Principal Full Stack Developer - TNC

Hertz•Atlanta, GA

11d•$155,000

About The Position

A day in the life: Hertz’s TNC team is leading the charge in integrating Hertz vehicles with the world’s largest ride-sharing platforms. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will drive the technical vision, architecture, and engineering standards for mission-critical systems impacting mobility at scale. What You’ll Do Technical Leadership: Define and evolve architecture for our backend and full stack TNC systems, ensuring scalability, security, and long-term maintainability. Strategic Influence: Partner with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams to set technical direction, roadmap, and priorities for major initiatives and platform investments. Complex Problem Solving: Lead development and delivery of the most complex and high-impact projects, often spanning multiple teams and systems. Mentorship & Culture: Mentor, inspire, and coach engineers at all levels; foster a culture of technical rigor, innovation, and inclusive collaboration. Standards & Excellence: Author and review key technical documents, drive adoption of best practices, and proactively identify opportunities to raise the engineering bar. Technical Advocate: Represent the TNC team in technical discussions with stakeholders, partners, and vendors, advocating for scalable and sustainable solutions. Reliability & Operations: Lead incident response for critical issues, conduct deep technical investigations, and drive initiatives to improve observability and reliability. Continuous Innovation: Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies; assess and introduce new tools, frameworks, or architectural patterns where appropriate.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of experience in software engineering, with demonstrated experience at the principal/staff level shaping system architecture and technical direction.
Mastery in at least one modern backend language (Java, C++, Python, or Go); proven ability to architect and scale distributed systems and microservices.
Experience mentoring or leading teams building modern web applications (React, Vue, Angular, etc.).
Deep understanding of large-scale distributed systems, database design (SQL/NoSQL), data flows, and API performance/reliability.
Advanced experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization, infrastructure-as-code, and robust DevOps practices.
Experience providing technical leadership to multiple teams; ability to influence without direct authority.
Exceptional communication, cross-functional partnership, and conflict resolution skills.
Demonstrated history of technical innovation, driving adoption of new technologies, and mentoring engineers to achieve career growth.

Nice To Haves

Deep experience in mobility, ridesharing, telematics, or integrating large-scale third-party platforms.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve architecture for our backend and full stack TNC systems, ensuring scalability, security, and long-term maintainability.
Partner with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams to set technical direction, roadmap, and priorities for major initiatives and platform investments.
Lead development and delivery of the most complex and high-impact projects, often spanning multiple teams and systems.
Mentor, inspire, and coach engineers at all levels; foster a culture of technical rigor, innovation, and inclusive collaboration.
Author and review key technical documents, drive adoption of best practices, and proactively identify opportunities to raise the engineering bar.
Represent the TNC team in technical discussions with stakeholders, partners, and vendors, advocating for scalable and sustainable solutions.
Lead incident response for critical issues, conduct deep technical investigations, and drive initiatives to improve observability and reliability.
Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies; assess and introduce new tools, frameworks, or architectural patterns where appropriate.