Senior Software Engineer
TomTom
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Job Description
What You'll Do as a Senior Software Engineer
Work with a team of engineers to develop high-quality software. Participate in all phases of the project lifecycle – gathering requirements, designing solutions, writing down and consensusing architectural decisions with Staff engineers, building new interfaces, integration with existing architectures, development, and testing code and deploying in production environments.
Own roadmap epics, and together with the product manager and the engineering manager, break down the functional requirements into technical tasks, to be delivered by yourself and/or other team members. Build scalable, highly available and resilient applications by utilizing the optimal cloud technologies and programming languages and frameworks that best suit your use cases. Design technical solutions to solve complex technical problems at scale. Mentor more junior engineers and interns in the team. Influence the team by bringing software engineering best practices. Have a multiplicative effect by researching, learning and sharing back with the colleagues about state-of-the-art technology and operational excellence. Build iteratively using agile methodologies.
What You'll Need
- 7+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus in Python
- Strong Computer Science and development fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis
- Proficiency working with data science and engineering pipelines; nice to have experience with Databricks platform and Unity Catalog
- Strong track record working with at least one major cloud provider; nice to have experience with Azure
- Proven experience working with native or multi-cloud Infrastructure as Code frameworks such as Terraform and ARM
- Proven experience working with containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes
- Proven experience building distributed systems and using data warehousing; nice to have experience in any DeltaLake ecosystem
- Nice to have experience with geographic information systems, experience with MLOps platforms, experience with Spark engine and Scala programming language
- Comfortable with written and verbal communication in English
- Desire to learn and expand your skill set
- Able to solve a complex problem on his/her own by utilizing experience and other resources
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar
What TomTom Offers
TomTom offers a competitive compensation package, time and resources for growth including a personal development budget and paid leave for learning days. They provide work flexibility, with a hybrid model of two days in the office and three days remote. Benefits also include a home office setup budget, monthly allowance, options to work from home country and abroad, a competitive holiday plan plus an extra birthday day off, and participation in annual events like Hackathon and DevDays. Join an inclusive global culture with over 80 nationalities and contribute to engineering the world's most trusted and useful map.
Key skills/competency
- Python
- Cloud Computing (Azure)
- Distributed Systems
- Data Engineering
- Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM)
- Scalability
- Software Architecture
- Mentorship
- Agile Methodologies
How to Get Hired at TomTom
- Research TomTom's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume for Senior Software Engineer roles: Highlight Python expertise, cloud experience (Azure), distributed systems, and data engineering skills relevant to TomTom's map technology.
- Showcase your project impact: Quantify achievements in scalability, architecture design, and mentorship in your portfolio and resume.
- Prepare for technical interviews: Expect questions on Python, data structures, algorithms, system design, and cloud architecture, emphasizing your 7+ years of experience.
- Demonstrate strong communication: Be ready to discuss complex technical solutions and collaborative approaches, reflecting TomTom's agile environment.
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