CarMax

Principal Engineer, Cloud

CarMax
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Dallas, TX, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$136k - $204k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop self-service capabilities and automation tools to accelerate delivery and improve operational efficiency.
  • Design, build, and evolve scalable, reliable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms.
  • Collaborate with engineering, architecture, product management, and other cross-functional teams to turn ideas into practical solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance while driving continuous improvement and agile practices.
  • Consult with internal stakeholders to evolve cloud platforms and optimize performance.
  • Design and deploy resilient cloud architectures and manage CI/CD pipelines.
  • Apply cloud engineering best practices across networking, storage, virtualization, access control, and hybrid environments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience with 7+ years in technology roles.
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience building cloud infrastructure, with Azure preferred and AWS or Google Cloud considered.
  • 3+ years of scripting or coding experience using Python, PowerShell, or similar languages.
  • Expertise with on-premises Kubernetes.
  • Proven ability to design and develop AI agents for infrastructure.
  • Expertise in cloud networking, storage, virtualization, access control, and hybrid environments.
  • Experience designing and deploying resilient cloud architectures and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps or TeamCity.
  • Strong leadership skills, including mentoring teams and driving cross-functional initiatives.
  • Passion for automation and eliminating manual processes to improve efficiency and scalability.

Benefits

  • Paid sick, vacation, holiday, bereavement, jury duty, and floating holiday time, subject to applicable employment classification and policies.
  • Full-time hourly or commission/incentive-eligible associates can earn up to 48 hours of sick time annually and 80–200 hours of vacation annually after a 90-day waiting period, depending on tenure.
  • Full-time salaried associates receive paid time away as needed for sick leave, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, holidays, and floating holidays, subject to manager approval.
  • The role is onsite four days per week in Richmond, Virginia, or two days per week in Plano, Texas.

Tech Stack

AWSAzureGoogle CloudKubernetesPowerShellPythonTeamCity

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CarMax

About CarMax

10,000+ employees

CarMax is the largest U.S. retailer of used cars, selling and buying vehicles through a nationwide store network and an online platform for consumers. It also provides in-house financing and runs wholesale auctions for dealers. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, CarMax is a public company (NYSE: KMX) whose business model centers on vehicle sales, trade-ins, and related services such as appraisals, warranties, and home delivery in many markets.

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