Cox Automotive is seeking a Software Engineer II to join their Manheim team to design, develop, and maintain application and system code to deliver new features, enhance performance, and improve maintainability, while reducing technical debt and aligning development efforts with product and technology roadmaps.
Requirements
- 2+ years’ experience with Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and relational/non-relational databases.
- 2+ years’ experience writing Unit and Integration tests to ensure service reliability and maintainability.
- 2+ years’ cloud experience, preferably with AWS (Azure or GCP also acceptable).
- Full-stack development experience with React and JavaScript.
- Python, DBT.
- Git, GitHub Actions, CI/CD Pipelines.
- Experience with middleware/messaging technologies (ActiveMQ, SQS, Kafka, Kinesis).
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve integration services in Java/Spring Boot, exposing well‑versioned REST APIs and consuming internal/partner services with strong error handling and backward compatibility.
- Design for resilience using timeouts/retries, idempotency, circuit-breaker patterns, and graceful degradation to protect downstream systems and SLAs.
- Operate services in AWS using managed capabilities such as ECS Fargate, Aurora, and OpenSearch to deliver scalable, cost-effective integration components.
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members to plan, develop, and deliver high-quality technical solutions within sprint timelines, ensuring alignment with project goals and business requirements.
- Participate in a rotating on-call schedule, diagnosing and resolving production issues with a sense of urgency and commitment to service reliability.
- Familiarity with or experience participating in test-driven development environments or cultures that prioritize iterative testing and feedback loops.
- Working knowledge of Agile or Lean principles, with hands-on experience in Agile ceremonies and delivery cycles preferred.
Other
- Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week
- No Travel %
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 2 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and up to 2 years’ experience; or 6 years’ experience in a related field
- To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.
- The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
