Engineering Manager - Indirect Channel (Direct Connect API & Web)

Driven to be the Best People. Performance. Purpose. At Avis Budget Group, we’re driven to be the best vehicle rental company in the world, together. Our 25,000 employees raise the bar every day, bringing different perspectives, taking ownership, and leading with integrity. We’re defining the future of mobility with safe, sustainable solutions that move people, businesses, and communities forward. Avis Budget Group is seeking a highly experienced Engineering Manager - Indirect Channel (Direct Connect API & Web)​ to provide technical leadership for the architecture, engineering, modernization, and operation of large-scale enterprise applications and API platforms. This role is ideal for a technology leader with 15–17+ years of experience architecting and managing complex, highly distributed enterprise systems, with deep expertise in API-centric architectures, microservices, cloud platforms, GDS (Global Distribution Systems), and legacy modernization. The successful candidate will lead the evolution of Avis Budget Group's technology ecosystem toward a modern, API-first, cloud-native architecture, while ensuring seamless integration with existing mainframe, GDS, reservation, fleet, rental, and enterprise systems. You will operate at the intersection of enterprise architecture, engineering leadership, product delivery, and technology strategy, influencing architectural decisions across multiple engineering organizations and leading teams responsible for business-critical platforms operating at significant scale.

Enterprise Architecture & Technical Leadership Provide senior technical leadership for the architecture and engineering of large-scale, mission-critical enterprise applications and platforms Define enterprise application architecture strategies aligned with business objectives, technology roadmaps, and long-term modernization goals Architect highly available, scalable, resilient, and secure distributed systems supporting high transaction volumes and critical customer journeys Establish architectural standards and reference architectures for microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, cloud platforms, and enterprise integration Lead architecture reviews and provide technical direction across multiple engineering teams and technology domains Translate complex business requirements into scalable technical architectures and actionable engineering roadmaps Identify architectural risks, technical debt, scalability constraints, and modernization opportunities Drive technology decisions across build-vs-buy, platform capabilities, integration patterns, and modernization approaches API-First & API Platform Strategy Own and evolve the enterprise API strategy, establishing APIs as the primary integration mechanism between customer-facing applications, GDS platforms, internal systems, partners, and third-party ecosystems Architect and govern enterprise-scale API platforms using technologies such as Apigee, 3scale, and RedSwift Establish standards for API design, governance, versioning, lifecycle management, security, discoverability, throttling, monetization, and observability Design API products that enable rapid integration across digital channels, mobile applications, GDS platforms, partners, and internal enterprise systems Define API gateway and management strategies across hybrid cloud, on-premises, and legacy environments Architect secure API ecosystems using OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, mTLS, rate limiting, API policies, and enterprise identity platforms Establish API resiliency patterns including throttling, circuit breakers, retries, caching, traffic management, and graceful degradation Drive API reuse and standardization across engineering organizations to reduce duplication and accelerate delivery Establish API SLAs, SLOs, performance standards, and operational governance GDS Architecture & Integration Provide architectural leadership for Global Distribution System (GDS) capabilities and their