Head of Automotive & Data Engineering — Platform Leader

Parkopedia; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global mobility platform is seeking a Head of Engineering based in London. This role requires a senior leader to define the engineering strategy and lead high-performance teams in delivering innovative mobility solutions. Responsibilities include managing cross-functional initiatives, ensuring platform reliability, and promoting agile practices. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering within regulated environments and a passion for transforming urban mobility.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Health insurance

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing engineering leaders and distributed teams.
• Strong background in delivering and scaling transactional systems.
• Advanced knowledge of cloud-native engineering and scalable infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the engineering strategy for the transaction platform.
• Lead and scale a high-performing backend engineering team.
• Drive integration with third-party providers for seamless transactions.

Skills

Leadership in software engineering

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical excellence

Education

Minimum of 10 years in product engineering

Tools

AWS

Microservice architecture

Job description

A leading global mobility platform is seeking a Head of Engineering based in London. This role requires a senior leader to define the engineering strategy and lead high-performance teams in delivering innovative mobility solutions. Responsibilities include managing cross-functional initiatives, ensuring platform reliability, and promoting agile practices. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering within regulated environments and a passion for transforming urban mobility.