Staff Software Engineer

The impact you'll make

• Provide technical leadership and expertise, acting as a force multiplier.
• Solve complex problems at scale across teams, owning the software architecture and technical designs.
• Enable your team for success through interaction with the technical community at an organization level.
• Drive the technical decisions to improve best practices for engineering, test, and operational excellence.
• Participate in all phases of the project lifecycle – gathering requirements, designing solutions, building new interfaces, integration with existing architectures, development, and testing code.
• Build scalable, highly available, and resilient applications by utilizing optimal cloud technologies, programming languages, and frameworks that best suit your use cases.
• Support hiring for team vacancies and investments into team and product health.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of equivalent experience in Java/Kotlin.
• Strong Computer Science and development fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
• Proven Android application development and design experience.
• Proven Cloud experience - setting up the services from scratch in Azure (AWS might also work).
• Strong knowledge and practice of professional software engineering and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade-offs.
• Experience building scalable, distributed production software systems with an understanding of design for performance and reliability.
• Experience working with data processing tools/frameworks and cloud technologies.
• Comfortable with written and verbal communication in English.

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're the Automotive Systems Product Unit. We deliver innovative solutions to leading automakers in the global automotive industry. Together with your team, you will develop these solutions from conception to completion, finding where you can make the most impact to improve the lives of millions of drivers.

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.