Principal Engineer - Systems

Enterprise Mobility; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Healthcare package

401k matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Enterprise Mobility is seeking a Principal Engineer for its Workforce Technology Team (WTT) in the St. Louis area.

You will shape the architecture and lead delivery across global IT services, partnering with product teams to craft roadmaps and ensure reliable operations for millions of users. The role demands strong leadership, deep Azure and security expertise, and a track record of building scalable systems.

Qualifications

• 11+ years of software & infrastructure engineering experience.
• Experience designing distributed systems and scalable architectures.
• Expertise in Azure and modern web technologies.
• Experience leading technical strategy and engineering decisions for core platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the vision, architecture, and delivery roadmaps for WTT engineering.
• Collaborate with product to align roadmaps and priorities.
• Mentor senior engineers and grow technical talent.
• Drive engineering excellence and secure, scalable solutions across frontend and backend.

Skills

Executive communication

Microsoft stack

Security technologies

Technical leadership

Frontend & backend design

Reusable designs

Emerging tech adoption

Stakeholder management

Mentoring seniors

Architectural decisions

Cloud platforms

Education

CS degree

Tools

Azure cloud

Active Directory

MFA

SSO

AppSec

Monitoring tools

Security frameworks

Job description

Overview

Enterprise Mobility is a leading provider of mobility solutions, owning and operating the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands through its integrated global network of independent regional subsidiaries. Enterprise Mobility and its affiliates offer extensive car rental, carsharing, truck rental, fleet management, retail car sales, as well as travel management and other transportation services, to make travel easier and more convenient for customers.

Overview

Enterprise Mobility is a leading provider of mobility solutions, owning and operating the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands through its integrated global network of independent regional subsidiaries. Enterprise Mobility and its affiliates offer extensive car rental, carsharing, truck rental, fleet management, retail car sales, as well as travel management and other transportation services, to make travel easier and more convenient for customers.

Privately held by the Taylor family of St. Louis, Enterprise Mobility together with its affiliate Enterprise Fleet Management manages a diverse fleet of 2.4 million vehicles and accounted for nearly $39 billion in revenue through a network of more than 9,500 fully-staffed neighborhood and airport rental locations in more than 90 countries and territories.

At the center of it all, our dedicated IT teams innovate, design and develop the technology that is redefining how customers rent, buy and share vehicles from our family of brands. Here, you will be part of a diverse and talented team that creates and delivers powerful technology solutions for our customers and employees across the world with the resources and support to develop in a variety of career paths.

As an Enterprise Mobility team member, we offer an excellent package with market-competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching & profit sharing, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule, which includes the ability to work from home, while also requiring to be in person as needed at our Lakeside and/or Clayton Corporate HQ campus locations in St. Louis, Missouri.

Responsibilities

The Workforce Technology Team (WTT) is responsible for the vision, strategy, architecture, engineering, delivery, and end user support of the technologies, capabilities, and service offerings our global employees rely upon every day. Unlike traditional IT teams, WTT works broadly across IT and our business with a specific focus on our employees' experience with technology. WTT responsibilities include physical and virtual devices (desktops/laptops, tablets, payment, printers, virtual workstations, etc.), workforce/productivity applications (email, unified communications, collaboration, etc.), identity solutions (Active Directory, Entra, AppSec, etc.), security capabilities (endpoint protection, secure coding tools, risk database, etc.), and related applications (AppSec, Startup Page, etc.).

This is an exciting opportunity for a Principal Engineer in the WTT Engineering organization! In this important role you will have shared responsibility for our various engineering delivery pipelines. The solutions in these areas are critical for the success and daily operations of our organization and our 90,000+ employees. You will partner closely with WTT Product to develop engineering roadmaps, ensure operational health, build and deliver technology solutions.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Be able to communicate complex solutions at all levels up to and including C suite
• Significant Experience of the Microsoft product set across platform, endpoint and security
• Significant experience of security technologies across the MS stack including MFA, SSO, MIM, OTP as well a strong general security background
• Lead technical strategy and architectural decisions for our core customer service and internal business platforms
• Design and implement scalable solutions spanning frontend and backend services
• Create reusable technical designs that can be leveraged across multiple teams
• Drive adoption of emerging technologies that enhance our customer experience
• Work closely with product and engineering teams to deliver technical excellence
• Mentor and grow senior technical talent across the organization
• Proven ability to influence and build consensus across teams
• Excellence in mentoring senior engineers and building strong teams
• Track record of driving technical decisions at organizational scale
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder management

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

Qualifications

Required:

• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future
• Must reside in St. Louis, Missouri, or immediate surrounding area
• Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities
• 11 + years of software & infrastructure engineering experience with proven technical leadership
• Experience designing distributed systems and scalable architectures
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AZURE) and modern web technologies
• Experience building high throughput booking and end point systems and real-time services
• Strong ability to bridge frontend and backend technical domains
• Experience leading technical strategy and engineering decisions for our core customer service and internal business platforms
• Experience implementing comprehensive monitoring and security practices

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred