AI First SWE

**Who We Are:** At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful. **We’re a technology company** building the world’s most advanced—and uncomplicated—digital marketplace for used vehicles. **We’re a data company** helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use. **And we’re an innovation company** accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit. **Our Values:** **Driven Waybuilders**. We pursue challenges that inspire us to build, create, and innovate. **Relentless Curiosity.** We seek to understand and improve our customers’ experience. **Smart Risk-Taking.** We transform risk into progress through data, experience, and intuition. **Fearless Ownership.** We deliver what we promise and learn along the way.   ****We’re Looking For:**** We’re hiring AI-first Software Engineers to build, evolve, and scale OPENLANE’s U.S. marketplace platforms.  These roles are for engineers who already treat AI as a first-class development tool, not a novelty. You’ll use AI to move faster, ship higher-quality software, and reduce operational and development toil, while still applying strong engineering judgment, ownership, and systems thinking. You’ll work on customer-facing marketplace experiences and core platform services, partnering closely with Product, Data, Infrastructure, and SRE teams to deliver resilient, scalable systems. AI is an accelerator. Engineering ownership still matters. ****Why OPENLANE:**** * Work on real-time, high-value marketplace systems at scale * Be part of a major platform modernization and AI transformation * Use AI as a first-class development tool—not an experiment * Collaborate with experienced engineers, product leaders, and platform teams * Grow in an environment that values learning, ownership, and impact ****You Are:**** * AI-forward. You already use AI tools to enhance development speed, quality, and efficiency, and you continuously adapt as tooling evolves. * Product-minded. You think beyond code and understand how technical decisions impact customers and business outcomes. * Ownership-driven. You take responsibility for systems end-to-end, including reliability and operational health. * Technically curious. You enjoy learning new technologies and thoughtfully evaluating emerging approaches. * Quality-focused. You value clean, maintainable code, strong testing practices, and production-ready engineering standards. ****You Bring:**** Core Engineering Skills * Experience building and supporting production software systems * Strong understanding of APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture * Comfort working in modern CI/CD environments * Experience with observability, monitoring, and incident response * Ability to own features and systems end-to-end ****AI-First Mindset**** * Actively uses AI development tools (code copilots, AI debuggers, test generators) * Curious about applying AI to real customer and business problems * Able to critically evaluate AI outputs instead of blindly accepting them * Comfortable learning and adapting in a fast-changing tool landscape ****Technical Experience (One or More)**** * Backend development (Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, .NET, Ruby, or similar) * Frontend experience (React, TypeScript) is a plus * AWS or similar cloud platforms * Microservices and event-driven architectures * SQL and data-driven applications ****You Will:**** * Design, build, and operate scalable services that power U.S. marketplace workflows such as Buy Now, 45M, Simulcast, and DealerBlock * Develop APIs and backend services on the modern, cloud-native, AI-enabled platform * Embed AI-driven capabilities into marketplace features including pricing logic, negotiation flows, and workflow automation * Use AI tools to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, and documentation while applying strong engineering judgment * Partner with Product to translate business needs into durable, scalable technical solutions * Participate in on-call rotations and support live production systems * Improve system reliability, performance, security, and observability * Contribute to technical direction, engineering standards, and long-term platform evolution   ****How You’ll Use AI in These Roles:**** * AI-assisted coding and refactoring * AI-generated test coverage and validation * AI-supported debugging and root-cause analysis * AI-assisted documentation and knowledge sharing * Applying AI tools to reduce repetitive work and increase engineering leverage ****Who You Will Work With:**** Reporting to an Engineering Manager, this role collaborates closely with Product Managers, Data Engineers, Infrastructure, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams on a daily basis   ****Must Have’s:**** * 3+ years of experience building and supporting production software systems * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience) * Experience building and supporting production software systems * Backend development (Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, .NET, Ruby, or similar) * Strong understanding of APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture * Comfort working in modern CI/CD environments * Experience with observability, monitoring, and incident response * Ability to own features and systems end-to-end * Actively uses AI development tools (code copilots, AI debuggers, test generators) * Curious about applying AI to real customer and business problems * Able to critically evaluate AI outputs instead of blindly accepting them * Comfortable learning and adapting in a fast-changing tool landscape ****Nice to Have’s:**** * Frontend experience (React, TypeScript)  * AWS or similar cloud platforms * Microservices and event-driven architectures * SQL and data-driven applications * Marketplace, e-commerce, or high-volume transaction systems * Reliability engineering or SRE experience * Experience modernizing or migrating legacy systems **What We Offer:** * Competitive pay * Medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions (US) and FSA options (US) * Immediately vested 401K (US) or RRSP (Canada) with company match * Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time * Paid maternity and paternity leave (US) * Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D (US) * Robust Employee Assistance Program * Employer paid Leap into Service Day to volunteer * Tuition Reimbursement for eligible programs * Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across a publicly traded, global organization * Company culture of internal promotions, diverse career paths, and meaningful advancement **Sound like a match? Apply Now - We can't wait to hear from you!**   **Compensation Range of** Annual Salary: $95,000.00 - $140,000.00 CAD (Depending on experience, skill set, qualifications, and other relevant factors.)