Lead Software Engineer
Cox AutomotiveResponsibilities
- Lead architectural and technical design decisions for features, services, and platforms.
- Break down epics and features into implementation plans, assign ownership, and review technical designs, code, and pull requests.
- Design, develop, test, and deploy full-stack web, mobile, cross-platform, and backend applications.
- Build scalable APIs and lead event-driven, serverless architectures on AWS.
- Implement infrastructure as code, deployment strategies, observability, automated testing, and monitoring.
- Drive root-cause analysis and resolution of complex production issues.
- Prototype product concepts with Claude, Amazon Bedrock, and other GenAI platforms, and establish team standards for AI-assisted development.
- Serve as the technical anchor for a small engineering team, mentoring engineers and partnering with Product Managers, Architects, and QA.
- Participate in rotational on-call duties outside standard business hours when required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of related experience, or alternative combinations including a master’s degree with 4 years, a Ph.D. with 1 year, or 18 years of related experience.
- Full-stack fluency across React and TypeScript, Flutter and Dart, and Python or Node.js.
- At least 2 years of hands-on AWS serverless experience with Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, and EventBridge.
- Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and serverless deployment patterns.
- Professional experience rapidly prototyping with AI or GenAI tools.
- Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring small engineering teams.
- Understanding of prompt engineering, context management, and AI tool limitations.
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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.