Wejo is a leader in the connected car market and is shaping the future of mobility. The connected car space is one of the fastest growing sectors in the internet of things industry. Car manufacturers are looking to extend traditional infotainment systems, insurers are seeking a better understanding of risk, users are demanding more feedback and firms are generating increasing amounts of data and require support in understanding its applications and value. We specialise in creating new services and products to help clients make the most of their data and realise its value

We bring together the brightest minds and industry experts with award-winning platform technology and advanced privacy and security to revolutionise the way we live, work and travel using connected car data, insights and analytics.

At Wejo our values drive our culture, shape our interactions and help us to achieve our goals. These values are turned into meaningful behaviours and embody our employees. We are bold, collaborative and responsible.

Role Summary

The role of the Head of Product Engineering is to lead the Product Engineering function within Wejo, focused on building dynamic, high performance teams with the right blend of skills and experience to deliver new products and features to support Wejo growth across several markets.

Accountable for the function's delivery of high-quality software in a predictable manner. Working with stakeholders both internal and external to deliver against Wejo’s strategic and tactical goals.

Key Responsibilities – what I do mostly

• Management of team capacity to meet business demand.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence including personal behaviours and knowledge.
• Lead the engineering teams to develop and deliver new products and features for Wejo streaming, batch, API and web based products
• Ensuring internal and external communications are clear and relevant.
• Own development approaches working with architecture to determine technology choices & methodologies
• Work with key stakeholders (including Product and Commercial) to understand strategic goals and delivery priorities.
• Career development of staff within the team including but not limited to objectives, one to ones, training and mentoring.
• Work with the Head of Data Platform to agree the platform roadmap.
• Own and implement the SDLC.
• Encourage and inspire the team to continually improve.
• Foster a culture of openness and mutual success.
• Ensure failures and mistakes are treated as a learning opportunity.
• Ensuring a professional image of the company and themselves is presented at all times.

Other Responsibilities – what I will be doing sometimes

• Using my expertise and knowledge to help in areas of the business that need support to get the job done, whatever that might be.
• Feed into strategic planning cycle to agree capacity for the coming years
• C-suite presentations and communications
• Out of hours escalation
• Customer facing consultancy
• Work with staff augmentation or outsourcing partners

Essential Skills / Knowledge & Experience – what I need to do the job

• Strong technology background at a senior level, especially in big data, streaming and cloud technologies (for example Spark, Scala, kafka, HDFS, AWS/Azure)
• Good interpersonal communication skills
• Extensive experience of working in Agile and agile environments

Equal Opportunity Employer: Wejo is an equal opportunity employer, committed to our diversity and inclusiveness. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age. We strongly encourage women, people of color, members of the LGBTQIA community, people with disabilities and veterans to apply. We are actively working to be an anti-racist organization. We're committing to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace for all of our employees. You can read more about our commitment to DEI here.