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Autotrader.ca

Digital solutions for used-car dealers

Software Engineer - Autosync

Full-Stack EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeToronto, ON, CanadaIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Six to eight years of 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, including code generation, debugging, test automation, documentation, and architectural exploration.
  • Ability to validate, refine, and productionize AI-assisted outputs.
  • Experience improving team-level engineering practices.
  • Understanding of API design, distributed systems, and scalable architecture patterns.
  • Experience working with AWS or similar cloud environments.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
  • Experience designing and optimizing relational databases and data models.
  • Ability to independently lead complex technical initiatives.
  • Participation in compensated on-call rotations to ensure backend service reliability.

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, test creation, debugging, performance optimization, and documentation.
  • Evaluate AI-generated outputs for correctness, security, maintainability, and alignment with architectural standards.
  • Lead technical design discussions and contribute to system and API architecture decisions.
  • Own complex features end-to-end, from technical design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration.
  • Improve code quality, performance, reliability, and security.
  • Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with strong automated test coverage.
  • Conduct in-depth code reviews and mentor engineers through actionable feedback.
  • Coach teammates on effective and responsible AI usage in software engineering workflows.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • Contribute to AWS cloud infrastructure and services to ensure high availability and operational excellence.
  • Participate in compensated on-call rotations to ensure platform reliability.
  • Champion DevOps best practices, CI/CD improvements, and observability standards.
  • Identify and lead technical initiatives that improve long-term platform sustainability.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience integrating AI capabilities into production products, such as large language model integrations, AI-driven features, or intelligent workflows.
  • Experience designing AI-enabled user experiences or backend AI services.
  • Experience in automotive, dealer software, or SaaS platforms.
  • Experience with containerization using Docker or Kubernetes.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems.
  • Experience in performance tuning and high-scale system optimization.
  • Experience working in multi-product platform environments.
  • Bilingual English and French is considered an asset.

About the Company

Autotrader.ca

Digital solutions for used-car dealers

Autotrader.ca provides a set of digital tools for used-car dealers to grow online sales, including marketplace listings, web solutions, inventory management, web analytics, and conversion tools, all accessible via a subscription with optional premium listings on autoTRADER.ca for extra exposure. Dealers subscribe, upload inventory, publish listings, monitor visitor data, and use conversion features within a single platform to turn traffic into leads and sales. The platform differentiates itself with an integrated end-to-end suite of dealer tools plus strong marketplace exposure and practical support, all designed to keep tools simple and measurable. The goal is to help dealers attract more customers, manage inventory more efficiently, and increase sales in a competitive digital automotive market.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Acquired
Total funding
$2.3B
Headquarters
Toronto, Canada
Founded
1975

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