Sr Software Engineer

Cox Communications • Overland Park, VT

15h • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Sr. Software Engineer on the Dealer.com team, you will design, build and support high-impact software solutions that power the automotive industry's leading digital marketing platform. You'll collaborate with talented engineers and AI agents, leveraging modern technologies and best practices to deliver scalable, reliable, and innovative products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline, and 4 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 2 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 16 years’ experience in a related field.
• 5–8 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing highly scalable, high-volume software systems and client-facing web applications.
• Familiarity with front end development practices and integration with back-end technologies (APIs / REST).
• Proficiency in multiple technology stacks (e.g., Java, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and familiarity with front end development practices and integration with back-end technologies (APIs / REST).
• Strong understanding of application lifecycle methodologies (Agile, iterative) and database technologies.
• Experience with AI-powered software development, prompt engineering, and collaborating with AI agents is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, microservices, and modern DevOps practices.
• Availability for rotational on-call duties outside of standard business hours may be required.

Nice To Haves

• Scrum Developer Certification or equivalent is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain robust software applications across multiple platforms, ensuring performance, maintainability, and alignment with product and technology roadmaps.
• Collaborate with Product Management and stakeholders to understand user challenges and design viable, high-quality solutions.
• Lead and participate in Agile planning, story sizing, backlog grooming, and release planning.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to peers and junior engineers, especially in AI-augmented development.
• Define and uphold coding standards, review practices, and ethical guidelines for AI use.
• Implement and support AI-powered features and pipelines, contributing to prompt engineering experimentation and sharing tool usage insights.
• Provide ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products, troubleshooting, and resolving complex issues as needed.
• Collaborate with AI agents throughout the software development lifecycle, providing contextual inputs to improve AI understanding and output quality.
• Implement and support AI-powered features and pipelines in our products.
• Contribute to prompt engineering experimentation and share insights on AI tool usage.
• Mentor and coach team members on AI-augmented development.

Benefits

• health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• retirement planning (401(k))
• paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO)
• flexible vacation with pay
• seven paid holidays
• up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually
• bereavement leave
• time off to vote
• jury duty leave
• volunteer time off
• military leave
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior