Senior Product Engineer – AI‑First Automation Leader (London)

Automata; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vitality Health Insurance

Eye Care

Salary Sacrifice - EV

Salary Sacrifice - Bike & Tech

Wellbeing & Support

Wellbeing & Development Allowance

Spill & Employee Assistance Programme

Additional Leave

Pension Scheme

Group Life & Critical Illness cover

Job summary

Automata is seeking a hands-on technical leader to own end-to-end Product Engineering (Software) within PEDDAI, turning strategy into fast, high-quality delivery. You will be the single point of accountability for Product Technical Architecture and the Product Engineering function.

Based in London, you will lead a high-performing team, hire and mentor staff engineers, evolve scalable operating systems, and embed AI-native and automation-first ways of working to boost productivity.

Qualifications

• 15+ years engineering experience.
• 10+ years building products.
• Experience leading multiple Staff/Senior Staff engineers.
• Proven knowledge of AI and automation in day-to-day work.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Product Engineering (Software) within PEDDAI; turn strategy into delivery.
• Serve as the single point of accountability for Product Technical Architecture and Engineering.
• Partner with PEDDAI, Customer Success, and Sales leadership on challenges and roadmaps.
• Build, lead and elevate a high-performing Product Engineering (Software) function.
• Architect and evolve operating systems to scale and enable autonomous teams.
• Embed AI-native and automation-first ways of working.

Skills

Hands-on leadership

Ownership mindset

Fast execution

Team performance

Clear communication

Accountability

Job description

Automata is seeking a hands-on technical leader to own end-to-end Product Engineering (Software) within PEDDAI, turning strategy into fast, high-quality delivery. You will be the single point of accountability for Product Technical Architecture and the Product Engineering function.

Based in London, you will lead a high-performing team, hire and mentor staff engineers, evolve scalable operating systems, and embed AI-native and automation-first ways of working to boost productivity.