Director of Engineering
Core
Rebuilding the core platform and infrastructure for a premium ride-hailing app to ensure real-time reliability under adversarial network conditions and implement privacy as a product feature.
Role type
Director of Engineering (Platform & Infrastructure)
Builds
The core platform, infrastructure, privacy primitives, and an internal agent harness for AI automation.
Domain
Ride-hailing / Transportation / Real-time Systems / Privacy Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
Backend system design from scratch, Real-time systems at consumer scale, Engineering management (hiring/firing), Architectural decision-making, Team building in new locations
Preferred skills
Experience with Go, Rust, Microservices architecture, Building engineering hubs from scratch
Technologies
Go, Rust
Responsibilities
Own technical direction and architectural decisions for the platform, Ensure end-to-end real-time performance for driver and passenger apps, Lead the engineering implementation of privacy features, Grow and manage the internal agent harness for AI workflows, Establish London as a new engineering hub including hiring and culture setting
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
