are built so that operators and engineers stay in control.
What You'll Do
Own the technical direction of the platform
architecture, technology stack, engineering standards and the decisions that outlive any single feature, documented as you go.
Take ownership of the existing foundation
review it, keep what holds, change what does not.
Write production code, especially the hard parts
multi-tenancy and security, the core event and data model, integrations, and the real-time operator path. Expect roughly half your time hands-on in the first year.
Define the MVP with Product
Deliver it as a working system that can be deployed to a first set of customers.
Build the team
hire and onboard the first engineers, set the practices, run the review and merge gates, grow people.
Lead the AI-native development process
adopt and evolve our spec-driven, gated workflow, integrate AI coding agents with clear guardrails and human accountability, and measure quality and cost.
Design the platform to be AI-ready
data model, event semantics, audit trail and integration seams that allow decision-support and AI-assisted capabilities to be added later without redesign.
Own delivery engineering with DevOps
environments, CI/CD, observability, release and upgrade path, and the security posture of the codebase and its tooling.
Work across the delivery chain
Product and business stakeholders, DevOps, our existing product development teams, and the operational reality of command centers.
Requirements
Advantage
Your First Year
The architecture and stack are yours: reviewed, decided, documented.
A team is in place and shipping through the gated workflow.
The MVP is defined and delivered as a working system deployable to a first set of customers.
The AI-native development process is running with measured quality and cost.
Interested in this role?
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