Engineering Lead - Java
TomTom
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Posted on Dec 20, 2024
We are TomTom Search API team. We work on solving tough search problems, making search faster, more reliable and getting our clients where they need to be every day. We make sure our product is stable and take care of our customer needs while also finding the time to implement our creative ideas on how to make things better bound what the requirements state.
Looking for a stable environment with an established product that will also offer you the opportunity to explore and innovate ? Join us!
What you'll do
- Lead a team of 6-8 software engineers
- Play a part in writing and improving our code
- Participate in reviews of requirements, technical design, and code
- Be responsible for performance management and helping your team members with their career growth
- Drive execution to ensure we ship on time
- Drive operational excellence and be responsible for our production availability SLAs
- Collaborate closely with Product Management on requirements and priorities
- Represent the engineering team in internal cross-team initiatives
What you'll need
- Hands on experience with Java and potentially other programming languages
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- 1 or more years of experience in a management role
- Proven track record with complex architectural designs and getting them developed / deployed
- Experience owning the whole software development lifecycle, from idea to production
- Passion for people management and coaching
- Willingness to own your work end-to-end and embrace other aspects of our Leadership Foundation
- You should be comfortable working as a part of a geographically distributed team that prefers writing over virtual meetings
- Good communication skills, ability to write and speak English clearly and concisely
What's nice to have
- Experience handling high uncertainty of product requirements
- Experience working with high volumes of data and high volumes of traffic
What we offer
A competitive compensation package, of course.
Time and resources to grow and develop, including a personal development budget and paid leave for learning days, as well as paid access to e-learning resources such as O’Reilly and LinkedIn Learning.
Time to support life outside of work, with enhanced parental leave plus paid leave to care for loved ones and volunteer in local communities.
Work flexibility, where TomTom’ers, in agreement with their manager and team, use both the office and home to focus, collaborate, learn and socialize. It’s all about getting the best out of both worlds – we ask TomTom’ers to come to the office two days a week, and the remaining three are free to be worked in either location.
Improve your home office with a setup budget and get extra support with a monthly allowance.
Enjoy options to work from your home country and abroad for a set number of days each year, to visit family and friends, or to simply explore the world we’re mapping.
Take the holidays you want with a competitive holiday plan, plus an extra day off to celebrate your birthday.
Join annual events like our Hackathon and DevDays to bring your ideas to life with talented teammates from around the world.
Become a part of our inclusive global culture and have the chance to collaborate with a diverse community – we have over 80 nationalities at TomTom!
Find out more about our global benefits and enjoy additional local benefits tailored to your location.
Meet your team
We’re Search, a product unit within TomTom’s Location Technology Products technical unit. We develop our Search APIs, integrated into other TomTom products and used by TomTom Automotive and Enterprise to provide businesses with the technologies they need to build next-generation location experiences. Joining our team, you will use your ambition and expertise to solve complex problems and work with big data to positively impact lives on a global scale.
At TomTom...
You’ll help people find their way in the world. In 2004, TomTom revolutionized how the world moves with the introduction of the first portable navigation device. Now, we intend to do it again by engineering the first-ever real-time map, the smartest and most useful map on the planet.
Work with a team of 3,700 unique, curious and passionate problem-solvers. Together, we’ll open up a world of possibilities for car manufacturers, enterprises and developers to help people understand and get closer to the world around them.
After you apply
Our recruitment team will work hard to give you a meaningful experience throughout your journey with us, no matter the outcome. Your application will be screened closely and you can rest assured that all follow-up actions will be thorough, from assessments and interviews all the way through onboarding. To find out more about our application process, check out our hiring FAQs.
TomTom is an equal opportunity employer
TomTom is where you can find your place in the world. Every day we welcome, nurture and celebrate differences. Why? Because your uniqueness is what makes you, you. No matter your culture or background, you’ll find your impact at TomTom. Research also shows that sometimes women and underrepresented communities can be hesitant to apply for positions unless they believe they meet 100% of the criteria. If you can relate to this, please know that we’d love to hear from you.
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