Head of Software Development

Telecom • Open Source RTC •  AI • CPaaS Remote | ⏰ US Morning Overlap | ✈️ Occasional Travel Before You Apply — Important Requirement To be considered, you must email the following to : 1. Your resume 2. A short 2–3 minute video introducing yourself We do not review applications submitted on LinkedIn. We cannot review applications without the video. Why the video? This is a senior technical leadership role that interacts daily with US leadership, customers, and investors. Clear, confident English communication is essential. The video doesn’t have to be polished—just a natural introduction so we can understand how you communicate. About Signalmash Signalmash builds modern communications infrastructure for voice, messaging, WebRTC, and AI-enhanced workflows. Our platform blends open-source telecom technologies , distributed systems, and modern AI to deliver reliable APIs backed by real human support. We’re scaling quickly and hiring a hands-on technical leader to own our platform architecture and guide both outsourced and internal engineering teams. The Role You will be the primary technical owner of the Signalmash platform and responsible for: Platform architecture & evolution Leading internal + outsourced engineering teams Integrating open-source telecom components Building AI-powered features and automation Ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance Working directly with the executive leadership team This is a senior, high-impact, architecture-driven role. What You’ll Do Platform Architecture Architect and evolve our real-time communications platform Lead design across SIP, RTP, WebRTC, messaging gateways, routing engines, and distributed backend services Work with open-source telecom systems such as: Kamailio, OpenSIPS, FreeSWITCH, Asterisk, Kannel, Jasmin, Janus, etc. Improve scalability, latency, observability, and failover Build internal tools for monitoring, diagnostics, routing intelligence, and security Engineering Leadership Lead outsourced development teams & build an internal engineering team Define engineering standards, architecture guidelines, and delivery processes Write specs, review designs, and mentor engineers Drive clarity, accountability, and technical excellence AI Integration Design and integrate AI into telecom workflows Build intelligent routing, diagnostics, automation, fraud detection, developer tools Implement LLM integrations, RAG, vector search, and AI orchestration frameworks Optimize AI for performance, reliability, and cost Successfully integrate proven agentic coding tools into the development process What You Bring Typically 7+ years of backend, systems, or platform engineering (Unless you're a prodigy—ability matters more than years.) Strong experience with telecom/RTC technologies: SIP, RTP, codecs, signaling, media servers, WebRTC, messaging gateways Hands-on experience with open-source telecom tools: Kamailio, OpenSIPS, FreeSWITCH, Asterisk, Kannel, Jasmin , etc. Strong backend engineering (Go, Python, Java, Node.js, or similar) Experience architecting distributed, fault-tolerant systems Experience managing outsourced + internal engineering teams Real experience integrating AI systems (LLMs, RAG, vector DBs, agents) Excellent English communication skills (spoken & written) Ability to overlap with US mornings & travel internationally Nice to Have CPaaS experience Multi-cloud / multi-region architecture Telecom analytics, routing optimization, or fraud detection Experience scaling engineering orgs Building internal automation or AI engineering tools How to Apply Email the following to 1️⃣ Your resume 2️⃣ A 2–3 minute unscripted video introducing yourself Applications without the video will not be reviewed. We look forward to meeting you.