Founding Engineering Lead

Pinaca Labs Private Limited; India; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinaca Labs Private Limited is seeking a senior engineer to architect India's Spatial AI Layer, enabling real-time computer vision from edge to cloud. You will own how the system is built, mentor the founding team, and decide what gets built to scale.

You will lead real-time pipelines (DeepStream/GStreamer), inference (TensorRT/ONNX), and FastAPI microservices, ensuring production readiness and robust DevOps/MLOps.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building software with leadership experience.
• Deep learning and production CV systems; streaming video.
• Hands-on GPU-accelerated pipelines and edge deployment.
• Strong Python+FastAPI, MongoDB/Redis, vector search, web stack.
• Proven 0-1 builder delivering real products.

Responsibilities

• Architect platform end-to-end: real-time CV pipelines and APIs.
• Move prototypes to production with reliability and scale.
• Own RTSP ingest, model optimization, edge deployment, and MLOps.
• Build and mentor the founding engineering team.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

Computer vision

Deep learning

GPU pipelines

Edge deployment

Python

FastAPI

MongoDB

Redis

Vector search

GStreamer

TensorRT

Jetson

Tools

DeepStream

GStreamer

TensorRT

Jetson

FastAPI

MongoDB

Job description

Pinaca is building India's Spatial AI Layer - turning raw signals from cameras and sensors into protection. You'll architect it end to end, from real-time computer vision at the edge to the cloud intelligence layer, and set the engineering bar for everyone who follows. This is a founding role: you own how it's built, and help decide what gets built.

What you'll own

• Architect the platform end to end: real-time CV pipelines (DeepStream / GStreamer), inference (TensorRT / ONNX), FastAPI microservices, and the operator-facing frontend.
• Take systems from prototype to mission-critical, production-grade reliability - where a dropped frame has consequences.
• Own the full lifecycle: RTSP ingest, model optimization, edge deployment, vector search at scale, and DevOps / MLOps.
• Build and mentor the founding engineering team; set the bar for how Pinaca ships.

What we're looking for

• 7+ years building software, with real experience leading teams or owning systems end to end.
• Deep, in-production computer vision / deep learning - streaming video, not just notebooks.
• Hands-on GPU-accelerated pipelines (DeepStream / GStreamer / TensorRT) and edge deployment (Jetson / embedded).
• Strength across the stack - Python + FastAPI, MongoDB / Redis, vector search, and a modern web layer.
• A proven 0-1 builder who has made something real from nothing.