Software Engineer

Who We Are:

At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful.

We’re a technology company building the world’s most advanced—and uncomplicated—digital marketplace for used vehicles.

We’re a data company helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use.

And we’re an innovation company accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Our Values:

Driven Waybuilders. We pursue challenges that inspire us to build, create, and innovate.

Relentless Curiosity. We seek to understand and improve our customers’ experience.

Smart Risk-Taking. We transform risk into progress through data, experience, and intuition.

Fearless Ownership. We deliver what we promise and learn along the way.

We’re Looking For:

We are seeking a Software Engineer with experience in building scalable, cloud-native APIs for a green field project. You will be involved in the design and development of a new system to replace our legacy system. In this role, you will have the opportunity to use your experience in application development, front-end JavaScript frameworks, and performance tuning. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience in relevant areas.

You Are:

Detail-oriented. You will ensure the quality of the product through code reviews and a high level of unit and functional test coverage.

Relentlessly Curious. You are constantly learning and seeking ways to improve yourself and the processes around you.

Supportive. You enjoy mentoring and supporting other team members by conducting code reviews and applying your experience in process and technical leadership.

Confident. You not only love to code, but you're also excellent at it!

Business-oriented: Strong focus on understanding business objectives, requirements and logic.

You Will:

Continuously work on designing and implementing backend architecture and APIs for a green field project

Lead technical discussions on software architecture and testing to ensure that we do not compromise on quality and performance.

Mentor other developers including peer programming, code reviews and documentation.

Must Have’s:

Strong understanding of software principles, OOP, data structures and algorithms

Design first, code later attitude

Passionate about technology and continues to learn

React experience (intermediate level)

TypeScript/JavaScript for Node.js runtime or Browsers

PHP (intermediate level) and Framework experience, preferably Laravel

PostgreSQL (Pl/pgSQL, Stored Procedures), MySQL, SQL outside an ORM

AWS lambda, RDS, EventBridge, S3 and ability to pick up other services as needed

Azure DevOps, GitHub, agile development, pipelines

Strong git experience: branching, merging, resolving conflicts, reverts, etc.

University degree or advanced diploma in a software engineering-related discipline, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have’s:

Serverless Framework

Vite

Esbuild

Vue.js

RabbitMQ and Pub/Sub pattern

What We Offer:

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions (US) and FSA options (US)

Immediately vested 401K (US) or RRSP (Canada) with company match

Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time

Paid maternity and paternity leave (US)

Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D

Robust Employee Assistance Program

Employer paid Leap into Service Day to volunteer

Tuition Reimbursement for eligible programs

Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across a publicly traded, global organization

Company culture of internal promotions, diverse career paths, and rapid advancement

Sound like a match? Apply Now - We can't wait to hear from you!

Compensation Range ofAnnual Salary: $80,000.00 - $105,000.00

(Depending on experience, skill set, qualifications, and other relevant factors.)

R-249840

Remote/Remotely/Tele/Telecommute/From home