Senior Platform Engineer - VIN Decoder & Cloud Backend

ACV Auctions; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

ACV Auctions is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team, focusing on the VIN Decoder backend. The role emphasizes AWS/GCP, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Python development.

You will tackle challenging data engineering problems in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You will contribute to architectural decisions, design scalable systems, and ensure reliability and performance across multiple cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Python programming experience.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP).
• 5+ years with Terraform/Infrastructure as Code concepts.
• 5+ years working with CI/build tools.
• Experience architecting scalable, reliable systems from the ground up.
• Strong SQL query writing and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to multi-cloud infrastructure decisions and system architecture.
• Design and build scalable, reliable services with high performance and low maintenance.
• Integrate third-party APIs and authentication/authorization mechanisms.
• Develop and optimize data models, queries, indexes, and schemas.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable services.

Skills

Python

SQL

Cloud (AWS/GCP)

Terraform

CI/CD

Distributed systems

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

BigQuery

DataDog

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

ACV Auctions is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team, focusing on the VIN Decoder backend. The role emphasizes AWS/GCP, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Python development.

You will tackle challenging data engineering problems in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You will contribute to architectural decisions, design scalable systems, and ensure reliability and performance across multiple cloud platforms.