TomTom is a global leader in navigation, mapping, and traffic information. Join our dynamic team and vibrant culture to contribute to shaping the future of location technology.
We seek a strong Staff Software Engineer I to join our Locations Platform organization and be a key part of the team. In this role, you will be crucial in designing and developing TomTom’s Android and IOS Navigation SDK. You'll own critical and cutting-edge components that streamline access to various data sources for our SDK customers.
What you'll do:
- Solve complex problems at scale across teams, owning the software architecture and technical designs
- Work through all phases of the software engineering lifecycle - requirements gathering, designing solutions, building new interfaces, integration with existing architectures, development, and testing code.
- Drive the technical decisions to improve engineering, test, and operational excellence best practices.
- Build scalable, highly available, and resilient software by utilizing the optimal languages and frameworks that best suit your use cases, and ensuring their scalability, reliability, and performance.
- Provide technical leadership and expertise through peer code and design reviews amongst other practices
- Enable your team for success through interaction with the technical community at an organizational level
- Partner with other teams such as Applied science and Product stakeholders.
- Mentor new members as we continue to add to our footprint and scope
What you'll need:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or 8+ years of equivalent experience.
- Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade-offs.
- Expertise in full-stack development in modern programming languages.
- Proven ability to learn new languages and technologies, and lead others in acquiring new skills.
- Comfortable with written and/or verbal communication in English
- Experience building scalable, distributed, production software systems with an understanding of design for performance and reliability
- Experience driving large projects from concept to prototype to production.
- Experience working with databases and data processing tools.
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 flexibility, where TomTom’ers, in agreement with their manager and team, use both the office and home to focus, collaborate, learn and socialize. It’s all about getting the best out of both worlds – we ask TomTom’ers to come to the office two days a week, and the remaining three are free to be worked in either location.
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 Navigation SDK team. We work on complex code to develop TomTom's Navigation Software Development Kit, integrating technologies provided by other Product Units and enabling our customers to easily build competitive navigation applications. Your code will also be at the heart of TomTom's navigation products like AmiGO, helping millions of people find their way in 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
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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.
