AutoTrader.ca

Software Engineer - AutoSync

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18 days ago
Toronto, CanadaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, and implement scalable services and product features using PHP and Laravel.
  • Build and maintain frontend features using JavaScript and TypeScript.
  • Use AI tools for code generation, refactoring, testing, debugging, performance optimization, documentation, and architectural exploration.
  • Evaluate AI-generated outputs for correctness, security, maintainability, and architectural alignment.
  • Lead technical design discussions and contribute to system and API architecture decisions.
  • Own complex features from technical design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
  • Improve code quality, performance, reliability, security, automated test coverage, and observability.
  • Conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, and coach teammates on effective and responsible AI usage.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate business requirements into scalable solutions.
  • Contribute to AWS cloud infrastructure and services and participate in compensated on-call rotations.
  • Champion DevOps practices, CI/CD improvements, and long-term platform sustainability initiatives.

Requirements

  • 6-8 years of extensive professional experience in backend software development.
  • Strong expertise in PHP and Laravel.
  • Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript for modern frontend development.
  • Advanced proficiency using AI tools in day-to-day engineering work and the ability to validate, refine, and productionize AI-assisted outputs.
  • Experience improving team-level engineering practices and independently leading complex technical initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of API design, distributed systems, scalable architecture patterns, relational databases, and data models.
  • Experience with AWS or similar cloud environments and modern DevOps practices.
  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and ambiguity-navigation skills.
  • Experience participating in on-call rotations to support backend service reliability.
  • Bonus: experience integrating AI capabilities into production products, designing AI-enabled experiences or backend AI services, automotive or SaaS experience, Docker, Kubernetes, event-driven architectures, messaging systems, high-scale optimization, or multi-product platforms.
  • Bilingual English-French ability is considered an asset.

Benefits

  • Gym discounts, an Employee and Family Assistance program, and virtual wellness events are available from day one.
  • Conferences, training budgets, and regular internal training programs are provided.
  • Financial planning includes a 3% matching pension.
  • The role offers a competitive salary and annual bonus structure.
  • The position provides opportunities to influence architecture, technical direction, learning, and leadership growth.
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