Job Description

Employment Type: Full-time

Company Overview: Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, our mission is to simplify every aspect of car buying and selling. We strive to connect the automotive industry with streamlined, tierless technology to enhance, measure, and drive local automotive retail. Our portfolio includes:

• Cars.com: The No. 1 most recognized marketplace.
• Dealer Inspire: Industry-leading digital experience solutions.
• AccuTrade: Trade and appraisal technology.
• Dealerclub: A reputation-based digital wholesale auction marketplace.
• Cars Commerce Media Network: Our new media network.

Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.

Our Values:

We foster a collaborative environment where we Rise Together, putting people at the center of our operations. Our core values include:

• Open to All: Encouraging open-minded communication and valuing diverse thinking.
• Caring to Challenge: Fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment.
• Taking Ownership: Acting today with tomorrow in mind.
• Doing the Right Thing: Upholding integrity, even when it's difficult.

As a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024, we are committed to an exceptional employee experience.

Note: This is a unique 100% remote job opportunity that may require onsite interviews.

About the Role: Senior Software Engineer, Customer Platform

Join us in shaping the future of Automotive Commerce. Cars Commerce develops solutions for automotive dealerships, manufacturers, and consumers, aiming to deliver a single platform that simplifies the car buying and selling process. The Platform and Core Services organization builds foundational capabilities that enable speed, consistency, and innovation across our product portfolio.

Our Platform Core Services team is undergoing a transformation to build innovative and integrated services that redefine value delivery. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Customer Platform team, you will play a key role in reimagining customer-facing tooling across our products. You will contribute to a comprehensive technical strategy focused on simplifying and automating these processes, driving meaningful and impactful changes at scale within the automotive industry.

We are looking for candidates with expertise in building highly available, scalable, and flexible systems, with a passion for well-designed APIs and services that prioritize developer ergonomics, observability, and security. This role will drive the development of core capabilities used across the Cars Commerce platform and experiences. You will collaborate across teams to design, develop, and enhance core APIs and events related to customer account data, entitlements, product feature configuration, and centralized user management, supporting our products and services at scale.

About You:

You are an experienced, results-driven software engineer who excels at building scalable and reliable backend systems. You possess a strong foundation in designing and developing API-based services capable of handling high traffic volumes while ensuring performance, security, and maintainability. You understand software architecture and engineering best practices and are adept at making technical decisions that balance speed and quality.

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