CarTrawler is the leading B2B technology provider of the car rental and mobility solutions to the global travel industry. Our purpose is to drive successful partnerships. CarTrawler’s end-to-end technology platform expands our airline and travel partners’ offering to their customers, creating substantial ancillary revenue opportunities. We provide unrivaled breadth and depth of content worldwide, including car rental, private airport transfer, and ride-hailing services. CarTrawler creates innovative, data-led solutions for some of the largest travel brands in the world, including United Airlines, American Express, EasyJet, Alaska Airlines, SWISS, Hotels.com , and Emirates. As a B2B company, we focus solely on helping our airline and travel partners build their brands, not our own. Role Purpose CarTrawler’s server-side car and transportation platforms are developed by several in-house Java technology teams. While each of the teams focus on different aspects of the technology stack, they share common software architectures, working practices, agile methodologies and design strategies. This role has responsibility for participating in one such team, contributing to the development and delivery of features, projects and commitments agreed with the business. The Mid-Level Java Engineer is expected to demonstrate a high degree of initiative in terms of design and implementation decisions, while collaborating with senior engineers to review and ensure best practices are implemented – particularly in respect of new and novel technology initiatives. Additionally, the Mid-Level role is expected to provide mentoring and director to Junior engineers, contributing to code reviews and design reviews with the goal of ensuring quality and maintainability of the overall codebase. Reporting to: Engineering Manager Main accountabilities and key tasks: Participating in technical design. Validating strategies with Senior Engineers and Engineering Manager to ensure best practices and recognised design patterns are used. Striving for simplicity. Collaborating with developers on the same team and across the entire technology team. Ensuring knowledge is shared. Implementing efficient and performant solutions. Avoiding over-optimisation but recognising compute-intensive or IO intensive solutions and tuning / validating as appropriate. Implementing test-able, maintainable code. Following the Java team’s pragmatic, defensible test strategies to ensure a desired level of quality. Working with Engineering Manager to deliver prioritised features and projects to the business according to agreed priorities and timing commitments. Providing input into the evolving Agile Strategy, Architecture, Continuous Integration and Automation. Critical Interfaces Fellow Java Developers Product Technology Teams Business Teams within CarTrawler Knowledge and Experience Required: Experience participating in agile planning and cross-functional stand-ups. Experienced Java (enterprise) developer. 4+ years of Java development experience. Working knowledge of Gang of Four Design Patterns. Working knowledge of frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, JPA. Particularly in terms of the design and development practices they represent (Inversion of control, Modularity, Composition, etc) Awareness of emerging technologies and methodologies, recognising when there are efficiencies to be gained or competitive advantages in adopting or investigating new technologies. Experienced developing scalable Java Enterprise applications. Experienced in database integration – particular emphasis on Relational & Transact SQL. Some of our Benefits Hybrid Working: Hybrid working at CarTrawler is a combination of office and remote working. Most of the time, people will have flexibility in terms of where they want to work. Financial Wellbeing: All employees from day one, whatever their role, are entitled to share options as part of our unique equity scheme offering, we also have an annual performance-related bonus, pension, income protection & life assurance. Health: Premium VHI health insurance is provided for all team members, we have a dedicated team of Mental Health First Aiders, an Employee Assistance Programme, “Friday Unplugged” – last Friday of every month we have a half-day mental health break. Leave: 25 days annual leave & 2 company days, as we know life often takes over, as it should! For these instances we offer all eligible team members paid maternity, adoptive, paternity, parents, and marriage leave Development: We have a dedicated Talent Management Team and Development Framework “Thrive” which supports your professional and personal development throughout your CarTrawler career. Environmental, Social, and Governance You will be an ambassador of our culture and social and environmental credentials. CarTrawler is fully committed to ensuring equal opportunities supported by an environment based on mutual respect, inclusion, and dignity at work for all our people. We welcome diversity, valuing the benefits it brings to the workplace. We have a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination of any kind. The criteria with regards to decisions on positions and promotions is an individual’s ability, behaviors, and merit to perform in the role. To this end, CarTrawler strives to ensure that recruitment, employment, training, and promotion practices and policies do not directly or indirectly discriminate. We are a purpose-led, values-driven company, with a focus on a culture of shared wins where relationships make the difference. We strive to foster a culture of continuous learning encouraging our people to invest in themselves to Thrive. CarTrawler will ensure that candidates who are interviewing with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in any CarTrawler job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits of employment, please contact us at careers@cartrawler.com #J-18808-Ljbffr
