AI First Software Engineer

• 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 internal tooling ecosystem.

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 internal platforms and operational tooling including self-service portals, asset management systems, provisioning workflows, and core platform services. You’ll partner closely with Product, Infrastructure, Data, Security, and SRE teams to deliver resilient, scalable systems that improve developer and employee productivity across the organization.

Why OPENLANE:

Work on real-time, internal platforms 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

Backend & API Engineering: Designing scalable, secure services that power complex workflows and integrate across distributed systems.

Frontend & User Experience: Building responsive, maintainable frontend applications that prioritize user needs and business outcomes.

AWS or similar cloud platforms

Microservices and event-driven architectures

SQL and data-driven applications

You Will:

Design, build, and operate scalable internal services/applications

Develop APIs and backend services on the modern, cloud-native, AI-enabled platform

Use AI tools to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, and documentation while applying strong engineering judgment

Partner with Product and SMEs 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:

This role is part of OPENLANE IT, a support organization for all internal customers and applications. Reporting to the OPENLANE IT Sr. 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

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:

AWS or similar cloud platforms

Microservices and event-driven architectures

SQL and data-driven applications

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!