Lead Developer, Getaround
Hyrecar
$180-200k
+ Stock options
More information about location
Peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace
Job no longer available
Peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$180-200k
+ Stock options
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
On a mission to make our cities and communities better places to live by building the leading global and digital carsharing marketplace.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer and Architect
- Proficiency in technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like React, Spring MVC
- Strong back-end development skills with experience in languages like Node.js, Typescript, Spring, GraphQL, Open API specs, Google Analytics, CI Pipeline, GA4
- Expertise in database design and management with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (Lambda, ECR, ECS, SQS, SNS, Mongo) and Google Cloud
- Strong understanding of software design patterns, architecture principles, and best practices
- Self Driven with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Excellent leadership and people management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a team
- Proven Experience: Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer with strong back-end development skills in Node.js, TypeScript, and GraphQL, and proficiency in frontend technologies and frameworks like React
- Leadership: Excellent leadership and people skills, with experience leading distributed teams and the ability to inspire and motivate a team
- Technical Skills: Strong understanding of software design patterns, architecture principles, best practices, and experience with both relational and non-relational databases
- Problem Solving: Ability to balance technical excellence with a focus on solving user problems and determining when to implement scrappy solutions versus robust, scalable ones
- Initiative: Autonomy and curiosity, coupled with critical thinking and a mindset of taking initiative
- User Focused: Understanding that the ultimate goal is to enhance user value through your contributions
- Communication: Strong communication and collaboration skills, essential for leading a distributed team and working effectively with remote colleagues
- Team Player: Egoless programming mindset with the ability to take constructive feedback on the code you produce
Desirable
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools like Terraform, including CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Martech skills, Iterable, Segment, Twilio, Wordpress CMS, Loyalty platform, API, Systems
- If you don't tick all the boxes but still believe you'd be a great fit for this role, we encourage you to apply. We value diverse skills and experiences, and we're always looking for fresh perspectives that can drive innovation and growth
What the job involves
- As a Lead Developer, you will lead the Hyrecar engineering team to enhance the effectiveness and capabilities of our engineering efforts
- Your mission is to provide technical expertise and leadership, fostering a collaborative environment, and balancing technical excellence with solving real user problems
- You will initially work on the Hyrecar product and codebase for the next 12-18 months
- After this period, you will play a crucial role in migrating the Hyrecar product into the Getaround platform
- Build New Features: Take features from initial exploration through conception, development, testing/QA, release, documentation, monitoring, and maintenance
- Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices
- Strategic Planning: Develop and implement strategies to enhance system performance, reliability, and ease of maintenance
- Code Quality: Review and write high-quality code to ensure adherence to standards, promoting a culture of clean code and continuous improvement
- System Architecture: Oversee the architectural direction and design of the Hyrecar product, ensuring alignment with long-term goals and objectives
- Team Development: Mentor and train developers, fostering technical growth and excellence within the team
- Collaboration: Collaborate with product managers, developers, and cross-functional teams to define and prioritize technical tasks and projects
- Innovation: Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation and keep the platform competitive
- Problem Solving: Resolve complex technical issues promptly, ensuring minimal disruption to the development process
- This is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of this position. Essential duties and responsibilities may be added or modified as necessary at any time
- Collaborate with product managers, developers, and cross-functional teams on a daily basis
- Work closely with Amit, the VP of Engineering at Hyrecar,and Michael, the Global VP of Engineering at Getaround, and other team members
- Engage with developers and technical teams across different regions, including Europe
Our take
Getaround has an ambition to create a world where every car is a shared car. Like AirBnb before them, Getaround’s founders saw that assets sat idle could be shared on a platform. This would allow users to earn rent from cars while facilitating travel for those unable to afford their own.
As a pioneer in the field, the company has established an impressive network of 6 million users in over 100 cities. That in turn means that compared to upstart competitors like Turo and Maven, they can deliver an altogether more convenient service and products like a ‘Power Host’ program (similar to AirBnb’s).
The companies most challenging competition is now coming from rival mobility startups like Lime and Bird. To match them on environmental credentials, the company plans to only allow electric and low-emission vehicles on their platform from 2030.
Like many companies in the space, a continuing challenge for Getaround is with regulators who are concerned by the abuse of participants in the gig-economy system. After a SPAC IPO through a merger with InterPrivate II Acquisition Group in 2022, share values made its public market debut Friday through a merger with blank-check company InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. The company saw its share value drop more than 65%, reflecting the chilly environment for both SPACs and ridesharing companies. Investment in their public affairs and a renewed interest in car sharing are helping to turn the tide for Getaround.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Oct 2020
$140m
SERIES E
Aug 2018
$300m
SERIES D
Total funding: $565.1m
Company benefits
- Remote friendly
- Extra days off
- Udemy for Business account
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Swile lunch card
- Discounted gym membership
- High-tech equipment
- Unlimited rental credits
Company HQ
North Beach, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sam Zaid
(CEO)Before Getaround, Sam started Apption, an enterprise software consultancy, and 360pi, a retail price intelligence platform.
Elliot Kroo
(CTO)Trained as a software engineer, Elliot briefly worked at Google before founding WingsForCats, an iPhone game development company.
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