At Edmunds we’re driven to make car buying easier. Ever since we began publishing printed car guides in the 60’s, the company has been in the business of trust, innovating ways to empower and support car shoppers. When Edmunds launched the car industry’s first Internet site in 1994, we established a leadership position online and have never looked back. Now, as one of the most trusted review sites on the Internet, millions of visitors use our research, shopping and buying tools every month to make an easy and informed decision on their next car. For consumers, we bring peace of mind. For dealers, we make tools to help them solve their problems and sell more cars. How do we do it, you ask? The key ingredients are our enthusiastic employees, progressive company culture and cutting-edge technology. Want to join the team? Read on to find out how!
What You’re Applying For:
Edmunds is looking for a mid level software engineer to transform the way people buy cars. Buying a car can be a daunting process through which consumers begrudgingly go every five to six years. At Edmunds, we build tools to allow consumers to shop online and connect with dealers. You will work with a cross-functional team to create products that take the stress out of car buying.
What You’ll Do:
- Help customers complete more of the automotive transaction online by building deeper integrations with forward-looking dealers.
- Assure shoppers that they are getting a good deal by revamping the way we present pricing on our website.
- Streamline the way customers reach out to dealers through our platform by optimizing the performance of those pages.
- Research and evangelize modern Javascript best practices and client-side application design.
- Coordinate the development of front-end features from technical design to production deployment.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other software engineers.
What You Need:
- Demonstrated ability to see projects to completion
- Experience in building, unit testing, documenting, and refactoring client-side applications
- Familiarity with testing strategies, cross-browser compatibility, and client-side performance optimization
- Experience with Node.js is a plus
- Experience with React and isomorphic Javascript is a plus
- Experience designing and building APIs using REST, GraphQL, or gRPC is a plus
- Experience with a cloud platform such as AWS, GCP, or Azure is a plus
- Experience architecting multi-tier systems is a plus
- Experience designing data storage schemas is a plus
- Experience with RESTful microservices, GraphQL and serverless systems.
Why You Would Want This Job:
- You love building intuitive and elegant user interfaces.
- You want to make a real impact on the way people buy cars.
- You appreciate working with talented people in a variety of roles including software engineering, product management, and design
The compensation range for this position is $125,000 - $159,000 per year. The base pay will take into account internal equity as well as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. In addition, Edmunds offers full-time employees a comprehensive total rewards package including the benefits listed below.
Edmunds Perks:
- Flexible time off
- 13 Paid Holidays
- Comprehensive Health Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life and disability)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Employees) and Health Savings Accounts (Employee and Employer Contributions)
- 401K Plan with company matching at 100%, up to 6% of eligible salary with immediate vesting
- Stock purchase program
- CarMax vehicle discount
- Up to 4 months Paid Parental Leave
- HeartCash matches employee donations to the causes that are important to them
- 2 Days of Paid Time Off for time to dedicate to social impact causes
- FitCash covers a portion of gym or fitness activity fees
- Well-being sessions
- Employee Recognition Program
- On-going career development opportunities
- Pet insurance
- Sabbatical leave
- Education Reimbursement
- Pre-tax spending accounts for qualified transportation expenses
Working @ Edmunds.com:
Employees think it’s a pretty great place to work and some pretty impressive publications think it is too: we have been recognized as one of the best places to work by Fortune Magazine, Great Places to Work, LA Business Journal, Newsweek, Computerworld, Built in LA, Inc. Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week Magazine, and Architectural Record. We've also been identified as one of the best workplaces specifically in Technology, for Diversity and Asian Americans, and as a Newsweek Most Loved Workplace for LGBTQ+ employees. If you’re interested in learning more and joining our mission, we’d love to hear from you!
Edmunds will consider for employment qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws.
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Skills Required
- Demonstrated ability to see projects to completion
- Experience building, unit testing, documenting, and refactoring client-side applications
- Familiarity with testing strategies, cross-browser compatibility, and client-side performance optimization
- Experience with RESTful microservices, GraphQL and serverless systems
- Experience with Node.js
- Experience with React and isomorphic JavaScript
- Experience designing and building APIs using REST, GraphQL, or gRPC
- Experience with a cloud platform such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience architecting multi-tier systems
- Experience designing data storage schemas
What the Team is Saying
Edmunds Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match at 100% up to 6% of salary with immediate vesting is prominently offered, signaling strong long‑term financial support. This structure is consistently highlighted as a core element of the package.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple PPO/HMO options with Edmunds paying roughly 70–100% of medical premiums, along with dental, vision, and employer‑paid life/disability, indicate robust coverage. HSA/FSA options and mental‑health resources (EAP, Headspace) further reinforce overall health support.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of up to four months for primary caregivers and access to Kindbody fertility benefits underscore meaningful family support. Dependent‑care FSA availability adds practical help for caregiving costs.
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What We Do
At Edmunds, we make the car buying experience easier. By combining expert vehicle reviews and real-time consumer and automotive market insights with a suite of intuitive shopping tools, we empower millions of people to buy, sell, and price cars with total confidence. While we are an established leader in automotive tech, our company thrives on innovation and agility, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in a competitive industry to keep our customers and our culture at the forefront.
Why Work With Us
At Edmunds, we wrote the book on empowered car buying. Today, we're driving innovation to make the process easier for shoppers and dealers alike. We do it with data, but we're powered by people and their passion to evolve the car-shopping experience. So we trust our talent to shape our future and inspire them to shape their own.
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