Lead Software Engineer - Data Engineering & Platform
About The Position
Cox Automotive is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for its AI & Data Delivery Platform organization. The role leads the design, development, and evolution of scalable data pipelines, data products, and platform capabilities, and provides technical and architectural guidance for cloud-native data platforms and services. The engineer collaborates with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Data Science teams to define technical strategy and deliver reliable, high-performance data solutions. The position promotes engineering excellence through mentoring, design patterns, standards, and best practices. It also drives platform modernization, including self-service workflows, containerized execution models, and AI-enabled data capabilities. The work spans the software development lifecycle, from architecture and design through CI/CD operations, and includes learning and applying knowledge of the automotive digital marketing domain. Rotational on-call duties outside standard business hours may be required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 6 years of experience in a related field; alternatively, a master’s degree and 4 years of experience, a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience, or 18 years of experience in a related field.
- 7 or more years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or related technical fields.
- Experience leading the design and implementation of enterprise-scale data platforms and distributed systems.
- Strong experience with cloud-based application development, support, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
- Advanced object-oriented design experience, including applied use of design patterns and architectural best practices.
- Ability to lead technical initiatives, influence engineering direction, and drive projects to successful completion.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills and ability to work across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Extensive database development skills, including data warehousing, data modeling, database technologies, and performance optimization.
- Experience mentoring engineers and conducting design reviews to uphold engineering quality standards.
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship; OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT, and visa sponsorship are not available.
- Availability for rotational on-call duties outside standard business hours may be required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting AI/ML workflows, feature engineering, and data preparation for model training and inference.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools, such as Claude Code, agentic coding, codebase analysis, refactoring, or implementation support, to improve engineering productivity.
- Familiarity with vector databases, LLM integration, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or prompt engineering.
- Understanding of MLOps practices, model deployment pipelines, and cloud-based AI infrastructure.
- Experience implementing data lineage, impact analysis, observability, or AI-driven data quality solutions.
- Commitment to ethical AI practices, responsible AI governance, and enterprise data governance standards.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable data pipelines, data products, and platform capabilities.
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Data Science teams to define technical strategy and deliver high-quality data solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance for cloud-native data platforms and services.
- Mentor engineers and promote technical excellence, innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Establish and enforce engineering standards, design patterns, and best practices across the team.
- Drive platform modernization, including self-service workflows, containerized execution models, and AI-enabled data capabilities.
- Learn and leverage the automotive digital marketing domain.
Benefits
- Flexible paid vacation
- Seven paid holidays
- Up to 160 hours of paid wellness time annually for the employee’s or family members’ wellness
- Bereavement leave
- Time off to vote
- Jury duty leave
- Volunteer time off
- Military leave
- Parental leave
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance may be offered
- 401(k) retirement planning may be offered
- Paid sick leave may be offered
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
