Engineering Manager

It's nice to meet you! We are Avis Budget Group:

We are a leading global provider of transportation solutions, operating three of the most recognized brands in the industry: Avis, Budget, and Zipcar - the world's leading car-sharing network. Our employees are driven by a shared ambition to be at their best every day, so that together, we can become the best vehicle rental company in the world. We've been doing this for over 75 years, but we are low ego enough to know that we can do things even better.

The impact you'd drive:

The Engineering Manager is responsible for the efficiency and results of one or more Agile Teams within a value stream. This role requires a combination of technical expertise as well as thoughtful people leadership. This is a crucial role to ensure the digital transformation ongoing within ABG is successful.

The technology stack for this role is Java, API Management, AWS Cloud, ReactJS, and NodeJS. Adobe Experience Manager would be a plus.

What you'll do:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of ~20 engineers (frontend, backend, and API specialists).

• Accountability for your team's results, including velocity, quality, service monitoring, etc

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, and Designers to align technical goals with business outcomes.

• Acting as the point of contact for the L3 support, and owning the resolution

• Driving the engineering hiring plan for the team, including screening and interviewing.

• Working within an Agile framework, with a focus on results over process

• Reducing complexity both of system designs and of team communication

• Coaching and code reviews for team members.

• Drive performance reviews, career development, and team engagement

You should apply if you bring:

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or closely related field or equivalent practical experience.

• 4+ years of experience managing engineers (mentoring staff/ principal engineers, setting technical direction, etc.)

• Proven experience managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams (frontend, backend, API).

• Strong expertise in:

  • API Management (Apigee, Kong, Mulesoft, or AWS API Gateway)

  • AWS Cloud (EC2, Lambda, ECS, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.)

  • Frontend: ReactJS, modern JavaScript (ES6+), REST/GraphQL integration

  • Backend: NodeJS, Java, Express, microservices, RESTful API design

• Deep understanding of CI/CD, GitOps, and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience managing production-grade system, services that support Million calls per minute and optimizing performance and cost.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

• We understand applying is intimidating - please try to be confident! You don't have to match all the requirements exactly to be considered. We are looking for technically skilled, invested leaders eager to take the wheel.

Driven People. Performing with Purpose

We are people driven building an engineering culture, stronger together, improving our diversity of thought, backgrounds and beliefs at every level of our organization.

Performance

We are performance driven encouraging each other to be at our best through leadership, training, tools, and rewards.

Purpose

We are purpose driven building modern and innovative products, providing safe and balanced transport solutions that make a difference to the lives of our colleagues, customers and communities.

Benefits you'll receive:

• Paid time off

• 401K retirement plan with company matched contributions

• Access to Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurance

• Eligible to elect other voluntary benefits including: Group Legal, Identity Theft, Insurance, FSA, additional life insurance coverages

• Contribute up to $260 as a tax free benefit for public transportation or parking expenses

• Employee discounts, including discounted prices on purchase of Avis / Budget cars

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for services including counseling, financial and legal consultation, referrals for care service, and more

The annual starting salary for this position is between $120,000 - $160,000 annually. Factors that may affect starting pay within this range include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

The fine print:

Avis Budget Group is an equal opportunity employer - M/F/Veterans/Disabled. This advertisement does not constitute a promise or guarantee of employment. This advertisement 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.