Software Engineer - AI-Driven Cloud APIs

CAR CarsArrive Network Inc; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401K with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

OPENLANE is seeking a Software Engineer to design and build scalable cloud-native APIs, modernize a greenfield system, and improve performance across the stack. You will work with frontend frameworks and AI-enhanced tooling to accelerate delivery and quality.

You will collaborate with product leaders and platform teams, owning components end-to-end with a focus on reliability and customer impact. A CS degree or equivalent experience is required, with 3+ years of relevant work.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of software principles, OOP, data structures and algorithms.
• 3+ years of experience building and supporting production software systems.
• Design-first, code-later attitude.
• Proficiency with TypeScript/JavaScript for Node.js runtime or browser environments.
• Experience with GraphQL, REST/JSON, and React.
• SQL Server, MySQL outside an ORM; Azure DevOps and pipelines.
• Strong Git experience: branching, merging, resolving conflicts, reverts, etc.
• Automated Testing (Unit, Integration) and familiarity with AI tooling.
• University degree or advanced diploma in software engineering or CS, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable cloud-native APIs to replace legacy systems.
• Contribute to front-end development and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with platform teams and product leaders across functions.
• Ensure reliability and production readiness of services.
• Apply AI tools to improve development speed and quality.

Job description

OPENLANE is seeking a Software Engineer to design and build scalable cloud-native APIs, modernize a greenfield system, and improve performance across the stack. You will work with frontend frameworks and AI-enhanced tooling to accelerate delivery and quality.

You will collaborate with product leaders and platform teams, owning components end-to-end with a focus on reliability and customer impact. A CS degree or equivalent experience is required, with 3+ years of relevant work.