Software Development Engineer (Kotlin) - Autolist
Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, CarGurus is the all-in-one platform that’s moving the entire car shopping journey online and guiding customers through each step. This includes everything from selling an old car to financing, purchasing, and delivering a new one. Today, millions of consumers visit cargurus.com each month, and more than 30,000 dealerships use our products. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, while empowering our Gurus with tools and resources to fuel their career growth. Our goal is to give all people—consumers, dealers, and our employees—the power to reach their destination.
Job Description
Role overview
As a core member of the Autolist Platform team, this Software Engineer will be responsible for developing APIs and associated backend services to support the Autolist native mobile and web client teams. This person will also work on platform upkeep tasks and provide support for the services the team owns.
What you'll do
Core Responsibilities:
- Work in close collaboration with cross-functional teams to plan and deliver on engineering projects
- Designing, implementing, and documenting APIs for use by other engineers
- Write clean, well-tested, and efficient code
- Iterate rapidly and deploy changes daily
- Collaborate with and be mentored by experienced engineers
What you'll bring
Must-Have Qualifications:
- 3- 5 years of API development experience
- Proficient with Kotlin
- Understanding of PostgreSQL or similar Relational Databases
- A strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and complexity analysis
- The ability to iterate and ship quickly
- Able to work across teams with both technical and non-technical partners.
- Willingness to work outside your comfort zones, to evaluate and work with new technologies.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications:
- Experience with Ruby
- Experience with API security design
- Experience with API performance analysis
- Experience with Elasticsearch
- Experience working with AWS infrastructure
Role overview
As a core member of the Autolist Platform team, this Software Engineer will be responsible for developing APIs and associated backend services to support the Autolist native mobile and web client teams. This person will also work on platform upkeep tasks and provide support for the services the team owns.
What you'll do
Core Responsibilities:
- Work in close collaboration with cross-functional teams to plan and deliver on engineering projects
- Designing, implementing, and documenting APIs for use by other engineers
- Write clean, well-tested, and efficient code
- Iterate rapidly and deploy changes daily
- Collaborate with and be mentored by experienced engineers
What you'll bring
Must-Have Qualifications:
- 3- 5 years of API development experience
- Proficient with Kotlin
- Understanding of PostgreSQL or similar Relational Databases
- A strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and complexity analysis
- The ability to iterate and ship quickly
- Able to work across teams with both technical and non-technical partners.
- Willingness to work outside your comfort zones, to evaluate and work with new technologies.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications:
- Experience with Ruby
- Experience with API security design
- Experience with API performance analysis
- Experience with Elasticsearch
- Experience working with AWS infrastructure
