About us - Join us in shaping a future of Automotive Commerce. Cars Commerce builds solutions for automotive dealerships, manufacturers, and consumers. Our driving force is to deliver a single platform that simplifies everything about buying and selling cars. Our D2C Media Team drives our Dealer Websites, CRM, Inventory management and our AI driven platforms. We are on a transformational journey, building innovative and integrated services that redefine how we deliver value to our customers.
An industry leader and with a focus on the unique needs of Canadian based auto dealers, D2C Media has the experience and uses the most recent technologies unifying the car buying and selling experience. As a Sr PHP Developer, you'll support a team that owns several high-throughput, API-first services and an end-user web application that serves our dealer customers with their digital advertising.
As a Sr PHP Developer on our D2C Team, you will help revitalize our customer-facing tooling across our platform with a comprehensive technical strategy to simplify and amplify these user experiences and the capabilities they enable. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of our platform and drive meaningful change at scale, making a lasting impact within the automotive industry.
Why You'll be excited about this roleThis opportunity enables you to...
- Analyze the needs of internal clients and translate them into technical solutions
- Design, develop and maintain software using a LAMP stack
- Build and maintain APIs, integrations and internal tools
- Use AI-assisted development tools such as Claude.ai to improve productivity, debugging, documentation and test coverage
- Review, validate and secure AI-generated code before it is used
- Design and develop in accordance with established best practices, coding standards and security guidelines
We're excited about you because ....- You have a Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 5 years experience working as a Full Stack PHP web developer
- Strong applied knowledge of PHP, SQL and relational database design
- Experience working on a Linux platform
- Applied knowledge of JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, jQuery, AJAX and JSON
- Experience developing and consuming APIs
- Knowledge of Git and Composer
- Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude.ai, ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot
Bonus : - Located in Montreal area
- Experience in the automotive industry.
- Experience with Agentic Development
- Experience with observability tooling, production monitoring, and incident management.
- Experience with AI-assisted software development tools in a governed enterprise setting.
- Experience in high-availability consumer-facing web platforms.
- Bilingual in French and English.
In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position. In addition to base salary, some roles are eligible for our bonus and/or equity programs, depending on level and role. Regular full-time positions are eligible for our comprehensive benefits package. If you are hired at Cars Commerce, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills and/or experience. If the salary range is close to what you're seeking, then we encourage you to apply and learn more about the total compensation package for this position.
Salary Range
$83,600.00-102,400.00
Our Comprehensive Benefits Package includes:- Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
- New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
- Generous PTO
- Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day
Learn more about our Benefits, Perks, & Culture on our LinkedIn Life Pages!
