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RTA: The Fleet Success Company · 3 months ago

Software Engineering Lead (Player-Coach)

Glendale, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$140K/yr - $160K/yr

6+ years exp

RTA: The Fleet Success Company is looking for a Software Engineering Lead who will balance hands-on technical work with leadership responsibilities. The role involves designing and implementing software solutions while managing a team of engineers to ensure delivery and quality.

Computer Software

Responsibilities

Design and implement back-end services/APIs (primarily Node.js/TypeScript)

Write automated tests (unit/integration), optimize performance, and harden security

Own critical features end-to-end from design to production rollout and monitoring

Run 1:1s, deliver candid feedback, recognize wins, manage performance fairly

Own team plans, commitments, and on-time releases; remove blockers quickly

Guide designs that are secure, maintainable, and scalable; champion testing culture

Partner with SRE/Cloud on readiness, incident response, postmortems, and reliability metrics

Keep Product and leadership aligned with clear, data-driven updates

Qualification

Node.jsService-oriented architecturePeople leadershipSecure codingAWSAutomated testingPerformance tuningDebuggingCommunication skillsMentoring

Required

6–8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a team lead, tech lead, or supervisor capacity

Proven track record delivering production software with Node.js and service-oriented back-end architectures

Demonstrated strength in hands-on coding, design, and debugging—plus people leadership (mentoring, feedback, hiring)

Solid grasp of secure coding, reliability, and scalability best practices

Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to non-technical stakeholders

Preferred

Experience in a SaaS environment and with high-throughput, mission-critical services

Hands-on with AWS cost optimization, SQL performance tuning, and production incident leadership

Familiarity with compliance-minded development (e.g., SOC 2 evidence hygiene)

Bachelor's degree optional; we value experience, outcomes, and a growth mindset

Company

RTA: The Fleet Success Company

With over 45 years of fleet experience, RTA: The Fleet Success Company enables fleet managers to improve their operations with robust, easy-to-use software built and maintained by fleet experts.

Founded in 1979

Glendale, Arizona, US

51-200 employees