Senior Software Engineer

8116 - Midtown Office - 2220 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23220

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!

BRIEF POSITION SUMMARY:

At CarMax, we want to disrupt our industry by empowering customers to buy a car on their own terms. As a Senior Engineer on the Auction Merchandising team, you will be part of a dynamic team that is modernizing our pre-auction experience for associates and customers.

About the position

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will be part of a team focused on expanding the enterprise level capabilities for our B2B customer and associate experience. Your experience building resilient, scalable services coupled with expertise using API’s and cloud native technologies will help craft innovative solutions to meet our business goals. As a senior engineer, you will work on our product team alongside our product manager, solutions architect, and other engineers to design, build and implement web experiences and backend services/applications.

What you will do – Essential responsibilities

• Design and develop web experiences, services & applications using a variety of technologies. Technologies include React, TypeScript, JavaScript, .NET (C#), cloud-based PaaS / IaaS/ CaaS, third party solutions, API gateways, enterprise service bus and messaging middleware platforms.
• Develop Azure cloud solutions using services, functions, and other key cloud platform components.
• Implement design systems, reusable components, and ensure consistency across the application.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code while adhering to best practices.
• Implement continuous integration and DevOps practices, including automated testing.
• Develop industry leading monitoring and alerting solutions.
• Conduct code reviews, pair programming, and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team by providing constructive feedback to peers.
• Mentor junior engineers, offering technical guidance and leadership when needed, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Create technical and support artifacts for applications and integrations.
• Participate in after-hours on-call support rotation as the support expert for team owned platforms and applications.

Qualifications and requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required.
• 5+ years of full stack application development experience required.
• Strong intra-team and cross-team collaboration skills, ability to learn quickly, excellent written and spoken communication required.
• Experience with Micro Frontend architectures leveraging module federation preferred.
• Experience with API design and development required; and experience with domain-driven design strongly preferred.
• Hands on programming using React, C# .Net and Azure required.
• Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and modern styling approaches (e.g., SASS, CSS Modules, Styled Components, Material UI).
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases, SQL and NoSQL knowledge required.
• Experience integrating cloud-based technologies and solutions required.
• Experiencing scripting Infrastructure as code in a CI/CD pipeline required.
• Knowledge of JSON and XML concepts, frameworks, and standards, required.
• Familiarity with publish-subscribe architecture concepts and enterprise everting required.
• Experience working with Agile and DevOps methodologies preferred.
• 5+ years of technology experience in a business environment preferred.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work collaboratively in a team.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for creating excellent user experiences.

Experience in the following

• React 18, TypeScript required.
• Microsoft .NET (C#) required.
• Microsoft Azure or similar cloud technologies required.
• REST API design required.
• Knowledge of SQL Server relational databases required.
• Knowledge