Software Engineer

Are you an engineer who wants to make a direct impact on the quality and accuracy of mapping tools? Do you want to be part of a team that develops essential tools for operators and mapmakers, contributing to the creation of highly accurate maps that are vital for various applications?

Our cross-functional team directly impacts the quality and accuracy of map-making tools. As an engineer on this team, you'll be instrumental in developing tools used by operators and mapmakers, ensuring they have the best possible interface and data pipeline management tools. Your efforts will contribute to creating highly accurate maps that are vital for various applications.

What you will do

• Work closely with a talented team to develop and refine tools that facilitate rapid and large-scale map creation and editing.
• Collaborate across teams to source the right data for your use case to achieve highly efficient human in the loop map making
• Engage with operators who use your software, gathering feedback to continuously improve the tools you build.
• Split your work between creating user interface applications and managing data pipeline flows, ensuring both are optimized for performance and usability.
• Partner with teams focused on AI-driven map data generation, providing tools that significantly improve these products through human-in-the-loop processes.
• Guide junior engineers, helping them grow in their roles while driving key technical decisions to advance the team’s capabilities.
• Drive the technical decisions to improve engineering, test, and operational excellence best practices.
• Develop resilient, scalable applications using the best cloud technologies and programming languages for each use case.
• Take charge of projects, both within your team and across the organization, to ensure successful outcomes.
• Support hiring for team vacancies, and investments into team and product health.
• Be involved in every phase of the project lifecycle, from gathering requirements to designing, coding, testing, and integrating solutions.

What you will need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or 5+ years of equivalent experience in modern programming languages.
• Experience with data processing tools, frameworks, and cloud technologies.
• Proven experience in building and launching data pipelines into production.
• Ability to quickly learn new languages and technologies, and lead others in doing the same.
• Comfortable with both written and verbal communication in English.
• Solid understanding of computer science principles, including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
• Deep knowledge of professional software engineering practices across the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience in writing component-level system designs and evaluating technical feasibility trade-offs.

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 from home, the office, or even abroad – each team has the flexibility to choose how they work based on business needs.

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 are the ADAS & ADS Product Unit, leading the production of TomTom’s HD maps and ADAS technology.

In a diverse team of applied scientists, engineers, data scientists, and more, equipped with a broad array of expertise, you’ll collaborate on groundbreaking location-based technologies and applications.

More specifically, you’ll be at the forefront of the creation of advanced HD maps. You’ll also help update these in real-time, ensuring our maps are pushing the world forward instantly. These maps will then go on to empower the largest car manufacturers, transportation giants, and major tech companies around the world.

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.