Job Description

Position Summary
As a Software Engineer II - Digital Products, you will play a key role within the Digital Product team, developing, enhancing, and supporting scalable SaaS and enterprise digital solutions. You will collaborate closely with Product Managers, Data Teams, Designers, Quality Engineers, and Infrastructure Teams to translate product requirements into high-quality, maintainable software.

In this role, you will lead development efforts on medium to large-sized projects, modernize existing systems, and contribute to new application development. You will mentor and guide junior engineers, ensure adherence to coding standards, and promote best practices in software engineering. You will support discovery, framing, iterative development, and continuous improvement of digital products to deliver value to our customers.

This position is based out of our corporate offices in Reading. PA. This an office first position, at least 4 days in office.

Key Responsibilities
• Serve as the primary technical contact for one or more critical applications, resolving business and customer issues efficiently.
• Support the full product lifecycle (develop, test, release, support) in alignment with SVPG product principles.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, technical leaders, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and acceptance criteria, translating them into actionable technical designs.
• Lead development of backend systems and design relational database schemas, applying best practices for scalability and maintainability.
• Contribute to frontend design in collaboration with product owners and UX/UI designers, ensuring seamless user experiences.
• Produce clean, maintainable, well-documented code adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Review code and deliverables from junior engineers, including onshore and offshore team members, providing mentorship and guidance.
• Participate in Design and Deploy Tollgate reviews, obtaining alignment from QA, Security, Architecture, Operations, and other cross-functional teams.
• Write automated unit and UI tests, leverage CI/CD pipelines, and triage production issues in collaboration with support and infrastructure teams.
• Document systems, software architecture, dependencies, and processes to facilitate knowledge sharing.
• Assist in hiring by evaluating candidate technical skills and conducting interviews independently.
• Conduct research on emerging tools, frameworks, and software development practices to improve team capability.
• Lead or support multiple projects simultaneously while fostering collaboration in cross-functional teams.
• Participate in other digital product initiatives and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
• 8-10 years of software development experience with modern programming languages (e.g., Java).
• Full stack development experience: React, Angular, jQuery, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Spring/Spring-MVC, myBatis, RESTful APIs.
• 1-2 years of experience contributing to Agile teams; experience leading medium to large digital projects.
• Expert knowledge of relational database design, implementation, and complex SQL queries.
• Strong understanding of software design frameworks, patterns, and architecture principles.
• Knowledge of DevOps tools, CI/CD, and automated testing practices.
• Familiarity with front-end UI/UX design concepts and collaboration with designers.
• Ability to estimate and lead multiple medium to large-sized projects.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to present technical concepts in business- and user-friendly language.
• Ability to work independently, mentor others, and direct work for cross-functional teams.
• Experience researching and implementing emerging software development tools and frameworks.
• Team-oriented mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required

Physical Requirements:
-The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
-The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
-While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
-Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

To Learn More
• About Penske's Digital Products: https://www.pensketruckleasing.com/digital-experience/
• About Penske: https://www.gopenske.com/our-company/