IT Engineer 4 - Java & API Engineering

The Rental API Engineering team is responsible for the development and delivery of new strategic rental fulfillment APIs. These APIs provide business capabilities that can be consumed by both internal and external clients. Our API services strategy emphasizes API first design, microservices architecture and client agnostic capabilities that allow for quick and flexible consumption. As an Engineer 4 on the Rental API Engineering team, you will work closely with other technical leaders to evaluate customer needs and design API technology solutions in support of our rental business.  You will provide leadership to the API development teams to solve highly complex technology challenges, providing input into activities such as domain modeling, API design, system design, systems integration, and implementation strategies. 

In this position, you may collaborate across multiple implementation projects, proof of concepts, and department initiatives working with a wide variety of teams from across the organization.  To be successful, you will need to be a thought leader and partner with other technologists across the organization. You will need to foster relationships with other engineering leadership to ensure we are developing cohesive and comprehensive global solutions that meet the needs of the business.  You will be responsible for evaluating our technology’s effectiveness and making recommendations for improvements that result in increased quality and effectiveness. You will be responsible for mentoring other engineers, driving standards, ensuring code performance, contributing to code reviews, and performing unit and integration testing. The Rental API Engineering technology environment is primarily a mixture of Java and cloud-based servers but also integrates with Android, Angular, Oracle, and on-prem UNIX servers. 

We are looking for a talented individual that can serve as a subject matter expert in the API development area of focus and represent the department on complex assignments. Now is an exciting time to be part of this team as we deliver high quality, innovative API solutions transforming our rental systems in an evolving transportation landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Implement software engineering solutions to meet requirements and architectural direction
• Independently design, modify and develop highly complex code
• Perform unit/integration testing of software to ensure proper and efficient execution as well as compliance to business and technical requirements
• Provide overall direction and mentoring to the development teams, promoting growth in API methodology and best practices, and driving consistency across the organization
• Support and development of Reusable Components Library to increase consistency, quality, and speed to market
• Resolve problems that arise with existing production applications to ensure the efficient and proper functioning of application components
• Ability to manage time effectively and resolve application issues in a timely manner
• Participate in acceptance and performance testing to ensure client/user needs are met
• Migrate applications to various testing and production environments
• Participate in design conversations, asking questions and providing input
• Ensure application development is performed following EHI development standards
• Exercise appropriate judgment between what is requested and what is feasible 
• Complete assigned tasks with high quality 
• Work both independently and with a team
• Communicate at different levels of the organization to provide detailed or summarized information as needed

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans