Lead Engineer

building icon India
location icon Embassy Tech Village, Hibiscus, 5th Floor,, Bangalore, KA 560103, India
Full Time

Job description

Who are we?

Glad you asked! Avis Budget Group is a leading provider of mobility options, with brands including Avis, Budget & Budget Truck, and Zipcar. With more than 70 years of experience and 11,000 locations in 180 countries, we are shaping the future of our industry and want you to join us in our mission.

Apply today to get connected to an exciting career, a supportive family of employees and a world of opportunities. 

What is ABG’s strategy in India?

At our India Build Center, you will play a key role in driving the digital transformation narrative of ABG.

Being at the core of ABG’s growth strategy, we will develop technology-led offerings that would position Avis and its brands as the best vehicle rental company in the world.

Our goal is to create the future of customer experience through technology.

The India Build Center is based in Bengaluru, India.

We are currently located at WeWork Kalyani Roshni Tech Hub in Marathahalli on Outer Ring Road, strategically located close to product companies and multiple tech-parks like Embassy Tech Park, ETV, RMZ Ecospace, Kalyani Tech Park, EPIP Zone and ITPL among others.

The fine print:

Avis Budget Group is an equal opportunity employer.

This document does not constitute a promise or guarantee of employment. This document describes the general nature and level of this position only. Essential functions and responsibilities may change as business needs require. This position may be with any affiliate of Avis Budget Group.                 

                                   

Tech lead (Microservices)

Location: Bengaluru, India | 100% on-site

The impact you’ll make:

We are looking for a talented and passionate senior engineer to lead the way on the development and maintenance for a subset of ABG backend web services.  These services support our mobile and web ecommerce products - the primary driver of $9B in annual revenue.

This role requires a resourceful individual, a persistent problem solver, and a strong hands-on engineer.

This is a great opportunity to have a big impact as part of a growing team in the midst of technology and product transformation.

Watch our talk at a recent AWS Re: Invent conference here.

What you’ll do:

  • Build a deep understanding of existing systems.
  • Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders.
  • Write code as needed, but also strategically/thoughtfully delegate coding tasks to team members.
  • Review code developed by other developers, providing feedback on style, functional correctness, testability, and efficiency.
  • Triage system-wide issues and identify root cause of incidents.
  • Work with Principal Architects to plan and develop the Architectural Runway in support of new business features.
  • Identify and resolve existing critical technical debt.
  • Build transparent systems with proper monitoring, observability, and alerting.
  • Plan for robust build, test, and deployment automation
  • Work with product stakeholders and front-end developers to understand the essence of requirements and to provide pragmatic solutions
  • Work within an Agile framework

What we’re looking for:

  • 9-12 years of Professional experience designing/writing/supporting highly available web services.
  • 5+ years of experience writing Java applications.
  • Experience writing and consuming webservices using Java/Springboot.
  • Experience developing NodeJs Apps and Services is a plus.
  • Understanding of distributed systems – performance bottlenecks, fault tolerance, and data consistency concerns.
  • Experience in Kubernetes for containerization.
  • Experience working with cloud environments, such as AWS.
  • Understanding of relational databases
  • Experience building mission critical systems, running 24x7.
  • Desire to work within a team of engineers at all levels of experience.
  • Desire to mentor junior developers, maximizing their productivity.
  • Familiarity with tools like Dynatrace, Grafana, or similar products to monitor web services. 
  • Good written and spoken communication skills.

Perks you’ll get:

  • Health insurance for yourself and your immediate family
  • Life, accident, and disability insurance
  • Paid time off comparable with similar technology companies in India

Bangalore

Karnataka

India
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