Join to apply for the Java Software Engineer role at CarTrawler CarTrawler’s server-side car and transportation platforms are developed by several in-house Java technology teams. While each of the teams focus on different aspects of the technology stack, they share common software architectures, working practices, agile methodologies and design strategies. This role has responsibility for participating in one such team, contributing to the development and delivery of features, projects and commitments agreed with the business. The Mid-Level Java Engineer is expected to demonstrate a high degree of initiative in terms of design and implementation decisions, while collaborating with senior engineers to review and ensure best practices are implemented – particularly in respect of new and novel technology initiatives. Additionally, the Mid-Level role is expected to provide mentoring and director to Junior engineers, contributing to code reviews and design reviews with the goal of ensuring quality and maintainability of the overall codebase. Responsibilities & Accountabilities Participating in technical design. Validating strategies with Senior Engineers and Engineering Manager to ensure best practices and recognised design patterns are used. Striving for simplicity. Collaborating with developers on the same team and across the entire technology team. Ensuring knowledge is shared. Implementing efficient and performant solutions. Avoiding over-optimisation but recognising compute-intensive or IO intensive solutions and tuning / validating as appropriate. Implementing test-able, maintainable code. Following the Java team’s pragmatic, defensible test strategies to ensure a desired level of quality. Working with Engineering Manager to deliver prioritised features and projects to the business according to agreed priorities and timing commitments. Providing input into the evolving Agile Strategy, Architecture, Continuous Integration and Automation. Skills & Experience Required Experience participating in agile planning and cross-functional stand-ups. Experienced Java (enterprise) developer. 4+ years of Java development experience. Working knowledge of Gang of Four Design Patterns. Working knowledge of frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, JPA. Particularly in terms of the design and development practices they represent (Inversion of control, Modularity, Composition, etc) Awareness of emerging technologies and methodologies, recognising when there are efficiencies to be gained or competitive advantages in adopting or investigating new technologies. Experienced developing scalable Java Enterprise applications. Experienced in database integration – particular emphasis on Relational & Transact SQL. Seniority level Associate Employment type Full-time Job function Information Technology Industries #J-18808-Ljbffr
1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants Provide strategic leadership of the Pricing & Supply Analytics team, ensuring its continued growth, innovation, and measurable impact on CarTrawler's commercial performance. This role is central to optimising and advancing our revenue management capabilities through data-driven insights, experimentation, and close integration with Data Science. Overview The Head of Pricing & Supply Analytics will: Define, refine, and execute holistic pricing and content strategies that balance the needs and goals of customers, partners, suppliers and CarTrawler. Deliver actionable insights to inform Heads of Trading and business leaders, ensuring strategies remain adaptive to market conditions and evolving business priorities. Partner with the Head of Data Science and Head of MLOps to evolve models, tools, and processes that embed advanced analytics into daily decision-making at scale. Extend revenue management frameworks into new products and ancillary services, ensuring CarTrawler builds future-ready capabilities. Key Duties & Responsibilities Provide actionable insight through rigorous performance analysis, forecasting, and experimentation to refine pricing and content strategies. Implement A/B testing and controlled experiments to validate initiatives and quantify impact. Deliver transparent reporting and clear recommendations to P&L owners and executive stakeholders, ensuring alignment with commercial goals. Conduct market research and competitive analysis to refine pricing strategies and content management decisions. Drive the evolution of CarTrawler’s revenue management tools and practices in collaboration with Data Science and MLOps. Support the design and operationalisation of advanced models that improve forecasting accuracy, dynamic pricing, and decision automation. Champion process improvements and innovation, embedding experimentation and advanced analytics into decision-making across the business. Knowledge and Skills Min 5 years of experience in pricing strategy, revenue management, or supply optimization, preferably in the travel or eCommerce industry; Leadership: Ability to lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team, balancing deep domain expertise with career development and succession planning. Analytical Leadership & Adoption: Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with large, complex data sets, interpret financial metrics, and apply statistical analysis and modelling. Proven track record of driving cultural adoption of advanced analytics and experimentation to embed data-driven decision-making across the business. Technical proficiency: Expertise in data analysis tools, such as SQL, Excel and data visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau) and history of reporting on and analysing financial metrics. Experience with Python a plus; Data Science Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to collaborate with Data Science teams on the design, evaluation, and operationalisation of advanced models for pricing and revenue management; Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Management, Finance, and Strategy/Planning #J-18808-Ljbffr
