AWS Sr Software Engineer

Cox Automotive is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our agile development team in Atlanta, GA. This role is ideal for a curious, adaptable engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys working across the stack, and is excited to explore emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) to help drive the next generation of our core products.

As a senior team member, you will drive technical excellence, mentor junior engineers, and champion best practices in cloud-native, Dev Ops-focused software engineering. You'll work in a collaborative, cross-functional Agile environment using Scrum or Kanban, partnering closely with product owners, QA engineers, and other teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy robust, scalable software solutions that meet user story requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Write and maintain unit, integration, and automated tests to ensure software quality and reliability.
• Support functional testing efforts for applications, modules, or new features.
• Troubleshoot and resolve software defects and production issues.
• Break down epics and stories into technical tasks and provide accurate estimates.
• Build expertise in the applications, systems, and services you support.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies and collaborate within a cross-functional team.
• Effectively document your work and share knowledge with the team.
• Monitor and manage cloud infrastructure (cost, performance, security) within AWS.
• Enhance infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines to improve performance, security, and deployment cycles.
• Stay current on new tools, technologies, and trends relevant to your technical domain.
• Explore and incorporate AI capabilities to improve code quality, deployment processes, and innovation within our engineering practice.
• Mentor and support junior and mid-level engineers through technical guidance and peer programming.

Senior-Software Level Expectations

• Mentorship & Leadership: Provide technical mentorship on design patterns, code quality, and career growth.
• Ownership & Initiative: Take full ownership of features or systems; proactively identify and solve problems.
• Continuous Learning: Stay up to date with advancements in cloud computing, Dev Ops, AI, and software best practices.
• Adaptability: Thrive in dynamic environments and pivot easily when priorities shift.
• Collaboration & Communication: Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Decision-Making: Influence architectural decisions and contribute to the long-term technical strategy.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 2 years' experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 8 years' experience in a related field
• 4+ years hands-on building and running systems in AWS in production.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, presentation, and collaborative skills to work effectively with teams throughout organization
• AWS-specific background: (Significant hands-on experience with several of:
  Compute: EC2, EKS, Lambda Storage & Data: S3, RDS, Dynamo
  
  DB, Elasti Cache, Aurora Networking & Edge: VPC, ALB/NLB, Route 53, Cloud Front, API Gateway Messaging & Integration: SQS, SNS, Event Bridge, Kinesis Observability & Management:
  Cloud Watch, X-Ray, Cloud Trail, Config
• Proven track record designing at least one mission-critical system on AWS (large scale, high availability, or stringent security).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or familiarity with development using Dart and the Flutter framework.
• AWS certifications (Developer, Solutions Architect, or Dev Ops) highly preferred.
• Experience working with AI technologies or strong curiosity to incorporate AI into development.

Technology We Use

• Languages: JavaScript, Dart and Flutter, Pega, SQL
• Cloud & Dev Ops: AWS Lambda, EKS/EC2, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, Cloud Formation, Docker, Git, CDK, Terra Form
• Databases: Dynamo
  
  DB, AuroraDB
• Tools & Practices: CoPilot, VS, Agile (Scrum/Kanban/SAFE), Dev Ops, CI/CD
• Special Focus: Serverless architecture

USD  -  per year

Compensation:

Compensation includes a base salary of $ - $. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Benefits:

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental…