Software Architect

Talent Pro Recruitment; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Pro Recruitment is seeking a senior engineering leader to take end-to-end ownership of the software team. You will translate product priorities into a clear technical roadmap, build a high-performing team, and deliver reliable software across iOS/Android, cloud services, and AI integrations.

You will hire, mentor, and guide engineers, establish technical standards, and drive the full software lifecycle, from requirements to release and monitoring, ensuring scalable, secure, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years software engineering experience, 5+ years leading teams.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary application and platform engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of iOS/Android development and mobile-backend architecture.
• Experience with AI/LLM service integration and SDK products.
• Excellent ownership, communication, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own software roadmap and architecture across apps, cloud services, AI integrations, data/analytics, and SDKs/APIs.
• Hire, coach, and develop software engineers and team leads; establish ownership and standards.
• Lead end-to-end software lifecycle: requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance.
• Drive technical decisions balancing performance, security, cost, and maintainability.
• Coordinate with Sales, BD, partners; communicate trade-offs and delivery risks.

Skills

Team leadership

Software architecture

Roadmap ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/LLM integration

Product-experienced

Security & privacy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

iOS/Android development

Cloud/backend services

SDKs/APIs

Job description

They are a top notch leading smart-tech brand with state-of-the-art technology and nice people environment.

Position Overview

We are looking for a senior, hands-on engineering leader to take end-to-end ownership of the software team and software delivery. You will turn product and business priorities into a clear technical roadmap, build a high-performing team, make sound architectural decisions, and deliver reliable, intuitive software across their ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Software Strategy & Technical Architecture

• Own the software roadmap and architecture across iOS/Android applications, cloud/backend services, AI integrations, data/analytics, and developer-facing SDKs and APIs, aligned with the product roadmap.
• Lead technical decisions across device–app–cloud experiences, balancing performance, latency, scalability, security, privacy, development cost, and long-term maintainability.
• Assess new technologies and external solutions; define clear build-versus-partner decisions and technical priorities for consumer and B2B product requirements.
• Hire, lead, coach, and develop software engineers and team leads; establish clear ownership, technical standards, performance expectations, and effective collaboration with external development resources.
• Take responsibility for planning and delivering the full software lifecycle: requirements, feasibility, design, development, testing, deployment, app releases, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Establish practical engineering processes including architecture/code reviews, CI/CD, release gates, issue tracking, root-cause analysis, and transparent milestone and risk reporting.

Product Quality, AI & User Experience

• Work closely with Product/UX, Firmware, Hardware, Algorithms, QA, and Customer Support teams to deliver seamless experiences, including connectivity, camera/audio workflows, AI assistance, and mobile-app interactions.
• Drive continuous, data-led UX improvement using customer feedback, support cases, app reviews, analytics, and field/QA findings; prioritize reliability, responsiveness, usability, and defect resolution.
• Guide integration of on-device, mobile, and cloud AI services, with appropriate attention to user consent, information security, service reliability, and operating costs.

SDK, B2B Integration & Stakeholder Management

• Own the software delivery quality of the Solos B2B SDK/API ecosystem, including versioning, developer documentation, integration readiness, and support for partner use cases and private-label solutions.
• Coordinate technical commitments with Sales, Business Development, partners, and management; communicate trade-offs, resource needs, delivery risks, and progress clearly.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• More than 8 years of software engineering experience, including more than 5 years leading software teams, with proven experience developing, launching, and maintaining commercial consumer electronics products.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary application and platform engineering teams, set architecture and priorities, mentor engineers, and manage delivery in a fast-moving product environment.
• Strong knowledge of iOS/Android application development and mobile–backend architecture; experience with hybrid frameworks
• Sound understanding of backend services, APIs, cloud platforms, data flows, software testing, deployment, and production troubleshooting;
• Experience with connected devices, Bluetooth/Wi-Fi integration, AI/LLM service integration, SDK products, or consumer wearables is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical judgment, ownership, and communication skills; able to engage equally well with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and external partners.
• Able to review architectures and engineering work, challenge assumptions, and guide the team through complex technical problems without relying solely on status reporting.