Cox Enterprises

Senior Software Engineer

Cox Enterprises$101K — $169K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related discipline with relevant experience
  • Demonstrated experience in building UI solutions with TypeScript; expertise in React or Angular preferred
  • Hands-on experience with AWS or comparable cloud platforms
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
  • Skilled in developing partnerships and driving innovation
  • Experience with AI-assisted development tools is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Collaborates on teams to develop and deliver software products and features
  • Translates functional and business requirements into clear, actionable objectives
  • Designs and develops user interfaces with TypeScript and modern frameworks
  • Writes automated tests for business-critical components
  • Ensures quality and adherence to specifications in development tasks
  • Aligns development efforts with established architectural standards
  • Designs, deploys, and maintains cloud infrastructure

Benefits

  • Flexible vacation policy allowing employees to take paid time off based on duties and company needs
  • Seven paid holidays per year
  • Up to 160 hours of paid wellness time annually for personal or family health needs
  • Additional paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, voting, volunteering, military service, and parental leave
Full Job Description
Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Sr Software Engineer

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

No

Work Shift

Day

Compensation
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $101,500.00 - $169,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

Applies the principles of secure software engineering to the design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of software and cloud infrastructure. Works cross-functionally to understand business requirements, architecture, and technology direction; evaluates alternative approaches; and ensures software and systems are designed accordingly. Incorporates state-of-the-art concepts and practices to facilitate system functionality, scalability, resilience, and security, as well as ease-of-use across developer and end-user experiences. Applies agile principles to software development with a focus on delivery of business value, collaboration, continuous improvement, and sustainability.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Serves as a participating member on teams tasked to develop, improve, and deliver product and system elements and features.
  • Breaks down functional and business requirements into tangible, clear, and estimable objectives, providing recommendations to management and project team members.
  • Designs and develops responsive, accessible user interfaces using TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks.
  • Writes end-to-end automated tests to provide code coverage for business-critical components.
  • Ensures quality, performance, and adherence to specifications of assigned development tasks and adjacent technology solutions.
  • Works with fellow team members to ensure design, development, and execution align with and support adjacencies and adhere to established architectural standards.
  • Designs, deploys, and maintains cloud infrastructure and services on AWS or comparable cloud platforms.
  • Notifies team or technical manager of variances from plans and identifies changes in scope or work.
  • Helps define and support implementation of coding standards.
  • May offer technical guidance to less experienced team members.


Minimum Qualification
  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4 years' experience in a related field; or a master's degree and 2 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 12 years' experience in a related field with no degree.
  • Demonstrated experience building UI solutions using TypeScript; proficiency with component-based frameworks such as React or Angular strongly preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS or another major cloud platform (Azure, GCP); familiarity with cloud-native patterns including serverless, containers, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Skilled in analytical thinking, requirements analysis, software installation and support, system and technology integration, and technical troubleshooting.
  • Skilled in building partnerships, challenging personal limitations, driving innovation, focusing on execution, and striving for excellence.
  • Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar) to accelerate delivery and improve code quality is a plus.


Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises is a privately held global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with approximately 55,000 employees and $21 billion in total revenue. Its major operating subsidiaries are Cox Communications, Cox Automotive, and Cox Media Group. The company's major national brands include AutoTrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Cox Homelife. Cox Enterprises is currently led by Alex Taylor, the great-grandson of founder James M. Cox.
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Founded
1898

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