Software Engineer IV, ACVMax

Who we are looking for:

ACV Auctions is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our MAX Engineering team and work on our SaaS Product, MAX Digital. The position will focus on the design, development, and maintenance of Java-based features and services, leveraging frameworks such as Spring and Struts, hosted in AWS, and utilizing SQL Server databases.

The ideal candidate has a strong background and proven track record of architecting and designing enterprise applications in Java, Spring Framework, and Hibernate, with a focus on scalable, maintainable, and high-quality code, and a collaborative, team-oriented approach to development.

What you will do:

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Architect and build entire services, including but not limited to; data modeling, storage, message brokers, protocols, interfaces, and front-ends.
• Lead 1+ engineers, manage their technical work, and mentor, train, and develop software engineers for excellence.
• Coordinate and communicate effectively with several cross-functional stakeholders.
• Develop APIs, services, and MVC web applications using Java, Spring Framework, and SQL Server (or other relational databases).
• Utilize various libraries and frameworks, including Spring Framework, Hibernate, Struts, Maven, and other dependencies, to design and enhance scalable and maintainable Java applications.
• Design and build complex systems that can scale rapidly with little maintenance.
• Design and implement effective service/product interfaces.
• Design and implement complex data models in Java using Hibernate ORM, applying patterns such as normalization, entity-attribute-value (EAV), append-only persistence, and event sourcing.
• Develop roadmaps and prioritize technical debt to effectively plan features and work.
• Collaborate with software and production engineers to design scalable services, plan feature roll-out, and ensure high reliability and performance of our products.
• Leverage AWS services such as Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Elastic Container Service (ECS), API Gateway, and Route 53 for deployment and infrastructure management.
• Design and develop systems across all major departments, including but not limited to; data, enterprise applications, and IT.
• Work with Terraform to provision and manage AWS infrastructure, including Elastic File System (EFS) and DynamoDB for state management.
• Monitor and optimize application performance using tools like Datadog and CloudWatch Logs.
• Modify and develop custom software patterns as needed to solve highly complex software problems.
• Be accountable for the overall performance of products and/or services within a defined area of focus.
• Conduct code reviews, develop high-quality documentation, and build robust test suites for your products.
• Lead and successfully complete software projects with minimal guidance from managers.
• Lead team discussions to define requirements on new and current products.
• Provide technical support for many applications within the technology portfolio.
• Respond to and troubleshoot highly complex problems quickly, efficiently, and effectively.
• Act as a mentor or leader for less experienced engineers.
• Handle multiple competing priorities in an agile, fast-paced environment.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

 

What you will need:

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience
• 6+ years’ software development/engineering experience
• Minimum 6 years of experience building SaaS web applications using Java, Spring Framework, and Hibernate.
• Expert in technical writing and able to effectively document complex systems.
• Expert in managing overall performance and defining performance profiling standards for products and services.
• Extensive experience maintaining and extending existing codebases, adapting to pre-existing patterns, and tracing the code’s execution path for debugging and enhancement.
• Proven experience integrating third-party APIs, implementing authentication and authorization mechanisms, and designing asynchronous data flows.
• Proficient in developing unit tests, integration tests, and building robust automated test suites.
• Experience integrating with cloud services (AWS), specifically: SQS, SNS, S3, ECS, API Gateway, Route 53, and ElasticSearch.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized application deployment.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and serverless deployment scenarios.
• Strong experience with build and deployment automation (CI/CD pipelines) using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar.
• Proficient in SQL programming and data-layer development with relational databases like SQL Server or PostgreSQL.
• Minimum 8 years of experience working with continuous integration and build tools like Maven or Gradle.
• Expert in version control systems like Git and proficient in software engineering tooling, driving adoption of new tools and standards.
• Expert in release management, build processes, testing strategies, and the entirety of the SDLC.
• Highly skilled at debugging distributed systems using tools like Datadog, CloudWatch Logs, or distributed tracing frameworks.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively across teams.
• Experience architecting and designing systems from the ground up with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a geographically dispersed team across multiple time zones.