TRADER Corporation is a trusted Canadian leader in online media, dealer and lender services. The company is comprised of AutoTrader.ca, AutoSync and Dealertrack Canada. AutoTrader.ca (AutoHebdo.net in Quebec) offers the largest inventory of new cars and used cars in Canada, receiving over 25 million monthly visits to its marketplace. With over 3,500 subscribers and counting, AutoSync is the largest and fastest growing dealer and OEM software provider in Canada. The platform's suite of connected automotive software solutions brings advertising, conversion and operational support together, synchronizing the entire retail process. AutoSync's diverse range of offerings includes: vAuto, EasyDeal, xtime, Motoinsight, Activix, TAdvantage and TRFFK. Dealertrack is Canada’s largest automotive financing portal, enhancing efficiency and profitability for all major segments of the automotive, marine, recreational vehicle, motorcycle and powersport retail industries. Over 6.5 million credit applications are submitted via the Dealertrack Canada portal each year. Collateral Management is a national, end-to-end, managed technology solution that offers industry insight and multi-channel collection strategies to maximize funds recovered. Collateral Management helps you remain compliant in all jurisdictions, alleviating your exposure to reputational and financial risks. Visit tradercorporation.com to learn more..
As a Software Engineer in a product development organization, you will be part of the team that designs and develops improvements to our product application. You will collaborate with architects, product managers, and other software developers for developing product features. You must be hands-on in an agile environment using various tools and technologies.
Responsibilities And Duties
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, and other engineers, to understand business requirements and translate them into efficient and scalable software solutions.
- Design, develop, test, deploy, support, and maintain high-quality software applications using industry best practices.
- Drive to solve and close issues, including troubleshooting and identifying root causes.
- Write clean and maintainable code that adheres to industry standards and contributes to the overall stability of our systems.
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members to ensure code quality and promote knowledge sharing.
- Proactively find and highlight technical debt, inefficient practices/tools, and performance bottlenecks and bugs, continuously improving the reliability and performance of our software.
- Demonstrate proficient usage of tools, techniques, and architecture/coding patterns.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, and proactively propose and implement innovative solutions to enhance our products and services through continuous evolution and refinement of current tools and applications.
- Participate and contribute to technical designs, constructively suggesting, and receiving ideas & feedback for solutions.
- Collaborate with other team members and work with cross-functional teams as required.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Experience:
- 3+ years of software industry experience and a successful track record in product development.
- Experience with using JIRA for work assignments.
- Experience using GitHub for version control.
- Knowledge of relational and non-relational data stores, C#, and Visual Studio.
- Experience in Soap Services
- Experience of IIS configurations and settings
- Experience in building unit, component, and integration tests.
- Experience building cloud-based apps and a familiarity with the scalability, performance optimization, and monitoring of those apps.
Skills:
- Work-related understanding of Design Patterns and Architectural Patterns and hands-on experience applying them in day-to-day design.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
· Strong verbal and written communication skills.
· Familiarity of MS Excel’s advanced functions and formulas
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java, C#, SQL)
Work Environment:
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projectssimultaneously.
- Must be a team player and willing to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Availability for occasional overtime or weekend work, as needed.