Overview The Company: From our roots in Ireland, CarTrawler has grown into the leading B2B technology provider of car rental and mobility solutions to the global travel industry. If you’ve ever booked a flight and seen the option to rent a car, that was probably us; but it’s our people that make everything we do possible – and we’re growing! At CarTrawler, you’ll find more than just a job. You’ll find flexibility, meaningful impact, and a culture built by the people who live it every day. Our culture is built on high performance, genuine connection, and a shared commitment to making an impact, without sacrificing personal wellbeing. With flexible working models, meaningful time off, and dedicated growth opportunities, we enable people to do great work and feel good doing it. We have a hybrid working policy with two mandatory days a week in our Dublin office, you have the freedom to design a routine that supports your productivity and personal life. The office offers ample car parking, a heavily subsidized (KC Peaches) canteen, convenient proximity to the Luas, and access to EV charging stations. Role Purpose: Provide strategic leadership of the Pricing & Supply Analytics team, ensuring its continued growth, innovation, and measurable impact on CarTrawler's commercial performance. This role is central to optimising and advancing our revenue management capabilities through data-driven insights, experimentation, and close integration with Data Science. The Head of Pricing & Supply Analytics will: Define, refine, and execute holistic pricing and content strategies that balance the needs and goals of customers, partners, suppliers and CarTrawler. Deliver actionable insights to inform Heads of Trading and business leaders, ensuring strategies remain adaptive to market conditions and evolving business priorities. Partner with the Head of Data Science and Head of MLOps to evolve models, tools, and processes that embed advanced analytics into daily decision-making at scale. Extend revenue management frameworks into new products and ancillary services, ensuring CarTrawler builds future-ready capabilities. Reporting to: Director of Data Science & Revenue Management Key Duties & Responsibilities Team Leadership: Lead, inspire, and mentor a high-performing team, aligning goals with business strategy and fostering a culture of curiosity, ownership, and impact. Support career development through ongoing feedback & coaching while setting clear accountabilities for performance delivery. Revenue Management Strategy & Execution Develop and execute holistic pricing strategies for core and ancillary products, driving sustainable revenue and profitability growth. Oversee content optimisation, including sort order, inclusion/exclusion of content, and balancing supplier incentives with long-term P&L objectives. Ensure strategies are implemented and maintained effectively within CarTrawler’s revenue management platform, with processes and alerting in place to maintain accuracy and scalability. Analytics & Insight Provide actionable insight through rigorous performance analysis, forecasting, and experimentation to refine pricing and content strategies. Implement A/B testing and controlled experiments to validate initiatives and quantify impact. Deliver transparent reporting and clear recommendations to P&L owners and executive stakeholders, ensuring alignment with commercial goals. Conduct market research and competitive analysis to refine pricing strategies and content management decisions. Capability Development Drive the evolution of CarTrawler’s revenue management tools and practices in collaboration with Data Science and MLOps. Support the design and operationalisation of advanced models that improve forecasting accuracy, dynamic pricing, and decision automation. Champion process improvements and innovation, embedding experimentation and advanced analytics into decision-making across the business. Stakeholder Management: Provide regular reports and updates on pricing and content performance to key stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment. Align pricing and content strategies with business objectives, getting sign off from P&L owners and working closely with internal & external teams. Knowledge and Skills Min 5 years of experience in pricing strategy, revenue management, or supply optimization, preferably in the travel or eCommerce industry; Leadership: Ability to lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team, balancing deep domain expertise with career development and succession planning. Analytical Leadership & Adoption: Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills with the ability to work with large, complex data sets, interpret financial metrics, and apply statistical analysis and modelling. Proven track record of driving cultural adoption of advanced analytics and experimentation to embed data-driven decision-making across the business. Technical proficiency: Expertise in data analysis tools, such as SQL, Excel and data visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau) and history of reporting on and analysing financial metrics. Experience with Python a plus; Data Science Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to collaborate with Data Science teams on the design, evaluation, and operationalisation of advanced models for pricing and revenue management; Strategic Thinking: Ability to think strategically and develop long-term plans to optimize pricing and content; Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely on pricing and market trends, both internally and externally, and make strong, data-driven recommendations to P&L owners; Transformation/ change program design and leadership: Experience in designing and leading complex strategic programs, working with both internal and external stakeholders to deliver positive commercial outcomes against committed timelines. Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing market conditions and business priorities, with a flexible and agile mindset; Collaboration Skills: Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Data Science and P&L owners, and external partners; Attention to Detail: High level of attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and consistency in pricing and content management. Self-Starter Attributes: High level of curiosity, initiative, ownership, and hunger. Employee Benefits Financial: Annual Bonus, Pension Scheme, Income Protection, Life Assurance Lifestyle & Working: Subsidized Canteen, Flexible Working, Work from Abroad, Sports & Social, Bike to Work, Travel Tax Saver Paid Leaves: Annual Leave, Company Days, Friday Unplugged, Menstrual & Menopause Leave, Marriage & Civil Partnership Leave, Volunteer Days Wellbeing: Subsidized Health Insurance, EAP, Flu Vaccines, Health Stations #J-18808-Ljbffr
From our roots in Ireland, CarTrawler has grown into the leading B2B technology provider of car rental and mobility solutions to the global travel industry. If you’ve ever booked a flight and seen the option to rent a car, that was probably us; but it’s our people that make everything we do possible – and we’re growing! At CarTrawler, you’ll find more than just a job. You’ll find flexibility, meaningful impact, and a culture built by the people who live it every day. Our culture is built on high performance, genuine connection, and a shared commitment to making an impact, without sacrificing personal wellbeing. With flexible working models, meaningful time off, and dedicated growth opportunities, we enable people to do great work and feel good doing it. We have a hybrid working policy with two mandatory days a week in our Dublin office, you have the freedom to design a routine that supports your productivity and personal life. The office offers ample car parking, a heavily subsidized (KC Peaches) canteen, convenient proximity to the Luas, and access to EV charging stations. Role Purpose The Engineering Manager leads a cross-functional team to deliver robust, scalable software aligned with CarTrawler’s business strategy. They foster a culture of performance, accountability, and growth while ensuring delivery quality and team effectiveness. They work closely with the Product Manager and Lead Designer to lead the squad as a cohesive trio, ensuring alignment across product, design, and engineering. Additionally, they collaborate with Senior Engineering Managers and fellow Engineering Managers to maintain technical consistency, share best practices, and support cross-squad coordination. Champions agile delivery by driving planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement, ensuring clear prioritisation and steady progress. Drives estimation, effort sizing, and decomposition of epics into actionable stories, while maintaining visibility through roadmaps, tracking, and reporting. Removes delivery blockers & capacity issues, manages dependencies across squads, and escalates risks proactively to safeguard delivery. Owns delivery of high-quality, scalable, and well-documented software, ensuring milestones are met and launches are smooth from QA/UAT to post-go-live hypercare. Responds rapidly to production issues, minimising business impact and maintaining customer trust. Builds and develops high-performing teams through regular 1:1s, clear goals, coaching, feedback, and career growth, while leading hiring and team design. Aligns engineering goals with cross-functional priorities, representing the team in programme-level forums and contributing to wider organisational strategy. Contributes to the evolution of Agile practices, CI/CD, and architectural strategy to drive continuous improvement and long-term scalability. Critical Interfaces Engineering Management for effective team leadership and collaboration across all Product & Technology departments. Product Management and Product Design to align with CarTrawler's product vision and goals. Portfolio and Programme Management makes clear delivery plans for important projects and initiatives. The trading team, Partner Relationship Management, Supply & Insurance, and Customer Support all work together. They aim to deliver quality technical solutions. External partners to assist in integrating CarTrawler software solutions. Skills & Experience Required 5 years of hands-on people management experience in agile, fast-paced software environments. Familiarity with the Scrum Framework is key, and having a scrum master qualification is a significant plus. Proven track record guiding teams through estimation, planning, execution, and release cycles. Technical credibility with the ability to write and review code when required. Deep understanding of software development practices, CI/CD, and system design. Experience building and scaling high-performing engineering teams. Ability to mentor and develop engineers, supporting career growth and continuous improvement. Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Strong time-management and delivery focus, ensuring timely and high-quality outcomes. Technical Leadership & Credibility – Hands-on experience with coding, design, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices, ensuring the leader can make sound technical decisions and earn engineers’ respect. Team Building & People Development – Proven ability to hire, grow, mentor, and scale high-performing teams while supporting career development and fostering continuous improvement. Delivery & Execution Excellence – Strong skills in planning, estimation, and driving agile execution to deliver timely, high-quality outcomes Employee Benefits Lifestyle & Working: Subsidized Canteen, Flexible Working, Work from Abroad, Sports & Social, Bike to Work, Travel Tax Saver Paid Leaves: 25 Days Annual Leave, Company Days, Friday Unplugged, Menstrual & Menopause Leave, Marriage & Civil Partnership Leave, Volunteer Days Wellbeing: Subsidized Health Insurance, EAP, Flu Vaccines, Health Stations Research shows that individuals from underrepresented backgrounds often hesitate to apply for roles unless they meet every single qualification, while others may apply when they meet only a portion of the criteria. If you believe you have the skills and potential to succeed in this role, even if you dont meet every listed requirement, we encourage you to apply. We'd love to hear from you and explore whether you could be a great fit. 