Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Sr Software Engineer

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

No

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $97,100.00 - $161,800.00. 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.

Job Description

The Senior Software Engineer writes and maintains code within applications and systems to implement capabilities and features, improve performance and maintainability, while reducing technical debt in alignment with product and technology roadmaps. The Senior Software Engineer plays a role in Agile planning, providing advice and guidance, and monitoring emerging trends.

Key Responsibilities:

Works with Product Management to understand the challenges that customers and end users face in their day-to-day work and partner with them to design viable solutions.Recommends viable solutions to processes, technology, and interfaces that improve the effectiveness of the team and reduce technical debt.Foresees capacity requirements for component usage and identifies limitations.Provides input into story sizing, backlog grooming, and release planning.Contributes to product and solution designs to address critical issues and complex problems.Builds software applications across multiple platforms in response to the needs of stakeholders.Understands technical architecture and writes software and automated tests that are aligned with agreed upon standards.Performs trouble-shooting efforts and investigations when necessary.Provides ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products.Actively works with less experienced software engineers providing technical guidance and oversight.Actively participates in the engineering community, staying up to date on new software technologies and best practices and shares insights with others in the organization.

Skills

Ensure adherence to relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices.Design, code, test, correct and document programs and scripts from agreed specifications, and subsequent iterations, using agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result.Take part in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues' work.Establish standards and procedures across the technology service lifecycle (including the development lifecycle) in the areas of systems integration and testing and ensures that practitioners adhere to them.Manage application enhancements to improve business performance.Working experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, client-facing web applications, and major Internet-oriented applications and systemsWorking experience realizing applications from conception and design to implementation and supportManaging web hosted applications using a modern cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP)Strong analysis and troubleshooting skillsWorking experience with Agile application development practicesStrong data analysis skills and working experience with SQL and relational databases

Minimum Qualification:

BA/BS degree in related field and 4+ years of relevant experience; or MS w/ 2+ years' experience; or 8+ years an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
 

Preferred Qualification:

Working experience with cloud technologies: AWS, Azure, GCP.NET COREReact

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

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, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.