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RTA: The Fleet Success Company · 3 hours ago

Software Engineering Lead (Player-Coach)

Phoenix, AZ

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

6+ years exp

RTA: The Fleet Success Company is dedicated to helping fleets succeed with a focus on customer service and a positive impact on communities. They are seeking a Software Engineering Lead to balance hands-on software development with leadership responsibilities, guiding a team of engineers while ensuring the delivery of scalable and reliable services.

Computer Software

Responsibilities

Spend ~50% hands-on: designs services, writes code, creates tests, reviews PRs, and leads technical spikes

Lead 5–8 engineers with clear goals, regular 1:1s, coaching, and career growth plans

Drive delivery: capacity planning, sprint execution, risk/issue management with Product and QA

Uphold engineering excellence: code reviews, testing standards, CI/CD, observability, security-by-default

Collaborate across teams (Product, QA, SRE/Cloud, Support) to turn requirements into robust, scalable solutions

Communicate crisply—translating technical detail for stakeholders and leadership

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 leadershipAWSAutomated testingSQL performance tuningDebuggingAgile methodologiesCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

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

Ability to sit or stand for extended periods

Ability to work at a computer for prolonged periods

Ability to travel up to 10% (minimal travel based on business needs)

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

Benefits

Creating a caring, family-oriented atmosphere for both staff and clients

Freshly baked desserts or awesome lunches

Unique perks and benefits

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