Software Engineering Tech Lead

at  Hertz

A DAY IN THE LIFE:

Come join us in our effort to digitally transform Hertz! Innovations such as smartphones, IOT, electric vehicles, and ride-hailing apps have created new and exciting opportunities in transportation that Hertz is uniquely positioned to capitalise on.
We are looking for an experienced software engineering Lead to join our team, if you enjoy working with the latest technologies, large volumes of data, and robust reliability in production at scale, this could be the role for you. The tech lead who will modernise Hertz’s tech stack and, in the process, ship delightful products to meet the ever-increasing demands of our customers.
Our teams are small and agile, and there is a startup feel to the work we do, with plenty of room to innovate. You’ll be involved in leading the integration initiatives for the Hertz Telematics & Connectivity Hub project, including working with different engineers to help them shape their API designs for our use cases. This is a Tech Lead role, with plenty of hands-on engineering required, and with lots of room to grow.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent qualification or experience
• AWS certifications are a plus

• Run daily stand-up meetings with the engineering team.
• Participate in additional scrum meetings such as planning sessions and retrospectives, with the engineering team and Product Manager.
• Help mentor engineering team members, and ensure they are not blocked from completing their sprint tasks.
• Ensure all team members have tasks assigned to them.
• Work on estimates and technical architecture designs for our new features.
• Work closely with the Product Manager on sprint priorities.
• Do code reviews.
• Take the lead on developing features: this is a hands-on role that will require ~70% coding time.
• Collaborate with the other Team Leaders to help one another to align on engineering best-practices and product deliveries.
• Work directly with the Director of Software Engineering on innovative projects using the latest tech at scale!