Software Engineer

Who We Are:

At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful.

• We're a technology company building the world's most advanced-and uncomplicated-digital marketplace for used vehicles.
• We're a data company helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use.
• And we're an innovation company accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Our Values:

Driven Waybuilders. We pursue challenges that inspire us to build, create, and innovate.

Relentless Curiosity. We seek to understand and improve our customers' experience.

Smart Risk-Taking. We transform risk into progress through data, experience, and intuition.

Fearless Ownership. We deliver what we promise and learn along the way.

We're Looking For:

We are seeking a Software Engineer with experience in building scalable, cloud-native APIs for a green field project. You will be involved in the design and development of a new system to replace our legacy system. In this role, you will have the opportunity to use your experience in application development, front-end JavaScript frameworks, and performance tuning. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience in relevant areas.

You Are:

• Detail-oriented. You will ensure the quality of the product through code reviews and a high level of unit and functional test coverage.
• Relentlessly Curious. You are constantly learning and seeking ways to improve yourself and the processes around you.
• Supportive. You enjoy mentoring and supporting other team members by conducting code reviews and applying your experience in process and technical leadership.
• Confident. You not only love to code, but you're also excellent at it!
• Business-oriented: Strong focus on understanding business objectives, requirements and logic.

You Will:

• Continuously work on designing and implementing backend architecture and APIs for a green field project
• Lead technical discussions on software architecture and testing to ensure that we do not compromise on quality and performance.
• Mentor other developers including peer programming, code reviews and documentation.

Must Have's:

• Strong understanding of software principles, OOP, data structures and algorithms
• Design first, code later attitude
• Passionate about technology and continues to learn
• React experience (intermediate level)
• TypeScript/JavaScript for Node.js runtime or Browsers
• PHP (intermediate level) and Framework experience, preferably Laravel
• PostgreSQL (Pl/pgSQL, Stored Procedures), MySQL, SQL outside an ORM
• AWS lambda, RDS, EventBridge, S3 and ability to pick up other services as needed
• Azure DevOps, GitHub, agile development, pipelines
• Strong git experience: branching, merging, resolving conflicts, reverts, etc.
• University degree or advanced diploma in a software engineering-related discipline, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have's:

• Serverless Framework
• Vite
• Esbuild
• Vue.js
• RabbitMQ and Pub/Sub pattern

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions (US) and FSA options (US)
• Immediately vested 401K (US) or RRSP (Canada) with company match
• Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time
• Paid maternity and paternity leave (US)
• Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D
• Robust Employee Assistance Program
• Employer paid Leap into Service Day to volunteer
• Tuition Reimbursement for eligible programs
• Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across a publicly traded, global organization
• Company culture of internal promotions, diverse career paths, and rapid advancement

Sound like a match? Apply Now - We can't wait to hear from you!

Compensation Range of
Annual Salary: $80,000.00 - $105,000.00
(Depending on experience, skill set, qualifications, and other relevant factors.)