Senior Software Engineer

8117 - Dallas Technology Hub - 5830 Granite Parkway, Plano, Texas, 75024

CarMax, the way your career should be! 

About this job

At CarMax, we are industry disruptors. At the heart of our innovation is new digital products. Working on many different aspects of the customer experience, our Senior Engineers research and discover new opportunities and shape products to fulfill them. From inception to completion, you will develop tools and technology, learning quickly from our spirit of experimentation. You will have a direct impact on improving the performance of our business and ensuring customers can buy the vehicles they want in a way that is right for them!

What you will do – Essential Responsibilities

• Work with fellow associates to understand the real-life challenges of customers and discover what they need to move seamlessly between the online and in-person shopping experiences.
• Collaborate with colleagues in product design, product management and systems architecture to develop experimental solutions and bring great ideas to life.
• Market your innovative ideas internally and evolve them according to feedback and critique within an agile environment.
• Stay on top of industry trends and best practice to continuously improve what we do and ensure our customer experience is the best it can be.

Purpose of the role

It takes a passion for technology to develop ground-breaking products. Working collaboratively and creatively as part of a close-knit product team, you will be part of the development process from end to end: consulting users, carrying out experiments, tackling complex business problems and implementing new products. You can balance customer needs with business goals and know how to deliver technical solutions that enhance business value. Creative, curious, and highly analytical, you never stop learning and thrive on constant change in the digital marketplace.

Qualifications and Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Decision Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required and 5+ years of relevant work experience or
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Decision Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required and 3+ years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a software developer working with product teams.
• Working knowledge of programming languages/platforms such as C#, .NET, Azure, cloud-based SaaS, and PaaS solutions is preferred.
• Working knowledge of relational databases such as MS and SQL server are preferred.
• Experience with API design and integration is preferred.
• A degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Exceptional communication skills

  

Software Specific Qualifications and Requirements

Experience in the following required:

• Advanced Microsoft .NET (C#)
• ML Engineer - Python/Scala/R
• HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript
• JavaScript Frameworks (ReactJS)
• Responsive design
• W3C Standards
• Microsoft Azure
• Extract Transform Load (ETL)
• Security and Data Protection
• Data Storage Solutions
• Reusable Code and Libraries
• Server-Side Logic
• Database Schemas
• Data Migration and Scripting
• Authentication/Authorization
• Security Compliance
• Unit Testing

Experience in the following preferred:

• Endeca and other search technologies
• Microsoft SQL Server Scripting and Data Models
• W3C Standards
• API designs (REST & SOAP)
• Automated/Performance Testing
• Stateless/Sessions Design
• Distributed Servers
• Continuous Integration
• Web Server/IIS Configuration
• ML Engineer - Container Orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
• ML Engineer - Model Development and Deployment (MLFlow, Azure ML)
• ML Engineer – Data Science Libraries and Algorithms (TensorFlow, Scikit, PyTorch)

About CarMax

CarMax disrupted the auto industry by delivering the honest, transparent and high-integrity experience customers want and deserve. This innovative thinking around the way cars are bought and sold has helped us become the nation’s largest retailer of used cars, with over 200 locations nationwide.

Our amazing team of more than 25,000 associates work together to deliver iconic customer experiences. Along the way, we help every associate g