At Cox, we’re forward-thinking innovators who put people first. Our award-winning workplace culture is centered on inclusion and kindness, and we’re looking for people to join our mission to be a force for good in the world. Come build a better future with us across automotive, communications, the environment and more.

We want to do everything we can to keep our employees safe and healthy. Therefore, where permitted by applicable law, you will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be considered for this U.S.-based job. Reasonable accommodations for medical and religious objections will of course be considered.

Keep reading to learn more about this opportunity to join the Cox family of businesses.

As a Software Engineer II, you’ll work on one of our development teams, helping build and maintain applications in our Tenant, Imports, & Exports spaces. Our applications are written in .NET Framework and .NetCore which are hosted within IIS on Windows servers or in AWS.  We use New Relic, Splunk, and PagerDuty to monitor and alert on our platform. 

  

We own and are responsible for our applications from design, development, testing, deployment, and support.  Our infrastructure is a mix of on-prem and AWS, and we manage it using Terraform.  We use CI/CD best practices to develop, test, and deploy our applications.  We use a wide variety of AWS services, including but not limited to Elastic Beanstalk, Elastic Container Service, Lambdas, SQS, Dynamo DB, Terraform, and RDS to process a large volume of data, work with products and architects to learn, and apply those learnings to future product and technical development.  Our engineering organization supports addressing technical debt. In addition to working with product owners to prioritize and fix defects as necessary, we reserve one sprint a quarter to work on innovation.  This can include but is not limited to automating manual processes and code refactoring.  We have an annual Hackathon with winners going on to compete at a higher level within our parent company.  We have time reserved on the calendar annually to learn more about both internal and external products.  If you want to work on highly performant software running at scale in the cloud, with the ability to both learn new technologies and have an impact on our ability to succeed as a team, organization, and company, this job is for you. 

Technologies:   .NetCore, AWS (including but not limited to Elastic Beanstalk, Elastic Container Service, Lambdas, SQS, Dynamo DB, Terraform, and RDS), NewRelic, Splunk, K6, GitHub, Octopus, Resharper 

  

Your Role: 

Design, build, and support cloud-native applications that serve our digital marketing stakeholders 

Work with senior-level engineers on the team to implement patterns for our organization that deliver our software products at scale with observability, performance, and security 

Mentor junior-level engineers on best practices and standards 

Design and build service-oriented architecture solutions, constructing and managing services published to both internal and external consumers, and integrating with complex database and third-party components 

Engage with your agile delivery team to build a culture of passion, trust, and creativity 

Learn and leverage the automotive digital marketing domain to change the way the world buys, sells, and uses cars 

Qualifications:

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here permitted by applicable law, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be considered for this U.S. based job.  (Reasonable accommodations for medical and religious objections will be considered.) 

 BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related field or relevant experience.  Advanced technical degree and/or related training a plus. 

2+ years of multi-threaded server-side web application development experience 

What We Look For: 

Experience implementing applications with highly optimized and scalable architectures with an emphasis on .NetCore and AWS technologies 

Object-oriented design experience including applied use of design patterns 

Familiar with DevOps systems engineering experience such as performance troubleshooting, infrastructure as code, and building deployment pipelines 

Experience implementing automated tests, observability, monitoring, and alerting 

Ability to work independently, to design, develop, and deploy solutions, and to deliver projects on time with moderate direction 

Ability to collaborate with other developers and with software test engineers to build the best solution for the customer 

Database development skills including an understanding of database technologies and logical and physical data modeling 

Knowledge of agile development methodologies desired 

Knowledge of digital marketing is a plus 

aw, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to be considered for this U.S. based job.  (Reasonable accommodations for medical and religious objections will be considered.)

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education

1 – 5 years of working experience

Working experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, client-facing web applications, and major Internet-oriented applications and systems

Working experience realizing applications from conception and design, to implementation and support

Working experience in coding within multiple technology stacks (e.g. Front-end: browser and device typically using common client-side technologies – HTML, CSS, JavaScript; Back-end: server, application, database using languages like C# .NET, ReactJS, Microsoft SQL)

Working experience with application lifecycle methodologies (e.g. agile, iterative)

Working experience in analysis, design and programming with an understanding of SOLID Principles

Working experience with Microsoft SQL or PostgreSQL

Experience with AWS or similar cloud technologies

Who We Are

About Cox Automotive

There’s nothing ordinary about Cox Automotive. We are people of every background driven by our passion for mobility, innovation, client success and community outreach. We make buying, selling and owning (or simply using) cars easier for everyone. Touching more than 40,000 clients across five continents, we bring together the best brands and the best teams to propel the automotive industry forward. Some of those team members work for our iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, while others are creating the future of automotive at industry-facing brands like Dealer.com, Manheim and vAuto.

About Cox 

We are the Cox family of businesses. We’ve been making our mark since 1898 by building and evolving world-class businesses, staying true to our values, and encouraging top talent to always look for growth and impact while building a career with us.  Our primary divisions – Cox Communications and Cox Automotive – are driving a new wave of innovation, powering smart cities with powerhouse broadband communications and pioneering greener, more progressive transportation alternatives for individuals and fleet operators.  We’re also expanding into new spaces like cleantech and healthcare to rev up our momentum toward building a better future for the next generation.  We’re looking for the talent today who will be our leaders tomorrow. Sound intriguing? Learn more about where we are today, where we hope you’ll be going with us, and the common purpose that unites us at coxenterprises.com.

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).  For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page.

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.  Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.  

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