Engineering Team Lead Engineering London Kallikor London Kallikor

Overview

At Kallikor, we're redefining the future of supply chains and automation by building immersive, world-scale synthetic environments. Leveraging the latest in AI, gaming, and open-source technologies, we empower businesses to continuously optimise, plan, and respond dynamically by providing a digital representation of their entire operations. Through advanced digital twins and enterprise metaverses, our platform allows companies to visualise, analyse, explore, and experiment with their supply chain environments, enabling smarter, faster decisions that drive real-world impact.

At Kallikor, you'll work alongside individuals who strive for excellence in all they do and are driven to uplift and challenge those around them. We're motivated by solving complex problems, aiming to achieve transformative change in the industrial landscape. Our roots lie in cutting-edge technology and strategic innovation, originally developed for the gaming, entertainment, and defence sectors. Learn more about our mission at kallikor.ai.

Responsibilities

• Lead and shape the modelling team, managing a diverse group of scientists, modellers and engineers responsible for developing models and the simulation platform at the heart of our digital twins.
• Drive team members' professional development, take responsibility for the team's deliverables, and ensure milestones are met while advancing modelling.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams as well as product and business development to align the team with business objectives; engage with external stakeholders including customers, partners, and academic institutions as opportunities arise.
• Grow a team of motivated engineers through proactive career development, coaching, and empowerment; play a key role in performance and promotion reviews.
• Understand business and product goals, functional and non-functional requirements, architecture, modelling approaches, and technologies that drive the team's work.
• Plan, track, and report work to ensure the team delivers effectively against business goals.
• Apply modelling, simulation, and software engineering experience to break down complex problems into pragmatic, straightforward solutions.
• Own and refine the modelling, engineering, and agile practices of the team; forge and maintain relationships with partners and academic institutions to remain at the forefront of modelling and simulation.

Qualifications

• Proven commercial experience, ideally in a startup environment.
• Proven hands-on experience in modelling, simulation, digital twin technology, or AI/ML.
• Experience leading a customer-focused technical team with a track record of delivering solutions that delight the customer or end user.
• Ability to pragmatically balance delivery and quality, adapting focus based on project requirements.
• Strong network with relevant academic institutions is ideal.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with technical team members and internal stakeholders; ability to develop working relationships and manage stakeholders effectively.
• Experience as an experienced people manager with a clear focus on developing and growing the team.
• Strong understanding of engineering best practices, including agile methodologies.
• We welcome candidates who feel they have valuable experience to bring to the role even if not all requirements are met; if you identify with the team and mission, please apply.