HAL Engineering Lead — Build a Greenfield Network OS

Evollabs; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 590,000; Full time

Job summary

Evollabs is seeking a Team Lead for the HAL Engineering group to guide a team of 10–15 engineers in building the HAL layer for a greenfield NOS. You will code hands-on, set strategic direction, mentor engineers, and drive execution across milestones.

Coordinate with hardware, control plane, QA, and product teams; define sprint goals; review code; and champion best practices to deliver robust, high-performance software.

Qualifications

• Strong background in C/Linux systems programming and networking.
• Experience leading engineering teams (formal management or tech lead capacity).
• Familiarity with vendor SDKs and low-level hardware/software integration.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills to build high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team delivering HAL components of the NOS.
• Set priorities, review code, and enforce high-quality engineering practices.
• Coordinate with hardware engineering, control plane, QA, and product teams.
• Provide technical mentorship: help engineers grow in ASIC/driver-level expertise.
• Define sprint goals and ensure timely delivery of features and bugs fixes.
• Act as the voice of the HAL team in architectural and planning discussions.

Skills

C programming

Linux systems

Networking protocols

Engineering team leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Vendor SDKs

Job description

Evollabs is seeking a Team Lead for the HAL Engineering group to guide a team of 10–15 engineers in building the HAL layer for a greenfield NOS. You will code hands-on, set strategic direction, mentor engineers, and drive execution across milestones.

Coordinate with hardware, control plane, QA, and product teams; define sprint goals; review code; and champion best practices to deliver robust, high-performance software.