Software Engineer III, ACVMax

Our software engineering teams operate on a few common principles, working on interesting and challenging problems, enabling autonomy to develop and deploy the best solutions, and being surrounded by great engineers and a warm culture. These tenets allow our engineering teams to have large business impact and product ownership, which is critical to ACV Auctions’ continual growth.

We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Software Developer to join our growing team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain software applications that solve real-world problems and enhance our products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Software Development

   • Design scalable, secure, cost-effective solutions.
   • Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
   • Develop, test, and deploy high quality software applications according to project requirements.
   • Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues in a timely manner.
   • Write Unit tests, load tests and build robust pipelines
   • Build Alerts and monitors to improve observability 

2. Collaboration and Teamwork

   • Work closely with product managers, designers, and other developers to understand and implement business requirements.
   • Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving team practices and standards.
   • Collaborate with QA teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.
   • Take ownership of your work and show initiative

3. Continuous Improvement

   • Stay updated with the latest technologies, tools, and industry trends.
   • Contribute to improving development processes, workflows, and team productivity.
   • Strive to improve automation and leverage available AI Tools to enhance productivity.
   • Suggest innovative ideas to enhance system performance and user experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of experience of relevant software development.
• Experience building enterprise responsive web apps using Preact / React framework.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Working knowledge of AWS Services like Lambdas, S3, EKS, CloudFront etc. 
• Some experience with API development in Node, Go, Python or other languages.
• Experience using monitoring tools like Datadog or New Relic
• Working knowledge of GraphQL APIs and platforms like Apollo or Hasura
• Experience with version control systems, automated testing, and CI / CD.
• Experience with Agile or Scrum methodologies is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.