Lead Engineer

United States 2 Avis Budget Car Rental LLC; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Employee discounts

Job summary

Avis Budget Group is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and development of scalable, secure services using Java and microservices patterns. You will own end-to-end solution architecture on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and mentor a team of engineers in a fast-paced environment.

Strong expertise in Java (11+), Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and containerization with Docker/Kubernetes is required, along with hands-on OCI experience and CI/CD tooling.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years in Java backend development (Java 11+, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, RESTful APIs).
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure — compute, OKE, networking, IAM, Autonomous Database, Object Storage, and OCI DevOps or equivalent CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to a team of 4–8 engineers and perform code reviews, design reviews, mentoring, and career development.
• Define and enforce engineering standards — coding guidelines, branching strategy, test coverage, observability, and CI/CD practices.
• Drive cloud migration and modernization initiatives, including refactoring monolithic applications into containerized services on Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE).
• Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical roadmaps, estimates, and delivery plans.

Skills

Java backend

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

OCI DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security fundamentals

Leadership

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Terraform

Oracle Fusion ERP/EPM

OCI DevOps tooling

Job description

Driven to be the Best People. Performance. At Avis Budget Group, we’re driven to be the best vehicle rental company in the world, together. Our 25,000 employees raise the bar every day, bringing different perspectives, taking ownership, and leading with integrity. We’re defining the future of mobility with safe, sustainable solutions that move people, businesses, and communities forward.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the design and development of scalable, secure, high-availability services using Java and microservices patterns.
• Own end-to-end solution architecture for applications deployed on OCI, including compute (OKE, VM instances), storage, and Autonomous Database / Oracle DB.
• Provide technical leadership to a team of 4–8 engineers and perform code reviews, design reviews, mentoring, and career development.
• Define and enforce engineering standards — coding guidelines, branching strategy, test coverage, observability, and CI/CD practices.
• Drive cloud migration and modernization initiatives, including refactoring monolithic applications into containerized services on Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE).
• Build and maintain integrations with enterprise systems.
• Implement robust security practices: OAuth 2.0 / OIDC, secrets management (OCI Vault), IAM policies, network segmentation, and data classification compliance.
• Ensure production reliability through monitoring, alerting, and incident response using OCI Observability (Logging, Monitoring, APM) or equivalent tooling.
• Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical roadmaps, estimates, and delivery plans.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (including AI/agentic capabilities on OCI) and make build-vs-buy and vendor recommendations.

Perks You’ll Get:

Access to Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurance Eligible to elect other voluntary benefits including: Group Auto Insurance, Group Home Insurance, Pet Insurance, Legal Assistance, Identity Theft Protection, FSA, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, and additional life insurance coverages 401(k) Retirement Plan with company matched contributions Full training to learn the business and enhance professional skills Employee discounts, including discounted prices on the 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

What We’re Looking For:

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years in Java backend development (Java 11+, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, RESTful APIs). 2+ years of hands‑on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure — compute, OKE, networking, IAM, Autonomous Database, Object Storage, and OCI DevOps or equivalent CI/CD tooling. Proven experience leading engineering teams or serving as tech lead on complex, multi-team initiatives. Strong grounding in microservices architecture, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and API design. Experience with relational databases (Oracle DB preferred) — schema design, performance tuning, PL/SQL a plus. Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or OCI DevOps), infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform), and Git‑based workflows. Working knowledge of application security fundamentals: authentication/authorization patterns, encryption at rest/in transit, secure SDLC. Excellent communication skills — able to present technical trade-offs to senior leadership and translate business needs into engineering plans. Preferred Qualifications OCI certifications (e.g., OCI Architect Associate/Professional, OCI DevOps Professional). Experience integrating with Oracle Fusion ERP/EPM is a plus. Background in billing, payments, finance, or other transaction‑heavy enterprise domains. Experience with event‑driven architectures (Kafka, OCI Streaming, OCI Queue). Exposure to data platforms on OCI (Data Lake, GoldenGate, Oracle AI Data Platform). Familiarity with legacy modernization: mainframe/monolith decomposition, OS and middleware upgrades. Experience operating in regulated or multi‑region environments (e.g., EMEA data retention and compliance requirements).

The annual starting salary for this position is between $130,000 – $140,000 annually. Factors that may affect starting pay within this range include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Who We Are:

Here at Avis Budget Group, you will be joining a team of 25,000 driven people, performing with purpose. Together, we’re moving the future of transportation forward with our innovative, customer-focused solutions. Our culture is performance driven, where we encourage and support each other to be at our best through leadership, training, tools, and rewards. We are proud to make a positive difference to the lives of our colleagues, customers, and communities where we operate. Avis Budget Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other category protected by applicable law. 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. The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law. This position may be with any affiliate of Avis Budget Group.

Parsippany New Jersey United States of America A vehicle rental provider of choice for travelers around the world, Avis Budget Group is powered by our people, our partners, and technology. We operate some of the most recognized brands in the industry through Avis, Budget, and Zipcar, along with local brands such as Payless, France Cars, Apex, and Maggiore.