Senior Platform Engineer - VIN Decoder & Cloud Backend

ACV Auctions

Buffalo (NY)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+
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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.

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