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The Director of Product has overall leadership responsibility for defining the product strategy & roadmap required to deliver on the Car Trawler’s ambitious strategy. The Product strategy will be based on a deep understanding of both the car rental customer and the Car Trawler car rental business partners. This role will play a key part in enabling high-velocity, high-quality software delivery by partnering closely with engineering and delivery teams to streamline execution. As the thought leader and customer champion, the Director of Product will nurture the creative, collaborative and innovative product development capabilities of the Product & Technology function. The Director of Product will consistently look outwards, taking the best-in-class product practice, ideas and customer trends from both within and outside of travel to deliver the best possible customer experience and therefore deliver the best outcome for the CarTrawler partners. Reporting to: Chief Product & Technology Officer Provide strategic leadership within the Product & Technology management team, shaping the direction of our portfolio and setting a high standard for product excellence. Own the end-to-end product lifecycle—from strategy and discovery through to delivery and continuous improvement—leveraging market feedback and performance insights to evolve our product offerings. Establish and embed best-in-class product management practices that align with business goals and enable scalable, repeatable delivery of customer and commercial value. Inspire, lead, and develop a high-performing team of Product Managers, empowering them to build innovative software solutions that meet the evolving needs of the Car Rental customer. Continuously scan the market—customers, competitors, and adjacent tech sectors—for trends, ideas, and emerging technologies that can inform and future-proof our product strategy. Challenge the status quo by holding both business and engineering teams to account on user experience, product quality, and customer satisfaction. Partner with engineering teams to drive value through efficient planning, estimation, development, and deployment processes—ensuring product decisions are informed by technical insight and business impact. Track and improve team performance, using data and feedback to optimise the productivity, efficiency, and collaboration within the Product Management and Design teams. Foster cross-functional collaboration across departments to co-create solutions that address both near-term business needs and long-term strategic goals. Champion a culture of growth and high performance, working with People Partners and function leads to nurture talent, drive engagement, and support career progression across Product & Design. Advocate for Product Design excellence, ensuring quality, usability, accessibility, and performance are integral to every release. Act as a key voice at the leadership table, communicating proactively with senior stakeholders to ensure alignment, secure buy-in, and build strong partnerships across the organisation. Critical Interfaces: Director of Engineering to ensure alignment on meeting product visions and goals Director of Technology Strategy & Execution - Portfolio Management to create clear plans for delivery of priority projects and initiatives Trading function, Partner Relationship Management, Supply & insurance and Customer to ensure quality technical solutions are being delivered to all customer stakeholder groups Commercial team to define and understand our proposition to our business partners, and to ensure that our product and technology deliver that proposition Head of Products to ensure we are providing the required thought leadership for the Product function. Knowledge and Experience: Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a senior product leadership role, with a strong track record of driving impactful outcomes across complex product portfolios. Exceptional communication, organisational, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels and drive alignment across cross-functional teams. Entrepreneurial mindset—highly collaborative, self-motivated, solutions-oriented, and capable of bringing structure to ambiguity. Strategic thinker with a proven ability to shape, communicate, and execute product vision and strategy aligned with broader business objectives. Relentlessly customer- and partner-focused, with a deep commitment to understanding needs and translating them into differentiated product experiences. Inherently curious and growth-minded, continuously exploring new sectors, emerging technologies, and evolving best practices in product design and development. Demonstrated experience leading high-performing product and design teams, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Expertise in agile methodologies and modern software development practices, ensuring efficient, iterative delivery of customer value. Proven success managing diverse initiatives across user experience, design, and product delivery—from concept through to launch and optimisation. Strong prioritisation and time-management skills, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery in fast-paced, evolving environments. Recognised innovator, with a history of generating creative, commercially viable product ideas that drive competitive advantage. Proven leadership capabilities, empowering teams to deliver strategically, proactively, and with measurable impact. 