Senior Software Engineer

About this role

<div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are TRADER, a Canadian leader in digital automotive solutions. Our flagship brands — <strong>AutoTrader.ca</strong>, <strong>AutoSync</strong>, <strong>Dealertrack Canada and CMS</strong> — help Canadians buy, sell, and finance vehicles with confidence.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As part of AutoScout24 group, Europe’s largest online car marketplace, we’re shaping the future of automotive retail in Canada and beyond.</span></div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Learn more at <a href="http://tradercorporation.com/">tradercorporation.com</a>.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">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. </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AutoSync is a suite of integrated software products built specifically for automotive dealers. Our platform includes a comprehensive set of solutions, including a CRM, dealership websites, digital retailing solutions, desking tools, and advertising placement products. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are a technology-driven organization focused on building scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that directly impact thousands of dealer users. We believe modern engineering excellence requires deep fluency in AI-assisted development, and we actively embrace AI as a core productivity and quality multiplier across our engineering organization.</span></div> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your Role</span></h2> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key technical leadership role within the AutoSync engineering organization. you will design, build, and evolve scalable backend services and user-facing features across our product suite.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will contribute across a polyglot stack that includes <strong>PHP (Laravel), JavaScript, and TypeScript</strong>, collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver robust, maintainable, and secure solutions.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This role requires a high level of proficiency in using AI tools in day-to-day software development. AI-assisted workflows are not optional—they are an expected part of how we design, implement, test, debug, document, and optimize software. As a senior engineer, you will also help elevate your team’s AI capabilities by modeling effective usage patterns and sharing best practices.</span></li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Architect, design, and implement scalable services and product features using PHP (Laravel) </span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build and maintain frontend features using JavaScript and TypeScript</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Use AI tools extensively for code generation, refactoring, test creation, debugging, performance optimization, and documentation</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Critically evaluate AI-generated outputs to ensure correctness, security, maintainability, and alignment with architectural standards</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead technical design discussions and contribute to system and API architecture decisions</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Own complex features end-to-end, from technical design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drive improvements in code quality, performance, reliability, and security</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with strong automated test coverage</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Conduct in-depth code reviews and mentor engineers through actionable feedback</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Coach teammates on effective and responsible AI usage in software engineering workflows</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate cross-functionally to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contribute to cloud infrastructure and services (AWS), ensuring high availability and operational…