VP of Engineering

Smart Ship Hub Digital

Singapore | Japan | India

About Smart Ship© Hub

Smart Ship Hub Digital is a leading force in maritime digitalization, delivering cutting-edge solutions for integrated maritime logistics. Smart Ship Hub is one of the top 4 deep tech digital platform that leverages the power of High frequency sensor data, IOT Gateway, AI and ML. Head quartered in Singapore, with engineering center in India and Japan, Smart Ship Hub operates for its customers across 30 different locations globally. As we rapidly scale up, we are looking for VP of Engineering to drive transformative growth initiatives and position the organization as a technology leader in connected maritime ecosystem.

Role Overview

The Vice President of Engineering who will play critical role in shaping the technology vision and strategy of Smart Ship© Hub Digital. He will act as a key partner to the CEO, and work closely with the CEO overseeing AI roadmap, Innovation, Product Roadmap, Technical operations, Driving Adoption and ensuring the Delivery of robust, scalable platform. These two leadership roles involve managing technical teams, spearheading product development, and maintaining alignment between technology initiatives and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Helping CEO in Product Development Plan: You will help the CEO, for ongoing product development plan and driving the product engineering function. This may involve research, understanding implicit/explicit expectations from the clients, aligning with the organization’s vision & goals and R&D to support the product development. Execution of the product roadmap, keeping track of and amending the development plan to respond to ongoing changes is an important aspect of managing the roadmap.

• Driving product excellence: You will ensure that product is bench marked as one of the top 3 globally, delivered on time, and within budget. You will be accountable for setting clear expectations, managing risks, and resolving roadblocks.

• Leading and motivating a team of talented engineers: You will build a strong and cohesive engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. You will be a coach and mentor, providing guidance and support to help your team members reach their full potential.

• Establishing and maintaining best practices: You will define and implement best practices for software development, including coding standards, code reviews, and testing procedures. You will be responsible for ensuring the team adheres to these practices.

• Technical Expertise: You will possess deep technical skills and a strong understanding of software development principles. You will be able to stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and trends. You will be able scale horizontally on various tools and technologies depending upon business requirement.

• Platform Stability and Scalability: You will be responsible for stabilizing our development process, ensuring on-time customer deliveries, and scaling our platform to accommodate our growing B2B user base, new features, and third-party integrations.

• Agile Mindset: You will be an advocate for agile methodologies and work closely with other departments to ensure a smooth and efficient development process.

• Hands-on Leadership: You will be a leader who is not afraid to get their hands dirty. You will be able to lead by example and provide technical guidance to your team. When required, you should be able to also be an individual contributor (especially in tech, thought leadership on product engineering, technology scalability).

• Reduced Attrition: You will foster a positive and supportive work environment that motivates and retains top talent.

Key Qualifications

Experience:

• Experience in software product development in a leading product-focused company or significant experience in a leading _ reputed IT services company at technology leadership level is a must.
• Experience in a software engineering leadership role – 15-20 years of experience including roles of Tech Arch with execution responsibilities and/or VP Engineering 
• Proven track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams
• Experience in a product company through it’s journey to raise series A/B funding

Education:

• B.E/B. Tech. from globally reputed Institutions.

Skills:

• Deep technical skills in Architecting, developing, implementing and maintaining highly available and highly scalable systems on cloud
• Experience in database modelling and development, data mining and warehousing
• Experience in modern technology stack (React, node, Redis, Kubernetes etc.)
• Experience on IoT/related systems
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their application in the maritime industry.
• Experience in scaling and maintaining a B2B platform
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and data-driven decision making
• Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and risk mitigation strategies
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Extensive experience in architecting, solutioning, and deploying scalable, secure, enterprise-grade platforms utilizing Generative AI, LLMs, Computer Vision, and NLP technologies.

Mindset:

• A Engineering leader who is passionate about building great products and who is excited to help us achieve our mission.

Why Smart Ship Hub

• Be part of a global organization driving innovation in maritime technology.
• Lead transformative growth initiatives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Work with a team dedicated to redefining maritime operations and sustainability.

Know more about us:

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/smart-ship-hub

Website: https://smartshiphub.com

Smart Ship© Hub is a fast-growing digital platform for global maritime. Headquartered in Singapore and with its engineering cum customer support Centre in India, Smart Ship Hub is top 5 digital transformation company in the world. Its clients include 2 of the world’s top 5 maritime companies and others who are leading in specific regions. We are part of the largest transport mode; maritime transport is a 20 Trillion $ global industry and undertakes about 90% of global trade volume.

Smart Ship Hub partners with the most reputed names in the industry including across Singapore, Japan, Europe, Middle East, India. Our digital platform aimed at merchant ships, oil rigs, offshore facilities, tug and barges, fishing vessels, ferries, RORO’s includes every ocean and river-based assets. The proprietary platform leverages the power of IOT, Big data, ML and Mobility to bring in unique experience of predictive diagnostics, condition and health monitoring, remote monitoring – management and control.

We help our customers to save millions of dollars and enhance their operational efficiencies by up to 30%.

Smart Ship© Hub has its offices in Singapore and Pune, India and global network of engineering support services across 4 locations (China, Dubai, Rotterdam, Japan). We are in process of setting up of our Japan operations in Tokyo.