Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-volume software and AI-powered features. Collaborate with product and stakeholders, lead Agile processes, mentor engineers, uphold coding and AI ethics, and support production deployments and on-call troubleshooting.
As a Sr. Software Engineer on the Dealer.com team, you will design, build and support high-impact software solutions that power the automotive industry's leading digital marketing platform. You'll collaborate with talented engineers and AI agents, leveraging modern technologies and best practices to deliver scalable, reliable, and innovative products.
Your Role
Who You Are
What We Look For
AI Requirements
USD 101,500.00 - 169,100.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $101,500.00 - $169,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
EOE, including disability/vets
Your Role
- Architect, develop, and maintain robust software applications across multiple platforms, ensuring performance, maintainability, and alignment with product and technology roadmaps.
- Collaborate with Product Management and stakeholders to understand user challenges and design viable, high-quality solutions.
- Lead and participate in Agile planning, story sizing, backlog grooming, and release planning.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to peers and junior engineers, especially in AI-augmented development.
- Define and uphold coding standards, review practices, and ethical guidelines for AI use.
- Implement and support AI-powered features and pipelines, contributing to prompt engineering experimentation and sharing tool usage insights.
- Provide ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products, troubleshooting, and resolving complex issues as needed.
Who You Are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline, and 4 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 2 years' experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 16years' experience in a related field.
- 5-8 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing highly scalable, high-volume software systems and client-facing web applications.
- Familiarity with front end development practices and integration with back-end technologies (APIs / REST).
- Familiarity with front end development practices and integration with back-end technologies (APIs / REST).;">Proficiency in multiple technology stacks (e.g., Java, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and familiarity with front end development practices and integration with back-end technologies (APIs / REST).
- Strong understanding of application lifecycle methodologies (Agile, iterative) and database technologies.
- Experience with AI-powered software development, prompt engineering, and collaborating with AI agents is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, microservices, and modern DevOps practices.
- Scrum Developer Certification or equivalent is a plus.
- Availability for rotational on-call duties outside of standard business hours may be required.
What We Look For
- Substantial personal responsibility and autonomy; ability to plan and manage your own work.
- Strong influence and communication skills, able to collaborate with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Passion for mentoring, continuous learning, and sharing knowledge with the engineering community.
- Proactive in monitoring emerging technologies and driving adoption of best practices.
- Commitment to ethical AI use and fostering a culture of innovation and inclusion.
- Ability to rapidly absorb new information and apply it effectively to solve complex problems.
AI Requirements
- Collaborate with AI agents throughout the software development lifecycle, providing contextual inputs to improve AI understanding and output quality.
- Implement and support AI-powered features and pipelines in our products.
- Contribute to prompt engineering experimentation and share insights on AI tool usage.
- Define and uphold coding standards, review practices, and ethical guidelines for AI use.
- Mentor and coach team members on AI-augmented development.
USD 101,500.00 - 169,100.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $101,500.00 - $169,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
EOE, including disability/vets
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