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Role Purpose: The Director of Product has overall leadership responsibility for defining the product strategy & roadmap required to deliver on the Car Trawler’s ambitious strategy. The Product strategy will be based on a deep understanding of both the car rental customer and the Car Trawler car rental business partners. This role will play a key part in enabling high-velocity, high-quality software delivery by partnering closely with engineering and delivery teams to streamline execution. As the thought leader and customer champion, the Director of Product will nurture the creative, collaborative and innovative product development capabilities of the Product & Technology function. The Director of Product will consistently look outwards, taking the best-in-class product practice, ideas and customer trends from both within and outside of travel to deliver the best possible customer experience and therefore deliver the best outcome for the CarTrawler partners. Reporting to: Chief Product & Technology Officer Main accountabilities and key tasks Provide strategic leadership within the Product & Technology management team, shaping the direction of our portfolio and setting a high standard for product excellence. Own the end-to-end product lifecycle—from strategy and discovery through to delivery and continuous improvement—leveraging market feedback and performance insights to evolve our product offerings. Establish and embed best-in-class product management practices that align with business goals and enable scalable, repeatable delivery of customer and commercial value. Inspire, lead, and develop a high-performing team of Product Managers, empowering them to build innovative software solutions that meet the evolving needs of the Car Rental customer. Continuously scan the market—customers, competitors, and adjacent tech sectors—for trends, ideas, and emerging technologies that can inform and future-proof our product strategy. Challenge the status quo by holding both business and engineering teams to account on user experience, product quality, and customer satisfaction. Partner with engineering teams to drive value through efficient planning, estimation, development, and deployment processes—ensuring product decisions are informed by technical insight and business impact. Track and improve team performance, using data and feedback to optimise the productivity, efficiency, and collaboration within the Product Management and Design teams. Foster cross-functional collaboration across departments to co-create solutions that address both near-term business needs and long-term strategic goals. Champion a culture of growth and high performance, working with People Partners and function leads to nurture talent, drive engagement, and support career progression across Product & Design. Advocate for Product Design excellence, ensuring quality, usability, accessibility, and performance are integral to every release. Act as a key voice at the leadership table, communicating proactively with senior stakeholders to ensure alignment, secure buy-in, and build strong partnerships across the organisation. Critical Interfaces Director of Engineering to ensure alignment on meeting product visions and goals Director of Technology Strategy & Execution - Portfolio Management to create clear plans for delivery of priority projects and initiatives Trading function, Partner Relationship Management, Supply & insurance and Customer to ensure quality technical solutions are being delivered to all customer stakeholder groups Commercial team to define and understand our proposition to our business partners, and to ensure that our product and technology deliver that proposition Head of Products to ensure we are providing the required thought leadership for the Product function. Knowledge and Experience Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a senior product leadership role, with a strong track record of driving impactful outcomes across complex product portfolios. Exceptional communication, organisational, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels and drive alignment across cross-functional teams. Entrepreneurial mindset—highly collaborative, self-motivated, solutions-oriented, and capable of bringing structure to ambiguity. Strategic thinker with a proven ability to shape, communicate, and execute product vision and strategy aligned with broader business objectives. Relentlessly customer- and partner-focused, with a deep commitment to understanding needs and translating them into differentiated product experiences. Inherently curious and growth-minded, continuously exploring new sectors, emerging technologies, and evolving best practices in product design and development. Demonstrated experience leading high-performing product and design teams, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Expertise in agile methodologies and modern software development practices, ensuring efficient, iterative delivery of customer value. Proven success managing diverse initiatives across user experience, design, and product delivery—from concept through to launch and optimisation. Strong prioritisation and time-management skills, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery in fast-paced, evolving environments. Recognised innovator, with a history of generating creative, commercially viable product ideas that drive competitive advantage. Proven leadership capabilities, empowering teams to deliver strategically, proactively, and with measurable impact. