AI First Software Engineer

Who We Are
At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful.

Who We Are
At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful.

We're a technology company
building the world's most advanced—and uncomplicated—digital marketplace for used vehicles.

We're a data company
helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use.

And we're an innovation company
accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Our Values
Driven Waybuilders.
We pursue challenges that inspire us to build, create, and innovate.

Relentless Curiosity.
We seek to understand and improve our customers' experience.

Smart Risk-Taking.
We transform risk into progress through data, experience, and intuition.

Fearless Ownership.
We deliver what we promise and learn along the way.

We're Looking For
We're hiring AI-first Software Engineers to build, evolve, and scale OPENLANE's U.S. marketplace platforms.

These roles are for engineers who already treat AI as a first-class development tool, not a novelty. You'll use AI to move faster, ship higher-quality software, and reduce operational and development toil, while still applying strong engineering judgment, ownership, and systems thinking.

You'll work on customer-facing marketplace experiences and core platform services, partnering closely with Product, Data, Infrastructure, and SRE teams to deliver resilient, scalable systems.

AI is an accelerator. Engineering ownership still matters.

Why OPENLANE

Work on real-time, high-value marketplace systems at scale

Be part of a major platform modernization and AI transformation

Use AI as a first-class development tool—not an experiment

Collaborate with experienced engineers, product leaders, and platform teams

Grow in an environment that values learning, ownership, and impact

You Are

AI-forward. You already use AI tools to enhance development speed, quality, and efficiency, and you continuously adapt as tooling evolves.

Product-minded. You think beyond code and understand how technical decisions impact customers and business outcomes.

Ownership-driven. You take responsibility for systems end-to-end, including reliability and operational health.

Technically curious. You enjoy learning new technologies and thoughtfully evaluating emerging approaches.

Quality-focused. You value clean, maintainable code, strong testing practices, and production-ready engineering standards.

You Bring
Core Engineering Skills

Experience building and supporting production software systems

Strong understanding of APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture

Comfort working in modern CI/CD environments

Experience with observability, monitoring, and incident response

Ability to own features and systems end-to-end

AI-First Mindset

Actively uses AI development tools (code copilots, AI debuggers, test generators)

Curious about applying AI to real customer and business problems

Able to critically evaluate AI outputs instead of blindly accepting them

Comfortable learning and adapting in a fast-changing tool landscape

Technical Experience (One or More)

Backend development (Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, .NET, Ruby, or similar)

Frontend experience (React, TypeScript) is a plus

AWS or similar cloud platforms

Microservices and event-driven architectures

SQL and data-driven applications

You Will

Design, build, and operate scalable services that power U.S. marketplace workflows such as Buy Now, 45M, Simulcast, and DealerBlock

Develop APIs and backend services on the modern, cloud-native, AI-enabled platform

Embed AI-driven capabilities into marketplace features including pricing logic, negotiation flows, and workflow automation

Use AI tools to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, and documentation while applying strong engineering judgment

Partner with Product to translate business needs into durable, scalable technical solutions

Participate in on-call rotations and support live production systems

Improve system reliability, performance, security, and observability

Contribute to technical direction, engineering standards, and long-term platform evolution

How You'll Use AI In These Roles

AI-assisted coding and refactoring

AI-generated test coverage and validation

AI-supported debugging and root-cause analysis

AI-assisted documentation and knowledge sharing

Applying AI tools to reduce repetitive work and increase engineering leverage

Who You Will Work With
Reporting to an Engineering Manager, this role collaborates closely with Product Managers, D