Sr. Backend Developer - remote

Dealer Inspire
Posted 4 years ago

*Note: this position is 100% US-based remote.

Dealer Inspire, a CARS brand, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for our METAL Team!

METAL is Dealer Inspire’s (DI) brand-new Inventory Management System (IMS). It is built with modern design, plus lightning-quick controls, to help our clients move metal faster than the competition. Designed mobile and tablet-first, METAL allows car dealers to quickly and easily manipulate their vehicle inventory and have those changes appear on their Dealer Inspire website in real-time with API synchronization. From easy-to-implement pricing rules to the ability to upload hi-res inventory pictures, METAL offers a full-suite of features that modernize inventory management.

Essential Duties &Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):

  • Architecture and development of new features.
  • Set and enforce code quality standards and test coverage.
  • Mentoring of junior developers.

Required Skills &Experience: 

  • 3+ years of professional experience working with NodeJS;including the Express framework. 
  • 2+ years of professional experience working with SQL databases, ideally Postgres.
  • Strong understanding of asynchronous programming.
  • Experience with Git version control.
  • Strong verbal &written communication skills.

Highly Desired:

  • Strong understanding of client- and server-side GraphQL, especially using the Apollo GraphQL library.
  • Experience with AWS Cloud infrastructure, including the Fargate, RDS, SQS, and Lambda services.
  • Experience working remotely &as part of a distributed engineering team.