Head of Product Engineering

What you'll do

• Own the end-to-end technical and product roadmap for the UA DSP, from bidding and prediction through to reporting and BI
• Unify Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, BI, and backend engineering into one product function with consistent, aligned decision-making
• Lead, grow, and mentor a team of roughly 20 across engineering, data science, and analytics
• Partner closely with Go-to-Market/Revenue lead and Head of Sales to translate market opportunities into technical feasibility assessments and vice versa
• Drive the long-term transition from managed-service to self-service tooling for advertisers
• Bring engineering rigor and a genuine product mindset
• Move quickly from collaboration on direction-setting to independently owning and defending product strategy

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with hands-on experience building and scaling a DSP or comparable real-time bidding platform
• 5+ years in a senior engineering or product engineering leadership role, managing teams of 15–20+ across multiple disciplines
• Strong working knowledge of machine learning and data science concepts
• Solid grounding in data engineering, analytics, and BI
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to operate with significant ambiguity in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment
• Advanced Business English, particularly in writing and speaking
• Willingness to relocate to Barcelona

Tech stack