As the Full Stack Platform Lead, you are the Architect and Owner of our Manufacturing Intelligence interface stack. Your mandate is twofold: building the foundational architecture of our Factory OS and building the engineering team required to manifest it. You are a Player-Coach who owns a core division of the company, acting as the bridge between the CEO's vision and production-ready code.
Based at our new HQ in Zurich (Oerlikon), you'll lead development of the complete interface stack of our Manufacturing Intelligence platform:
Customer-Facing Products: Our Customer Portal, ERP and MES, Partner Integration APIs, Defense-grade Security.
Factory-Facing Tools: Operator Interfaces, Production Dashboards, Quality Management systems.
Note: You do not need to have defense or manufacturing experience to excel in this role

• Architect and ship the interface layer that connects our Manufacturing Intelligence to defense customers and factory operators
• Own the complete platform stack - customer portal, operator tools, production dashboards, and APIs between MI layers
• Spend time in the factory understanding how operators actually use your tools, then redesign what breaks under production pressure
• Recruit and lead a "special forces" team of engineers. You own the technical bar for the squad and are responsible for their growth and output, establishing engineering practices that scale across multiple factories
• Work directly with customers, management and factory operators to drive roadmap priorities

• 5-7+ years of experience as a software engineer with a track record of architecting complex, scalable platforms that serve real users under real constraints.
• Divisional Leadership: Proven experience owning a core element of a company or leading a new product division from 0-to-1.
• Team Construction: Experience recruiting and mentoring high-performance engineering teams. You know how to identify and attract "A-Players."
• Technical Agency: You are an expert in our tech stack (React, TypeScript, and Go, Python, or Rust) and are comfortable making high-stakes architectural decisions with minimal supervision.
• Builder, not a Manager: You lead through code, not just meetings. You own the architecture from design to deployment.
• Maniacal Urgency: You understand that speed is our only edge. You thrive in the "chaos-to-order" phase of a startup.
• Industrial Grit: You are comfortable spending time on the production floor in Germany to ensure your architecture survives the reality of 50-ton machines.
• On-site: Ability to work in-person at our HQ in Zurich, Switzerland.

• Mission: Rebuild Europe's industrial backbone. Not many software engineers get to work on manufacturing sovereignty.
• Ownership: This is your stack. Architectural decisions are yours to make.
• Team: "Special Forces" model. Everyone senior, everyone ships. No politics, no bureaucracy. Direct feedback, high standards.
• Compensation: Competitive senior engineer salary + meaningful equity.
• Location: Zurich HQ (required) with hybrid options (typically 1-2 days WFH per week) to support personal productivity.