AutoTrader.ca
digital automotive solutions
SoftwareEngineeringExpert
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“Software Engineering Expert at AutoTrader.ca. Skills: engineering technical leadership, architectural direction, technical mentorship, AI innovation, site reliability engineering. Provide architectural direction and technical mentorship across our applications. Be hands-on as an individual contributor”
What You'll Achieve.
delivering meaningful product impact; building high-performing systems; creating solutions our customers genuinely value; improve efficiency for yourself and teams; drive innovation and streamline development processes; achieve the goals of the projects; improve in how teams work; advance AutoScout24's mission; directly influences millions of users' experiences; define the future of our engineering organization
Industry & Context.
Challenging designs when necessary to ensure scalability, quality, and long-term maintainability; debugging
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of engineering technical leadership experience, Demonstrated success delivering complex software products in collaborative environments, Proven experience integrating AI-driven solutions into daily work — such as code generation, debugging, reviews, documentation, and decision support—to improve efficiency for yourself and teams, experience building highly scalable public facing web based applications, technical background with expertise in language agnostic full-stack development, Experience with cloud infrastructure management (AWS preferred) and modern software architecture patterns, Exceptional communication skills with ability to adapt your approach across technical and non-technical audiences, Experience fostering inclusive team cultures that embrace diverse perspectives and working styles, Data-driven decision-making abilities balanced with empathetic leadership
Nice to Have
AWS preferred
What You'll Do.
Provide architectural direction and technical mentorship across our applications
Be hands-on as an individual contributor
Guide multiple teams to ensure technical and architectural solutions appropriately address requirements
Challenge designs when necessary to ensure scalability
and long-term maintainability
Ensure that project goals
and specifications are complete
and aligned with intended business outcomes
Define and optimize solution architecture to achieve project goals and adhere to architectural patterns
Bring AI driven efficiency improvements to the team
Improve how teams work
Lead in the AI domain to help teams grow skills and modernize the SDLC
Ensure technical decisions enforce site reliability engineering best practices
Establish and track meaningful SLOs
Develop proactive monitoring systems
Ensure incidents lead to learning opportunities
Maintain data quality across domains
Connect team initiatives to company objectives
Participate in cross-functional planning
Translate business strategy into actionable engineering work
Help teams understand how their contributions advance AutoScout24's mission
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Lead the engineering vision within multiple cross-functional teams of full-stack engineers; Foster an environment of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning; Deliver complex software products in collaborative environments; Collaborate with cross-functional teams; Adapt approach across technical and non-technical audiences; Foster inclusive team cultures that embrace diverse perspectives and working styles
Communication Scope
Exceptional communication skills with ability to adapt your approach across technical and non-technical audiences
Process & Methodology
Ensure that project goals, scope, product requirements, and specifications are complete, coherent, and aligned with intended business outcomes, Translate business strategy into actionable engineering work
Full Job Description
We are TRADER, a Canadian leader in digital automotive solutions. Our flagship brands — AutoTrader.ca, AutoSync, Dealertrack Canada and CMS — help Canadians buy, sell, and finance vehicles with confidence. As part of AutoScout24 group, Europe’s largest online car marketplace, we’re shaping the future of automotive retail in Canada and beyond. Learn more at tradercorporation.com. This role will be within the AutoSync team. AutoSync supports over 3,500 dealerships nationwide, delivering cutting-edge software tools to simplify operations, boost marketing, and drive sales. Role: Software Engineering Expert Location: Toronto, ON, Canada The Opportunity Are you passionate about growing people, scaling engineering teams, and delivering meaningful product impact? At AutoScout24, we're seeking an Engineering Expert who excels at building high-performing systems and creating solutions our customers genuinely value. You'll lead the engineering vision within multiple cross-functional teams of full-stack engineers, fostering an environment of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. What You'll Do Engineering Technical Leadership: Provide architectural direction and technical mentorship across our applications. Being both hands as an individual contributor and over-arching guiding multiple teams to ensure technical and architectural solutions appropriately address requirements. Challenging designs when necessary to ensure scalability, quality, and long-term maintainability. Product Delivery: Ensure that project goals, scope, product requirements, and specifications are complete, coherent, and aligned with intended business outcomes. Ensure solution architecture is defined, highly optimized to achieve the goals of the projects and adhering to the architectural patterns we want to enforce. AI Innovator: Bringing AI driven efficiency improvements to the team and helping pave the way to improve in how teams work. Being a leader in this new domain to help your team grow th
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