Company:
OPENLANE
Location: Chicago
Closing Date: 05/12/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
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!
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!
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