Lead Software Engineer - 19999
Cox AutomotiveResponsibilities
- Lead technical design, architectural decisions, and implementation planning for features, services, or platforms.
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software across the technology stack.
- Review technical designs and code changes and ensure compliance with engineering, security, performance, and quality standards.
- Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex production issues while ensuring reliability, observability, and production readiness.
- Apply and evaluate AI-assisted tools for coding, testing, documentation, code review, refactoring, defect analysis, and operational efficiency.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance through code reviews, design sessions, and peer programming.
- Lead cloud-native and serverless architecture use, infrastructure health, cost optimization, security posture, CI/CD improvements, and production support readiness.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 4 years, a Ph.D. and 1 year, or 18 years of related experience.
- Strong experience designing and building web-based or distributed systems.
- Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Experience deploying applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud environments.
- Experience with Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools and integrating AI services or APIs into software systems.
- Ability to evaluate AI-generated output for correctness, security, and maintainability and understanding of prompt design, context management, data privacy, security, and ethical AI use.
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About Cox Automotive
Cox Automotive is the world’s largest automotive services and technology provider. Fueled by the largest breadth of first- and third-party data fed by 2.3 billion online interactions a year, Cox Automotive tailors leading solutions for car shoppers, auto manufacturers, dealers, lenders and fleets. The company has 29,000+ employees on four continents and a portfolio of industry-leading brands that include Autotrader®, Kelley Blue Book®, Manheim®, vAuto®, Dealertrack®, NextGear Capital™, CentralDispatch® and Cox Fleet®. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc., a privately owned, Atlanta-based company with $23 billion in annual revenue. Cox Automotive has been included on Glassdoor’s Best Companies in Tech & AI 2026 and Best Place to Work in 2026 lists.