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.                  

Senior Software Development Engineer (Lead)

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:

• Building a deep understanding of existing systems
• Participating in design reviews with peers and stakeholders
• Leading the implementation of new product development
• Reviewing code developed by other developers, providing feedback on style, functional correctness, testability, and efficiency
• Triage system-wide issues and identify root cause of incidents
• Working with architects and engineering managers to plan the technical details of new work
• Building transparent systems with proper monitoring, observability, and alerting
• Planning for robust build, test, and deployment automation
• Working within an Agile framework

What we’re looking for:

• 4-year degree in Computer Science or another related field
• Overall 8+ years’ experience as software engineer including 2+ years as Senior developer/Tech leader.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as an engineer doing development with ReactJS, Nodejs, JavaScript, JSF, Spring and other UI technologies.
• Strong experience in building applications/services on Oracle & AWS cloud environments.
• Strong experience in application design, design patterns and performance tuning.
• Strong experience in ReactJS, HTML5, Node.js, CSS
• Strong SQL, Data Modeling and DB skills with experience of working on Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.
• Must have experience with tools/frameworks such as GitHub, Jenkins and Maven
• Experience with some test-driven development tools and techniques: Mockito, REST-assured.
• Strong/hands-on experience in creating proper RESTful Services & Microservices with JSON
• Ability to implement multiple protocols: gRCP, Websockets, Webhooks, SFTP, Kafka, JMS
• Must have experience CI/CD processes.
• Must have Experience of Agile methods / Application Design
• Must be Good Team Lead capabilities 
• Experience in leading the team and guiding the team technically.
• Excellent communication and teamwork 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