Senior Engineer/SDE 1

hackajob*
is collaborating with
Zipcar
to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.
Senior Engineer/SDE 1
*Zipcar
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.

Zipcar is the world's leading car-sharing network, found in urban

areas and university campuses in more than 500 cities and towns. Our team is

smart, creative and fun, and we're driven by a mission - to enable simple and

responsible urban living

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
We encourage Zipsters to bring their whole selves to work - unique perspectives,

personal experiences, backgrounds, and however they identify. We are proud to be

an equal opportunity employer - M/F/D/V.

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.

Senior Engineer/ SDE 1
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 of Zipcar's back-end services. These are the underlying services that support our car sharing 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.
• Develop robust, testable code that meets design requirements.
• 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.
• Can work independently and can participate/contribute to architecture discussions.
• 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

• 8-11 years of Professional experience designing/writing/supporting highly available web services.
• 8+ years of experience writing Java applications.
• Extensive experience with event driven architecture (3+ years)
• Must have experience analyzing complex data flows - batch or real time processing (5+ years)
• Worked on RabbitMQ or similar (5+ years)
• Experience with Postgres or similar ( 5+ years)
• Strong experience with NoSQL DBs - MongoDB and Cassandra/Datastax (3+ years)
• Strong experience with AWS and CI/CD environment. (3+ years)
• Experience writing and consuming webservices using Java/Springboot.
• Experience developing React/NodeJs Apps and Services is a plus.
• Understanding of distributed systems - performance bottlenecks, fault tolerance, and data consistency concerns.
• Experience in Kubernetes for containerized application management.
• 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 DataDog, 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