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Join CarTrawler’s dynamic team and play a pivotal role in shaping and optimising our global insurance offering; an essential value-add to our car rental proposition that’s enabled through strategic partnerships with leading insurance providers. As the key owner of our insurance partner relationships, you will drive strategic collaboration both internally and externally to ensure our insurance products remain innovative, compliant, and commercially valuable. You’ll be at the forefront of maintaining a best-in-class insurance portfolio to support a partner base that includes some of the world’s largest airlines and travel brands. Responsibilities In this commercially focused role, you’ll contribute to contract negotiations, performance reviews and claims oversight, while identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement. Continued optimisation of the CarTrawler insurance product offering and collaboration to identify creative yet compliant solutions to improve performance. Actively monitor claims cost exposure, implementing strategies to reduce claim occurrences and work to manage claims costs effectively. Ensure compliance with regulations by working with the legal team. Building effective, professional relationships to monitor insurance product performance and identify gaps for optimisation. Account management across our global panel of insurance partners. Promote two-way information sharing with our stakeholders, particularly with regards to performance. Be the expert on our insurance products and their performance by keeping up to date on the market, the competitive landscape (including research), our user challenges, and how those inputs relate to the business strategy. Knowledge and Experience Required 5+ years’ professional experience working with consumer insurance products. Experience operating in regulated (insurance), commercial, and technology domains – balancing commercial gain with regulated parameters. Professional insurance, finance or accounting qualifications preferred. Knowledge of the insurance industry with experience in underwriting or claims desirable. Commercial savviness – solid understanding and experience setting KPIs for product and testing success. Detail-oriented – great organizational skills, with the ability to capture all elements of requirements and scenarios. Ability to work independently, manage multiple concurrent projects & drive initiatives in a cross-functional environment. Exhibits enthusiasm, positive professional attitude, integrity and reliability. Strong analytical skills – ability to “think outside the box” Research shows that individuals from underrepresented backgrounds often hesitate to apply for roles unless they meet every single qualification, while others may apply when they meet only a portion of the criteria. If you believe you have the skills and potential to succeed in this role, even if you don\u2019t meet every listed requirement, we encourage you to apply. We\u2019d love to hear from you and explore whether you could be a great fit. Locations Classon House Dundrum Business Park Dundrum Dublin 14 Ireland New York Office 14th Floor 575 5th Avenue New York NY 10017 United States London Office 3 Waterhouse Square 138 – 142 Holborn London EC2N 2SW United Kingdom #J-18808-Ljbffr
CarTrawler’s server-side car and transportation platforms are developed by several in-house Java technology teams. While each of the teams focus on different aspects of the technology stack, they share common software architectures, working practices, agile methodologies and design strategies. This role has responsibility for participating in one such team, contributing to the development and delivery of features, projects and commitments agreed with the business. The Mid-Level Java Engineer is expected to demonstrate a high degree of initiative in terms of design and implementation decisions, while collaborating with senior engineers to review and ensure best practices are implemented – particularly in respect of new and novel technology initiatives. Additionally, the Mid-Level role is expected to provide mentoring and director to Junior engineers, contributing to code reviews and design reviews with the goal of ensuring quality and maintainability of the overall codebase. Participating in technical design. Validating strategies with Senior Engineers and Engineering Manager to ensure best practices and recognised design patterns are used. Striving for simplicity. Collaborating with developers on the same team and across the entire technology team. Ensuring knowledge is shared. Implementing efficient and performant solutions. Avoiding over-optimisation but recognising compute-intensive or IO intensive solutions and tuning / validating as appropriate. Implementing test-able, maintainable code. Following the Java team’s pragmatic, defensible test strategies to ensure a desired level of quality. Working with Engineering Manager to deliver prioritised features and projects to the business according to agreed priorities and timing commitments. Providing input into the evolving Agile Strategy, Architecture, Continuous Integration and Automation. Critical Interfaces Fellow Java Developers Business Teams within CarTrawler Knowledge and Experience Required: Experience participating in agile planning and cross-functional stand-ups. Experienced Java (enterprise) developer. 4+ years of Java development experience. Working knowledge of Gang of Four Design Patterns. Working knowledge of frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, JPA. Particularly in terms of the design and development practices they represent (Inversion of control, Modularity, Composition, etc) Awareness of emerging technologies and methodologies, recognising when there are efficiencies to be gained or competitive advantages in adopting or investigating new technologies. Experienced developing scalable Java Enterprise applications. Experienced in database integration – particular emphasis on Relational & Transact SQL. Classon House Dundrum Business Park Dundrum Dublin 14 Ireland New York Office 14 th Floor 575 5 th Avenue New York NY 10017 United States London Office 3 Waterhouse Square 138 – 142 Holborn London EC2N 2SW United Kingdom #J-18808-Ljbffr
