Engineering Apex

Carvana; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Carvana’s Apex program invites early-career software engineers to join a growth-focused cohort in the United States. The program emphasizes building scalable, elite code across cloud services (Azure), real-time streaming (Kafka), and container orchestration (Kubernetes).

Candidates will walk through AI-enhanced projects, share how they approached problems, and demonstrate their prompt engineering and documentation skills.

Qualifications

• Experience: 0–3 years of software development experience.
• Tech Stack: Proficiency in C# / .NET Core (GraphQL/RESTful via Web API) and Azure services OR JavaScript / TypeScript (React Hooks, Next.js, Nx).
• Fundamentals: Strong skills in unit testing, debugging, and API integrations.
• Mindset: A positive attitude, a willingness to be flexible, and a deep hunger to learn.

Job description

Learn more about Carvana Apex for early career opportunities here:

Accelerate Your Career!

Explore the Product Apex applicationhere.

Before you proceed to the application, please prepare your 3–5 minute "Apex Pitch" video. See examples from current Carvana employees here.

Your video should be a short walkthrough of what led you to apply and how you went about solving a specific problem using technology. We don’t expect high production value, we just want the real you.

Please address these three areas:

1. The "Why": Why Carvana, and why join us at this specific moment?
2. The Track: Why is Software Engineering the right fit for your skills?
3. The Build: Walk us through an AI-drivenapplication or solution you’ve personally built. It can be any project—personal, for school, an internship, etc.

• Show us what you built and explain the thought-process behind specific decisions you made along the way.
• Detail exactly how AI played a role in building it—planning, writing code, etc.
• Use a screen-recording tool and walk us through your prompt creation, documentation, code, or other specific artifacts while you discuss.
• We are interested in your creative process and problem-solving steps rather than a product demonstration.

How to Record & Share

You can use any tool you like, but our favorites for tech demos allow us to see your face and your screen while you share:

• Loom (Recommended): Great for "picture-in-picture" recordings of you and your screen.
• Camtasia or Clipchamp: Best if you want to edit multiple takes together.
• Zoom: Use “shared screen with speaker view.”

Ensure your video is uploaded to a cloud service such as YouTube or Google Drive and set to "Public,” Unlisted,” or "Anyone with the link can view." Test your link in an Incognito or Private browser window before submitting to make sure we can see it.

About Us and the Apex Program

Carvana is the fastest-growing used auto retailer in U.S. history. Our technology teams are the engine behind:

• Next-Gen E-commerce: End-to-end platforms for buying and selling cars via Carvana.com and our mobile apps.
• AI-Driven Support: Proprietary CRM and AI tools managing chat, email, SMS, and voice.
• Computer Vision: 360° photography and interactive merchandising using cutting-edge AI.
• Advanced Fintech: The world’s most sophisticated, self-service automotive lending platform.
• Logistics & Robotics: Managing a nationwide fleet and enterprise-grade automation for the largest reconditioning facilities in the US.
• AI Developer Experience: Early adoption of AI tools to optimize our own developer efficiency.

What you’ll experience and deliver as part of our inaugural cohort

• Contribute to Scale: Own medium-to-large projects with cross-functional impact.
• Write Elite Code: Develop scalable, testable, and modularized solutions.
• Master the Stack: Work with cloud systems (Azure), Kafka for real‑time streaming, and Kubernetes for scaling.
• Collaborate: Use Agile methodologies to design new features alongside Product and Design. You will be part of a cohort that learns together, and also part of a core team of experienced developers.
• Stay Ahead: Explore new technologies and approaches to bring Carvana’s engineering to the next level.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Experience: 0–3 years of software development experience.
• Tech Stack: Proficiency in C# / .NET Core (GraphQL/RESTful via Web API) and Azure services OR JavaScript / TypeScript (React Hooks, Next.js, Nx).
• Fundamentals: Strong skills in unit testing, debugging, and API integrations.
• Mindset: A positive attitude, a willingness to be flexible, and a deep hunger to learn.

Legal stuff

Hiring is contingent on passing a complete background check. This role is eligible for visa sponsorship.

Carvana is an equal employment opportunity employer. All applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Carvana also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.