Sr Software Engineer

This Sonic Automotive DUCKS team is responsible for developing solutions that provide and act upon analytics insights, along with other projects. Our team delivers value across three main efforts: building out Sonic’s proprietary Digital Appraisal Platform, integrating a modern inventory pricing solution, and productionalizing data-driven operational strategies. The Sr Software Engineer will work within a team of developers, data engineers, data scientists, and analysts; requiring a fast learner as we are constantly expanding the types of technologies used within the group. We need someone who enjoys owning complicated problems and working with other team members to achieve solutions.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead a development effort designing and enhancing large scale applications
• Develop and update RESTful APIs, serverless functions and associated libraries (FastAPI) / classes and data sources
• Participate fully in agile software development team and rituals; actively participate in all ceremonies, review user stories, participate in planning sessions, estimate effort for stories / tasks, etc.
• Ensure all deliverables comply with latest industry standards & best practices for code structure, quality, organization, performance and security
• Support software releases end-to-end including monitoring and defect resolution when needed
• Perform peer code review and participate in team code reviews
• Own the deployment process, release early, release quickly, iterate and improve the product

• Ensure that application and data security are incorporated into the design and development of each component.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Qualifications: 

• 5+ years of experience in Python
• 5+ years of experience with at least two data storage technologies (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, mongodb, etc..)
• 3+ years of experience deploying solutions to AWS or Azure cloud
• 5+ years of experience in application design and a strong familiarity with design patterns
• 3+ years building high-traffic, enterprise applications
• 3+ years development and integration of RESTful Services
• Experience with Python API frameworks (either fastAPI or flask)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related disciplines; extensive, directly related experience may be considered in-lieu of degree(s).
• Excellent organizational, technical, financial, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience with event-driven and domain-driven design
• Willingness to learn and grow as a developer
• Strong analytical skills with ability to think strategically and critically.
• Experience with continuous delivery tools
• Experience with test automation

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.