Senior Software Engineer
Cox AutomotiveResponsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performing software across the full technology stack.
- Translate business and functional requirements into technical specifications covering APIs, contracts, workflows, and data models.
- Own end-to-end delivery of features or services and break specifications into actionable, estimable tasks.
- Write and maintain automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests while ensuring code quality and adherence to specifications.
- Troubleshoot production issues, identify risks and dependencies, and improve performance and reliability.
- Use AI-assisted tools for code generation, test creation, debugging, documentation, and prompt engineering.
- Validate and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, security, and maintainability.
- Drive spec-driven or contract-first development and ensure implementations satisfy defined acceptance criteria.
- Collaborate with Product, QA, Architecture, and Engineering teams on design discussions and technical decisions.
- Contribute to engineering standards and best practices and mentor junior engineers through code reviews and guidance.
Requirements
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship; OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT, and visa sponsorship are not accepted.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and 4+ years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 2+ years of experience, or a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience, or 18+ years of directly relevant experience.
- Strong proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, Python, or .NET.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and distributed systems.
- Understanding of system design, APIs, and data models.
- Experience with automated testing and CI/CD practices.
- Experience with spec-driven or contract-first development and defining technical specifications.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools and safely validating AI-generated outputs.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with large-scale or mission-critical systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, AI capabilities such as LLM APIs, search, or recommendations, workflow automation, debugging, and performance tuning.
Benefits
- In-office work is required three days per week.
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.