The Team
We are responsible for creating and operating solutions for the data needs of all of Cox Automotive as part of the Cox Automotive Data Solutions Group. Our specific domain is Market Intelligence. We make products that make it easier to correctly list, advertise, and represent vehicles online. We enjoy collaborative software design sessions and writing fault tolerant Python based solutions, centralizing data repositories with APIs and working across the Cox Automotive footprint.
The Role
You will work on creating products which deliver data to business units across Cox Automotive such as Kelly Blue Book, Autotrader, and Manheim Auto Auctions. These include APIs with traffic in the hundreds to a few thousand requests per second and processes to produce data sets for export.
As a Software Engineer at Cox Automotive you will:
- Build solutions primarily using AWS technologies and offerings including SNS and SQS, S3, Lambda Functions, Athena, Aurora, Glue, and Firehose.
- Have end to end ownership of solutions, from participation in clarifying requirements to collaborating on architectural design, technical documentation, programming, manual and automated testing, building, deploying, validating, monitoring, and after-hours rotating operational support.
- Take an active role in identifying and prioritizing opportunities for investment in the technical, non-functional requirements of the system.
- Participate in evaluations of new technologies, platforms, frameworks, and techniques, collaborating with your peers to help shape the direction of the engineering group.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline and up to 2 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could have a different combination, such as 4 years' experience in a related field
- Experience with:
- Python
- RDMS experience:
- CRUD
- Performance
- Schema design
- Exposure to managing versioning and branching for project code
- CI/CD pipeline delivery and pipeline automation experience
- Exposure to lean methodologies
- Public speaking skills
- Exposure to Terraform, Ansible, and patterns of Infrastructure as Code
- Exposure to non-relational data stores, especially Elasticsearch and DynamoDB
- Exposure to monitoring solutions like Datadog or New Relic
- Exposure to developing test coverage for applications
- Exposure to Git and branching patterns
What We Look For
- Openness to feedback and ability to creatively adapt multiple ideas into a solution
- Ability to take direction at the level of problems to solve and provide options and direction on potential solutions
- Analytical skills and the ability to break complex and challenging problems and defects down until they become actionable
- Familiarity with producing technical writing including high and low level diagramming techniques
- A desire to succeed as a team and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and growth including:
- Collaboration
- Sharing knowledge
USD 72,200.00 - 108,200.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary of $72,200.00 - $108,200.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
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For well over a century, Cox Enterprises has been shaping the future with daring ideas and values-driven thinking.
Since our founding in 1898, our relentless spirit of innovation has driven us to disrupt industries and enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve. Through our major divisions — Cox Communications, Cox Automotive and Cox Farms — our people have countless opportunities to grow and make an impact in the communications and automotive industries, as well as in new ventures in agriculture, cleantech, digital media and more.
As a privately-held, family-owned business, we know that people are our most valuable asset. We offer a supportive and inclusive environment with flexible career growth, amazing benefits and work-life balance at the forefront.
Our mission, our ways of working and our commitment to people are what make our workplace culture remarkably flexible and resilient. Join us to build a better future and make your mark.
Why Work With Us
At our core, Cox is a technology company that values human relationships. We know people feel most empowered when their work has meaning, when they feel respected and have opportunities to grow. “Career satisfaction” is not enough at Cox — we’re here to help you find balance, live well and achieve your career goals even as they change over time.
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