About Rowm

Rowm is a London-based tech start-up transforming automotive logistics by automating vehicle movement for

dealerships and fleet operators. We're making vehicle logistics as effortless as sending a package, allowing

our partners to focus on their core strengths while we handle the rest. If you're passionate about cutting-edge

technology and innovation, join us and shape the future of vehicle logistics.

Role Overview

As Rowm's first engineering hire, you'll partner directly with our CTO to define our technical vision,

architecture, and engineering culture. You'll take ownership across our entire technology stack, help build our

engineering team, and directly influence our product development and operational strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with the CTO to develop architecture and technical roadmaps.
• Work with product, operations, and commercial teams to refine and scope new product features from ambiguous concepts.
• Design, implement, and deploy full-stack features within our TypeScript monorepo, including Next.js front-ends, event-driven back-ends, and federated GraphQL services.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards: automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as code.
• Ensure production reliability through effective instrumentation, monitoring, debugging, and performance optimization of services running on GKE and Vercel.
• Lead performance and optimization efforts, particularly around geospatial queries, scheduling algorithms, and real-time user interfaces.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure technical solutions directly address customer challenges.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop future engineering team members, fostering a high-trust, high-performance culture.

Desired Skills & Experience

Must-Have