Head of Platform Development

Head of IOT Platform DevelopmentEdinburgh£100,000 - £115,000Are you a platform engineering leader with a passion for IoT, scalability, and cutting-edge cloud architecture? Be-IT is working exclusively with a high-growth technology company based in central Edinburgh to find an exceptional Head of IoT SaaS Platform Development to lead the evolution of their flagship cloud-native platform.This is a rare opportunity to join a well-funded, scaling business at an exciting inflection point - with investment coming in and ambitious plans to grow from 500 to 10,000 connected devices over the next 2-3 years.About the RoleOur client has been developing a cloud-native AWS SaaS platform for the past three years, built on a React front-end and Django web application framework with fully native AWS services for database, security, and deployment. As the business scales and onboards new customers and devices, they are now looking for a senior technical leader to drive significant improvements in performance, scalability, and high-volume data ingestion.The platform receives telemetry from environmental sensors (including infrared and visual monitoring devices) deployed across critical infrastructure sites. Anomaly detection triggers high-volume data transmission to the platform, which is used to generate actionable condition reports for customers - for example, identifying thermal stress in underground cabling or circuits before failure occurs.You will lead the development and technical ..... full job details .....